Truth Pursued

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Truth Pursued

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Mar 8, 2018

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The truth of a situation is often genuinely hard to pin down. But, argues the Reverend Professor Vernon White, that provides no cover or excuse for giving up the pursuit of truth, which remains vital, and believing that finding it is possible.

Chair: Mark Easton, BBC Home Editor

Recorded in The Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 6th March 2018

Part of the Truth season, from the [Westminster Abbey Institute](http://www.westminster-abbey.org/institute "Westminster Abbey Institute")

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Mar 8, 2018

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C S Lewis Symposium: Telling the Truth through Imaginative Fiction: Dr Malcolm Guite addresses the subject of Lewis’s Christian imagination. In works such as The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce, and in his poetry, Lewis presented a narrative, symbolic, and imaginatively resonant persp... by Westminster Abbey
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey - 2015: Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey on Sunday 18th October 2015 by Westminster Abbey
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Tributes to Nelson Mandela read by the Deputy President of South Africa & Peter Hain MP: His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014. The service was a... by Westminster Abbey
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C S Lewis Symposium: Telling the Truth through Rational Argument: Professor Alister McGrath addresses the subject of Lewis’s nonfiction Christian apologetics. In works such as Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain and Miracles, Lewis gave defences of Christianity using reason, logic, and philosophy. This lecture ass... by Westminster Abbey
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