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Program 272: Today's Crisis in Religion

An address by Bishop James A. Pike, in which he argues that religion, dogma, and doctrine must accommodate new scientific data; and that, rather than abandoning religion, people should use these new insights to make religion more relevant to man's struggle to open himself up to love. Nov. 7, 1966. [CSDI program number 272; UCSB tape numbers A7870/R7, A7871/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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