{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a16f62630535b3e186fea0e/6a95aa8ee13a1ab858afa593?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a16f62630535b3e186fea0e/1788193444236-a8b56661-663e-46ea-9d15-5b87c4ad6270.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this special edition of the Munk Debates podcast, we’re revisiting one of the classic debates from the series’ 18-year history: the Munk Debate on Religion, held in 2010 before a sold-out crowd of 3,000 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The debate resolution was: <strong><em>Be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Arguing for the motion former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who had recently converted to Catholicism.</p><p><br></p><p>Arguing against the resolution was the late Christopher Hitchens, an avowed atheist and the author of numerous bestsellers including <em>God Is Not Great</em>.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Munk Foundation / iHeartRadio"}