Podcaster and author Kristian Leth takes the Bible as his subject in this evening talk, arguing that it is the most important book in the world. He shows how its stories have shaped everyday life, our surroundings and our sense of self, and how ideas from missionary zeal and fundamentalism to universalism and atheism can be traced back to currents within Christianity rooted in the Bible.
The talk places these texts in a wider human context and asks what kind of moment in history we are living in, and where we are heading now that the Bible may no longer hold the place it once did. The tone is respectful and non-dogmatic, but it challenges both believers and atheists to rethink their understanding of a collection of texts roughly 2,000 years old that laid the foundation for the culture and society we live in today.
