UK secularism debate

1 December 2007  

When checking out The Timescoverage of Darth Benedict’s recent theonastic diatribe (:-)) I noticed a link to a debate between (humanist) philosopher David Papineau, (sikh) occasional Thought for the Day presenter Inderjit Singh and (christian) theologian and co-director of Ekklesia Simon Barrow concerning religion in public life and whether a modern plural society requires a neutral (i.e. secular) state, chaired by Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

You can download a recording of the debate (MP3 format) from The Times‘ web site above, or directly from here.

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2 Responses to “UK secularism debate”

  1. TW on December 1st, 2007 9:39 pm

    good link – thanks

  2. nullifidian on December 1st, 2007 10:02 pm

    Singh, while doing that whole talking-quietly-so-as-to-seem-polite-while-I-denigrate-you thing, seems to have completely ignored Papineau’s initial explanation that he’s talking about secularism, not atheism, not humanism.

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