Evening Conversation with David Brooks in Washington, DC
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2019
- The Trinity Forum and Baylor University in Washington hosted New York Times columnist and author David Brooks to speak about his faith journey and his book "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life," with a sold out, full house at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
During the Conversation, Brooks offered the fascinating argument that we are, paradoxically, most fulfilled, and even most ourselves, in the context of commitment to community, family, vocation, and faith.
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Great and moving talk. Brooks considers deeply.
Wow....this is so moving. The stories of the Exodus as progress/movement and Jesus as grace/love and how these have shaped Brooks make so much sense. Also love how he embraces doubts and humility and a sacred depth to the spiritual life.
The socially unattached is unremembered.....this is the call to the Christian community to look beyond the definitions and embrace EVERYONE.
The book theSecond MOUNTAIN is a gem.One gets the moral journey of an exceptional journalist which is true and allows the reader to be on the possible journey of the one reading and wanting for their own epiphany.Blessings.
A question from Francis Collins towards the end - awesome!
For anyone who has read his book, does Brooks mention in it how from experiences that seemed transcendent to him he concluded that Christianity was true? By that I mean that even an ironclad proof that the universe has an intelligent order doesn't inexorably lead to the conclusion, "Therefore a carpenter born to a virgin died for our sins and was resurrected" as opposed to "therefore, the universe was created by Brahma, and was then inhabited by Hindu deities" or even just Judaism, perhaps with the spin of Deism on it to explain why we no longer hear from prophets and experience biblical-style miracles. I'd be be curious to buy the book if he describes how he went from the general religious experience to the specific belief in the Christian mythology as opposed to Jewish or other ones.
The Second Mountain is a splendid book. Well worth a read or two.
Such amazing insights about faith, Christian psyche, and how Christian communities. These are learned only with real reflection. I appreciate his vulnerability.
Wow
47:00 Richard R. On the church
40:28 Grace
1:05:30
Religious/cultural revival 1890-1910.
1. From Social Darwinism which was super individualistic to Social Gospel movement.
2. Civic revival - NAACP, Boys & Girls Club
4. Political revival progressivism was born as a movement.
Doing a chanting dance
David Brooks is the last real conservative in america.
56:00 Christians
1:27:50 sin
David Brooks just described trump as a "genius" on PBS when it came to the 4th of July Washington D.C. celebration. How much of a scumbag do you have to be to lick the boot of a Hitler from your own party?
There is more than one way to apply the word genius.
He is not describing trump, neither is he licking anyone's boots.