Don Cupitt looks at the origin of the idea of a mechanistic universe & a distant God.
The reverend professor looks at the extension of material historical explanations of phenomena, to the human body and mind.
Rev Prof Cupitt looks at the turning of the critical historical approach onto Christianity and its scriptures.
Karl Marx & Soren Kierkegaard; the religious individualism of Kierkegaard is contrasted with the socio-economic & political approach of Marx.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Annie Besant & Swami Vivekananda. Cupitt looks at the influence of Indian thought on western outlooks. Karlheinz Stockhausen's 'Stimmung' features.