Season 4 · Episode 3
40. Religious Freedom
It’s often said that it was the intolerance of Christians, from the apostle Paul to the Renaissance Popes, that led to the Enlightenment’s secular cry for “freedom of religion” - and even freedom from religion. Religion fosters bigotry and violence tow
Undeceptions with John Dickson
May 16, 20211h 0m
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Show Notes
LINKS
- Get to know our guest Professor Robert Wilken
- This episode is sponsored by Zondervan's new book, The Problem of Jesus by Mark Clark
- Read Robert Wilken's latest book Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom
- More on the Edict of Milan, in which Constantine declared: “Freedom and full liberty has been granted in accordance with the peace of our times to exercise free choice in worshipping as each one has seen fit. This has been done by us so that nothing may seem to be taken away from anyone’s honour or from any religion whatsoever.”
- More on Roger Williams
- Find out more about Thomas Jefferson and religious freedom.
- Our 'Phone a Friend' guest this episode was Tim Wilson, an Australian Liberal MP and former Human Rights Commissioner. Watch a talk Tim gave on religious freedom to the Centre For Independent Studies here.
Topics
religionhistoryChristianityJesusancientapologeticsfaithethicscultureJohn DicksonBiblebiblical studiestheologyChristian historyphilosophyscience and faithmoralitysocial capitalethics in societyhistorical Jesusresurrectionmiraclesancient Romeancient Greececlassicsliterature