Episode 7: The New Thinkers - A new conversation on God

About this episode

As New Atheists turned their attention to battling the quasi-religions of 'woke' ideology in academia and culture, so a new generation of secular thinkers have begun a new conversation on God.

Justin Brierley charts the changes wrought by the culture wars and introduces some key thinkers who are asking whether we can live without the Christian story. They include: Tom Holland, Douglas Murray, Louise Perry, Mary Harrington, Bret Weinstein, Jonathan Haidt and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Show notes

Guest Links

Paul VanderKlay - Pastor & Vlogger

Ben Sixsmith - Journalist

Archive Links

This Was the Reason Rally (For Me)(Steve Shives)

Richard Dawkins - Reason Rally 2012 (wienerdad)

Dave Silverman's Reason Rally Speech (Ameri Atheists)

Reason Rally 2012 - Eddie Izzard (foresight44)

Adam Savage at The Reason Rally (Mark Rosengarten)Atheists Rally for Reason on National Mall (the real news network

Richard Dawkins: All aboard the Atheist Bus Campaign (The Guardian)

Public show support for atheist bus campaign

18 Years On: Sky News' 9/11 Coverage (Sky News)

President George W. Bush's address to the nation after September 11, 2001 attacks (PBS News hour)

Sam Harris: Journey to Atheism Sparked by 9/11 (Big Think)

Judgment against Intelligent Design- Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (Liberty Jackson)

Sam Harris: Religions Are Failed Sciences (Big Think)

Hitchens vs. Hitchens - "Religion: A Celestial North Korea" (Hckrwolf)

'The New Atheism' by Richard Dawkins, AAI 2007 (Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science)

The Rise and Fall of New Atheism (Four Horsemen, Elevatorgate, Atheism+) (Doubt Society)

I Am Proud To Be An Atheist (The Dusty Smith Show)

Why I Chose Atheism (Amazing Atheist)

Tim Keller on "The New Atheists" (Big Think)

Ricky Gervais And Stephen Go Head-To-Head On Religion (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

Edictum Conferences: Tom Holland - Why I changed my mind about Christianity (Edictum Dei)

BBC Oxford Radio: William Lane Craig Interview (Reasonable Faith UK Tour Oct 17-26) (drcraigvideos)

Is God a Delusion? William Lane Craig at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford (ReasonableFaithOrg)

Richard Dawkins says he won't debate William Lane Craig (Christian JR4)

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