Shadows of doubt: the roots of religious disbelief / [DVD] / presented by Jonathan Miller, produced and directed by Richard Denton ; 116 films for BBC.
Publisher's no.: 38698-K. Originally produced in 2004. "BBC Active"--Container. Bernard Hill, voice of readings.
Contents:
Beginning of atheism Belief versus knowledge -- Psychological and social ideas of belief -- Beginning of atheism Shadows of Doubt: the roots of religious disbelief -- Atheism: a rough history of disbelief --- In this program, Jonathan Miller visits Ground Zero to consider the religious implications of 9/11. "Events such as this bring one fact-to-face with the consequences, both social and political, of belief in the divine, the supernatural, the holy, the sacred, and the transcendent--ideas that I, like many others, find alien, uncongenial, and, to be frank, almost unintelligible," says Miller. He then searches for evidence of the first unbelievers in ancient Greece and examines some of the modern theories of why people have always tended to believe in mythology, mysticism, and magic. Writers Arthur Miller and Gore Vidal, philosophers Daniel Dennett and Colin McGinn, historian Geoffrey Lloyd, anthropologist Pascal Boyer, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, and physicist Steven Weinberg are featured. Original BBCW broadcast title: Shadows of Doubt." ---Cover Item#: BVL38698
Summary:
"Due to the radical politicization of religious belief in the 21st century and the attendant threat to the freedom of thought that underpins disbelief, atheist Jonathan Miller feels prompted to balance the discourse. ... In this program, Miller visits Ground Zero to consider the religious implications of 9/11." --- Container. Due to the radical politicization of religious belief in the 21st century and the attendant threat to the freedom of thought that underpins disbelief, atheist Jonathan Miller feels prompted to balance the discourse. In this unprecedented three-part series, Miller, a genial and deeply intelligent disbeliever, is joined by some of the world<U+2019>s most distinguished thinkers as together they sift through the history of atheism and question the labels of disbelief. A complex, engaging, and highly provocative inquiry. A BBCW Production. --- Publishers description
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