Was Jesus A Great Moral Teacher? With Julian Baggini and Mark Mardell

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Even if we don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy, and the importance of kindness, match Jesus's original tenets? In this week's episode Julian Baggini challenges our assumptions on Christian values with some surprising insights on who Jesus really was. The episode was hosted by former BBC Broadcaster and journalist Mark Mardell. To buy Julian's book The Godless Gospel click here: https://amzn.to/31zejC2 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event
0:04.8	I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing
0:10.1	politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded. Does power
0:16.6	always corrupt, or are there examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while an
0:21.2	authority? And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures? These are
0:26.5	just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer. In person tickets are now
0:31.1	sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th of November at 7pm BST. Put your questions
0:37.0	to us live as we discuss power and politics down the ages. Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor
0:43.1	and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligent Squared. Today we're joined by Julian Begini
0:47.6	to discuss the themes of his new book, The Godless Gospel, was Jesus a great moral teacher,
0:53.2	and in this conversation he spoke to Mark Mordell about how from mainstream politics to sexual
0:58.5	morality, whether Jesus was actually a more radical figure than popular culture often depicts.
1:04.0	It's a really fascinating conversation, and if you do enjoy it, you can find a link for Julian's
1:07.9	book in the episode description. But before we go to this week's episode, I wanted to let you know
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1:46.8	Now let's go to the episode. Hello and welcome to this Intelligent Squared podcast with me
1:53.2	I'm delighted to introduce our guest today, Julian Bajini, writer and philosopher author of How the
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