Faith & Reason
Over the years, Bill Moyers has become widely known for his thoughtful inquiries into the worlds of religion, faith and reason — with help from some of the leading theologians and enlightening thinkers of our time.
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In “Blankets,” an excerpt from Sherman Alexie’s new collection entitled Blasphemy, he recounts his attempts to comfort his ailing father as he recovered from surgery. Continue reading
Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the common experience of God across cultures. Continue reading
Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death. Continue reading
Jay Rosenstein’s documentary explores McCollum v. Board of Education, the emotional Supreme Court case that established the separation of church and state 65 years ago. Continue reading
“It’s hard to exaggerate how famous he was in the last two decades of the 19th century,” our guest Susan Jacoby says of Robert Ingersoll, the subject of her new book, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought. But … Continue reading
In this 2006 Moyers Moment, author Margaret Atwood, a self-described “strict agnostic,” talks about the clear difference between atheism and agnosticism. Continue reading
In this 2006 Moyers Moment, the atheist and author talks about the need to “broaden what we can understand and say, and therefore be.” Continue reading
In this 2004 Moyers Moment, author Richard Dawkins argues that evolution “is about as certain as anything we know.” Continue reading
