The Political Christ
Reverend Edward Norman in his first Reith Lecture examines the politicisation of Christianity.
Reverend Dr Edward Norman, Dean of Peterhouse, Cambridge, discusses how and why faith has been transformed by political values in his first Reith lecture.
Speaking from his series entitled 'Christianity and the World Order' Norman examines the authenticity of religion and considers its potential decay as it becomes progressively aligned with a secularised state.
He explains that with the politicisation of Christianity, it is now essentially concerned with social morality rather than with the ethereal qualities of spirituality. Halsey questions what effect this has on the religion.
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- Wed 1 Nov 1978 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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