During the June 5 Republican presidential debate, CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer took various opportunities to grill the candidates about their faith. Jonathan Miller happened to be directing an opera in Tokyo at the time, and came across the debate while watching television in his hotel room. The knighted neurologist, humorist and scholar was more than a little surprised at the line of questioning. "I was astounded that anyone would have the impudence to ask people about their faith in a political context," Miller tells TVGuide.com. "It plays no part whatsoever in European politics."
The fact that religious belief does play a larger role in American life makes it all the more interesting that Miller's essay on the genealogy of atheism is finally being aired in the States. Throughout the summer, PBS stations across the c
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