# The Origins of Atheism

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Alec Ryrie FBA
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Philosophy, Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/origins-atheism)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture will take a tour of medieval unbelief, showing how and why some medieval people defied the powerful orthodoxies of their day.

## Lectures

1. [How To Be An Atheist In Medieval Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/b2dd16e8c794) (YouTube)
2. [How the Reformation Trained Us to Be Sceptics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/a080f3e9f342) (YouTube)
3. [How to be a Shakespearean Atheist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/c301576f08ff) (YouTube)
4. [How to be a Puritan Atheist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/1dff5160f224) (YouTube)
5. [The Spiritual Quest Against Religion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/81cca0227c12) (YouTube)
6. [Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-origins-atheism/1d39907b57d7) (YouTube)