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2. Freedom of Worship

The Reith Lectures by BBC

Dec 7, 202271:11Society & Culture

Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, gives the second of the 2022 Reith Lectures, discussing faith and liberty. In his lecture, he cites Lord Acton, the 19th Century thinker on freedom, who said that reli...

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