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Sin, Sex and Samuel Johnson

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William Crawley | 19:16 UK time, Sunday, 20 September 2009

1620942_f260.jpgIn this week's Everyday Ethics podcast: uncovers Ireland's hidden sexual history in his new book, , and we ask if the idea of sin is running out of steam in the modern world. Jesuit priest joins evangelical Protestant campaigner and social analyst to debate whether sin is a manmade concept or a reflection of God's will. In a separate interview, we explore Samuel Johnson's personal faith with Johnson scholar , who has been has been reading the sermons of Dr Johnson on the 300th anniversary of his birth.

On today's Sunday Sequence, Brian McClinton, editor of Ireland's bimonthly humanist magazine, spoke of the dilemma he faces in deciding whether to publish articles expressing attitudes to homosexuality that many humanists would consider "prejudiced". Our conversation was prompted by a correspondence battle in about the limits of free speech within the humanist community.

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