Graham Tomlin - What can we learn from Blaise Pascal?

Talking Theology by Cranmer Hall, Durham

Feb 18, 202649:45Religion & Spirituality

What can we learn from the life and work of the 17th Century French polymath Blaise Pascal? In what sense did he "make the modern world"? And what does he have to teach us about how to relate science and religion, faith...

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