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Radio 4,4 mins
'If scriptures were not open for interpretation… they would not continue to guide people'
The Reith LecturesAvailable for over a year
Philosopher, Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that the openness of religious texts is not a "bug" but a "feature" for guiding people over long periods. He suggests that scriptures that do not adapt are very often abandoned, in the first of the 2016 91¸£ÀûÉç Reith Lectures, Creed. First broadcast 18 October 2016.
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