Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Public Faith in a Secular Age

Archbishop Desmond Tutu delivering The Provost Derek Hole Annual Lecture 2012, 'Public faith in a secular age,' at the University of Leicester.
In 2011 Archbishop Desmond Tutu received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester. The award, presented before graduating students and their families from around the world, was made in recognition of his work in the field of race relations.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian

[@DavidBeecraft]

I spoke to a few non-believers after this lecture who nonetheless valued what Archbishop Tutu had to say and the general message he wished to convey. Surely his message of unity, peace, non-discrimination, and respect are the main issues to reflect on here, whether you are a believer or not, and not the endless debate over the existence of God and the creation of the universe.
These are the issues that may be more important to reflect on, for progress

[@TheBrofessor]

Man...Desmond Tutu! What a bro! What a hero!

[@davidlawleyw]

It was indeed an awe inspiring lecture and one I shall remember for a very long time
Thanks Leicester University and thanks Archbishop Tutu ...
Regards,
David
David Lawley Wakelin
David
David Lawley Wakelin

[@UniversityLeicester]

Hi David, we wouldn't normally include the Q&A session in the video because the audio (with moving mics) isn't good quality.

[@davidlawleyw]

However a great lecture ..Tutu is a close as one gets ..!

[@Oahudan7]

I kind of agree that progress in terms of modernism is dialect but surely you would agree religion is not the only factor that feeds in to modernism?
Furthermore many argue there are other ways of strengthening dialect completely separate from modernism that are much less self assured and often lead to a lot less naivety, ignorance and confidence, thus leading to better critical autonomy.
Religion is simply one of the many meta-narratives that helps strengthen modernism. Not the only one.

[@DavidBeecraft]

Your term "go on perpetually forever" is an interesting turn of phrase coming from an non believer..

[@shebzydon]

I'd rather have religion continue existing (and it absolutely will do). Purely because I think society will 'progress' regardless of it. I study English Literature at a top tier English uni (this video was passed on to me by a friend of mine who is a former student at Leicester) and I can tell you something- progress in terms of modernism is dialectic- in fact you need 'religion' to progress 'against' . Study the works of Goethe (Faust, Part 1 in particular) and Carl Marx 'Das Capital'. Con.