Our guests are the former Anglican Bishop of Scotland (who lost his faith), the founder of the Jesus Seminar and two other “men of the cloth.” In this vivid 2002 discussion these four present and former clergymen trade their doubts and certainties – and their historical hypotheses about the origins and present credibility of the master narrative and modern meaning of Christianity.

In 2007 Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, argues that God and science fit well together and are fully reconcilable.

From 1982, Milt talks with noted philosopher and author Mortimer Adler about his book The Angels With Us.

From a radio program of a few years ago, we talk with the brilliantly pessimistic and combative playwright and filmmaker David Mamet. He brings those same qualities to the old and persisting question: “Why the Jews?” Notably, Mamet turned to this subject as his conversion to conservatism was becoming more publicly proclaimed.

We’re joined by Robert George, professor of jurisprudence at Princeton, and lecturer at Harvard Law School. Many have said that as Niebuhr was the earlier ideational manifestation of American liberal Protestantism so George now is for contemporary American conservative Catholicism. Here he addresses the many issues currently roiling both in the Catholic church and in the public square. An interesting analytic exercise would be to compare George’s views to what we have been hearing from Pope Francis.