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'If scriptures were not open for interpretation… they would not continue to guide people'

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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Reith Lectures, Creed.

First broadcast 18 October 2016.

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5 minutes