{"id":5309,"date":"2006-01-20T01:07:36","date_gmt":"2006-01-20T01:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/relativism-and-the-bbc.html"},"modified":"2006-01-20T01:07:36","modified_gmt":"2006-01-20T01:07:36","slug":"relativism-and-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/relativism-and-the-bbc.html","title":{"rendered":"Relativism and the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader writes:<\/p>\n

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I thought you might find it intersting that the BBC’s flagship intellectual radio program ("In Our Time"), which each week features a set of academics discussing some sort of idea\/thought\/thing, is this week spotlighting Relativism. <\/p>\n

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Now when I saw that, the first thing I thought was — how interesting considering Pope Benedict’s thoughts on that have been so forceful in Catholic circles over the past year.  But I never thought the BBC would take him seriously enough to actually listen and devote a program to it.  Well, lo and behold, he is the catalyst for the whole show’s discussion: <\/span><\/div>\n
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Here’s the page, and yes, you can download and listen online or on your little ipod thing. <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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