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In a series of personal essays, Richard Holloway considers the tensions between faith and doubt over the last 3000 years. Author and former Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway focuses on the Judeo-Christian tradition as he takes the listener from the birth of religious thinking, through the Old and New Testaments, to the developments in subsequent centuries and their influence on thinkers and writers, up to the present day.

In today's programme Richard Holloway discusses how the great leaps forward in scientific thought, particularly the new understanding that the Earth was not the centre of the universe, influenced the way leading 17th century thinkers reconsidered the relationship of mankind to God. Holloway talks about such great figures as Isaac Newton, Descartes and Pascal, with contributors including author Sir Anthony Kenny, Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College and Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University.

Producer: Olivia Landsberg
A Ladbroke Production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4.