Does Secularism Provoke Religious Extremism?
Collectively they are known as the new atheists. Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Michel Onfray and AC Grayling, among others, all wish to rid the public square of a meddlesome god. According to them, religion causes more problems than it solves. It should become a quiet relic of history, laid to rest with other pre-scientific age superstitions. But for some the challenge is not ineradicable religion but aggressive secularism. Tom Frame, in this powerful and provocative public lecture, questions the defiantly atheistic direction modern secularism is taking, which he believes is a recipe for disaster. Does secularism, as we know it now, provoke religious extremism? Join us for the Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom.
