Faith Angle

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Luke Bretherton of Duke Divinity School and Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution, who explore the religious nature of American politics and the political implications of American religion. Drawing from Christian and Muslim political-theological resources, they discuss the roots (on both the left and right) of today’s increasing pull toward illiberalism, the tendency of religion to take on the role of identity politics, and the mediating role of religious institutions in society. Guests Luke Bretherton Shadi Hamid Podcast Links Listen, Organize, Act! Community Organizing and Democratic Politics with Luke Bretherton The Wisdom of Crowds with Shadi Hamid and Damir Marusic Additional Reading Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy by Luke Bretherton Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam Is Reshaping the World by Shadi Hamid

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Fred Davie of Union Theological Seminary and Brent Orrell of the American Enterprise Institute. These scholar-practitioners share their insights on race in America, the condition of the American church, the intrinsic dignity and potential of every individual, the importance of listening even to one’s political opponents, and the search for vocational meaning and purpose. Guests Fred Davie Brent Orrell Links Hardly Working: A Podcast with Brent Orrell Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by John C. Green and Elizabeth Bruenig to discuss John's most recent book Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics. Guests John C. Green Elizabeth Bruenig Links Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics Evening Conversation with James K.A. Smith and Elizabeth Bruenig Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Robert P. Jones and Jon Ward to discuss Robert's book White Too Long. Guests Robert P. Jones Jon Ward Links White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity The End of White Christian America Kindle Edition The Long Game podcast: A conservative Christian book ignites debate over reparations — and faith itself Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Andrew T. Walker and Haley Byrd Wilt to discuss Andrew's new book Liberty for All. Guests Andrew T. Walker Haley Byrd Wilt Links Liberty for All: Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age A Bipartisan Effort to Aid the Uyghurs Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Curtis Chang and Julie Zauzmer to discuss the relationship between Christians and the COVID-19 vaccines. Guests Curtis Chang Julie Zauzmer Links Christians and the Vaccine When will kids be vaccinated? Post reporters answer questions about the virus in the D.C. region HHS Partnership Center Special Feature: Dr. Francis Collins + Pastor Rick Warren Language of God podcast: Curtis Chang & David French | Christians & the Vaccine Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast we present the audio from our most recent virtual event, New Tests for American Pluralism, which featured Mark Labberton and Matthew Kaemingk to discuss the question: Does religion fundamentally undermine political democracy, or enhance it? Speakers Mark Labberton Matthew Kaemingk Links Conversin‪g‬ podcast Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear America Without God Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we reflect on the life and work of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020) Links How we can face the future without fear, together | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Morality in the 21st Century Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times "Why I am a Jew" by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Morality and the Common Good Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by David French and Ruth Graham to discuss divisions in modern America. Guests David French Ruth Graham Links Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism The French Press Follow us | faithangle.org

James Davison Hunter, one of the nation's foremost sociologists, sits down with NYT and Atlantic contributor Pete Wehner for a big-think conversation about our present cultural moment. A new IASC survey of 2,205 Americans, which James recently co-authored, argues that present-day American fracture along racial, religious, and political lines is more culturally profound and consequential than we think. With that springboard James offers a "climatological" view of present-day reality. Guests James Davison Hunter Peter Wehner Links Democracy in Dark Times To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Carl Cannon and Ryan Burge to discuss the 2020 election results. Guests Carl Cannon Ryan Burge Links Carl M. Cannon's Morning Note 2020 Faith Vote Reflects 2016 Patterns Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Ed Stetzer and Adrienne LaFrance. Guests Ed Stetzer Adrienne LaFrance Links The Prophecies of Q On Christians Spreading Corona Conspiracies: Gullibility is not a Spiritual Gift Evangelicals need to address the QAnoners in our midst The Evangelicals Who Are Taking On QAnon Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Ken Miller and George Seay. Guests Ken Miller George Seay Links Texas vs. California: A History of Their Struggle for the Future of America Annandale Briefing Call with George Seay George Seay On Bloomberg Radio Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Andy Smarick and Tim Schultz. Guests: Andy Smarick Tim Schultz Links: The Bostock Ruling with Tim Schultz Congress Should Act to Balance LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom Letters in the Time of Covid Liberty, Government, and the Preservation of Civil Society Protecting the Products of Liberty What the Espinoza Decision Means for Other Aspects of Religious Freedom Who’s winning the culture war? Answer: No one Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Rod Dreher and Andrew Sullivan. Guests: Rod Dreher Andrew Sullivan Links: Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents Technology: A Threat to the Human Soul? The Weekly Dish Rod Dreher’s Monastic Vision See You Next Friday: A Farewell Letter The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Mustafa Akyol and Richard Reeves. Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish journalist and author. In June 2018, he joined the Cato Institute in Washington DC as a senior fellow at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, to work on the intersection of public policy, Islam, and modernity. Richard Reeves is a senior fellow in Economic Studies, where he holds the John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair. Richard is Director of the Future of the Middle Class Initiative and co-director of the Center on Children and Families. His research focuses on the middle class, inequality and social mobility. Guests Mustafa Akyol Richard Reeves Links Erdogan Should Not Erase Turkey’s Christian Past Would the Prophet Muhammad Convert Hagia Sophia? Lessons from Jerusalem: The Hagia Sophia in Turkey is too disputed to turn back into a mosque Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Tara Isabella Burton and Jack Jenkins. Tara Isabella Burton is a columnist for the Religion News Service, and is a contributing editor at The American Interest. She is the author of Social Creature as well as her latest book Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. Jack Jenkins is an award-winning journalist and national reporter for the Religion News Service where he covers religion and politics. He is also the author of the book American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country. Guests Tara Isabella Burton Jack Jenkins Links Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country “CrossFit is my church” Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Ross Douthat and Lyman Stone. Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Tuesday and Sunday, and he co-hosts the Times Op-Ed podcast, "The Argument." Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger on its website. He is the author of "The Decadent Society," which published in March 2020. Lyman Stone is an Adjunct Fellow at AEI, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and a former International Economist at the US Department of Agriculture, where he forecasts cotton market conditions. He blogs about migration, population dynamics, and regional economics at In a State of Migration. Guests Ross Douthat Lyman Stone Links Promise and peril: The history of American religiosity and its recent decline The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success Webinar — Religiosity in America: Trends of the past and options for the future Follow us | faithangle.org

For this conversation, we sit down with Susan Glasser, The New Yorker’s staff writer and columnist, and a journalist who participated in our first overseas Faith Angle Forum, last November. Susan is the author of two books, a 10-year veteran correspondent at The Washington Post, editor-in-chief at Foreign Policy, and founder of Political Magazine. This conversation is followed by an airing of a Faith Angle presentation from Dr. Micah Goodman, research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and the author of four books. Guests Susan Glasser Micah Goodman Links Micah Goodman: "Catch ’67": The Ideas Behind the Arguments That Tear Israel Apart The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III The making of POLITICO Magazine, with Susan Glasser Faith Angle Europe 2019 Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Tim Keller and Peter Wehner. Tim Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. He is also the Chairman & Co-Founder of Redeemer City to City (CTC), which starts new churches in New York and other global cities, and publishes books and resources for ministry in an urban environment. In 2017 Dr. Keller transitioned to CTC full time to teach and mentor church planters and seminary students through a joint venture with Reformed Theological Seminary's (RTS), the City Ministry Program. He also works with CTC's global affiliates to launch church planting movements. Peter Wehner is Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and a contributing editor for The Atlantic magazine. Mr. Wehner has written for numerous other publications—including Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Weekly Standard, National Review, Commentary, National Affairs, and Christianity Today—and has appeared frequently as a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, CBS, PBS, and C-SPAN television. He is also the Pamela and Jack Egan Visiting Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and the School of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. Guests: Tim Keller Peter Wehner Links: Conservative Christianity after the Christian Right, Faith Angle Forum, March 2013 The Moral Universe of Timothy Keller Preaching the Word and Quoting the Voice Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Andy Crouch and Sarah Pulliam Bailey. Andy Crouch is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His two most recent books—2017's The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place and 2016's Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing—build on the vision of faith, culture, and the image of God laid out in his previous books Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power and Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. Sarah Pulliam Bailey runs The Washington Post's religion vertical. She covers how faith intersects with everything, including politics, culture, education, abortion and immigration. Before joining The Post, she was a national correspondent for Religion News Service. She was also online editor of Christianity Today magazine. Guests: Andy Crouch Sarah Pulliam Bailey Links: Love in the Time of Coronavirus Leading Beyond the Blizzard: Why Every Organization Is Now a Startup Should older Americans die to save the economy? Ethicists call it a false choice. Coronavirus & Quarantine: What Big Questions Can We Be Asking? Follow us | faithangle.org

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Asma Uddin and Daniel Harrell. Asma Uddin is currently an expert advisor on religious liberty to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Inclusive America Project Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and senior scholar at the Freedom Forum Institute. She is also a Berkley Center research fellow. In addition to her expertise in religious liberty, Uddin writes and speaks on gender and Islam, and she is the founding editor-in-chief of altmuslimah.com. Daniel Harrell is Editor-in-Chief of Christianity Today. Formerly, he served ten years as Senior Minister of Colonial Church, Edina, Minnesota, and for 23 years before that as preaching minister at Park Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts. He has taught at Gordon-Conwell, Fuller and Bethel seminaries, as well as at Boston University and Harvard University. He served for many years on the Community Ethics Committee of the Harvard University Hospitals and on the Advisory Council of Biologos. Guests: Asma Uddin Daniel Harrell Links: When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America's Fight for Religious Freedom, by Asma Uddin Inclusive America Project Introducing Christianity Today’s New Editor in Chief Steve Waldman Facebook post about National Religious Broadcasters incident Attorney General William Barr Remarks at the 2020 National Religious Broadcasters Convention

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Yuval Levin. Yuval is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founding and current editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review. He holds an MA and PhD from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Guest: Yuval Levin at AEI Links: National Affairs A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream Follow Us: faithangle.org

NOTE: We had some trouble with Josh's microphone. We apologize for his audio quality. This week on the Faith Angle podcast, we are joined by Stan Rosenberg and Alexandra DeSanctis. Stan is the founder and Director of Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford. He teaches early Christian history and patristics, and the relationship between science and religion—even producing a play about the remarkably unknown life of Charles Darwin. Alexandra writes for National Review, primarily about the trajectory of abortion policy in American life. She also hosts her own podcast called For Life, and is a frequent speaker on college campuses. Guests: Stan Rosenberg at SCIO Alexandra DeSanctis at National Review Links: For Life podcast with Alexandra DeSanctis Mr. Darwin's Tree Follow us: https://faithangle.org/

Links from this episode: Trump Should Be Removed from Office, Mark Galli, Christianity Today President Trump's Tweet The Flag in the Whirlwind: An Update from CT’s President, Timothy Dalrymple, Christianity Today Napp Nazworth Twitter announcement Nearly 200 evangelical leaders slam Christianity Today for questioning their Christian witness, Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post Breaking News- CT v Trump, The Holy Post

Links from this episode: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Wajahat Ali, The New York Times

1. Daniel Silliman, “LGBT Rights-Religious Liberty Bill Proposed in Congress,” Christianity Today, 12/6/19 2. Fairness for All bill 3. Congress Should Act to Balance LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom,” by Tyler Deaton and Tim Schultz, Morning Consult, March 14, 2019

In this episode, we're joined by Daniel Krauthammer for a big-think conversation about American democracy, Judaism, foreign policy, history and human nature, the power of ideas, baseball, Zionism, and the remarkable life of Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018). Daniel recently edited "The Point of it All," and Pete Wehner of The Atlantic and The New York Times knew Charles for decades—and worked in 2001 with Daniel, too. Links from this episode: The Point of it All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors, 2019 paperback, Charles Krauthammer, ed. by Daniel Krauthammer The Example of Charles Krauthammer, by Peter Wehner, New York Times, June 21, 2018

In this episode, we're joined by Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy's Ashley Rogers Berner and The Atlantic's Alia Wong to discuss educational pluralism. Links from this episode: Ashley Berner | Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy Alia Wong | The Atlantic The Case for Educational Pluralism in the U.S. | Dr. Ashley Berner | Manhattan Institute No One Way to School: Educational Pluralism and Why it Matters | Ashley Berner | TEDxWilmingtonED

Are we living through a populist moment or a populist era? Matthew Goodwin, Prof. of Politics at Univ. of Kent, joins Henry Olsen of The Washington Post for a window into highlights from his bestselling book, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy---and its application to recent elections throughout the Western world. Book link: Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy

In this episode, we're joined by Calvin College's James K. A. Smith and NPR's Miranda Kennedy to discuss Professor Smith's newest book, On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts. Links from this episode: James K. A. Smith, Calvin College Miranda Kennedy, NPR On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts, by James K.A. Smith 'Augustine: Conversions to Confessions,’ by Robin Lane Fox, New York Times Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India, by Miranda Kennedy Interview: David Brooks on sin, Augustine and the state of his soul, by Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post Pew Research Center Survey: In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace

In this episode of Faith Angle, we're joined by Notre Dame's Christian Smith and Slate's Will Saletan to discuss Dr. Smith's newest book, Atheist Overreach Links from this episode: Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame Will Saletan, Slate Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can't Deliver Three Decades Ago, America Lost Its Religion. Why?

In this of Faith Angle, we take a look at the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel with Nadine Epstein and Michelle Boorstein. Links from this episode: Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Nadine Epstein, Moment Elie Wiesel, An Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections

In the latest episode of Faith Angle, we take a look at the changing nature of marriage in America with Eugene Scott and Brad Wilcox. Eugene covers identity politics for the Washington Post's The Fix, and Brad is Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. Brad, Eugene, and Josh Good discuss trends around marriage in the current political climate; how factors like class and race affect the health of marriages; economics and the importance of gainful employment (especially for men); the connection between marriage and economic mobility; the effects of delayed marriage among young people, and much more. Links from this episode: Eugene Scott, Washington Post Brad Wilcox, National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia How Divorce Lost Its Groove Don’t be a bachelor: Why married men work harder, smarter and make more money

Former Clinton White House Press Secretary—and now Wesley Seminary professor—Mike McCurry sits down with Washington Post Columnist Karen Tumulty, and Faith Angle's Josh Good, to discuss the faith journeys of the Clintons and Reagans; transformations in journalism; and new opportunities for congregations to directly engage the deep divide in America's political culture. Links from this episode: A private letter from Ronald Reagan to his dying father-in-law shows the president’s faith, Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 09/14/18 Former Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry finds his faith, marries it with politics, Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 02/22/14 How My Party Found God, Mike McCurry, The Daily Beast, 07/14/17

Links from this episode: HBO's "Foster" is disturbingly accurate, but it's missing one important thing: solutions, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Los Angeles Times, 5/7/19 Reconsidering Kinship Care, Naomi Schaefer Riley, National Affairs, Summer 2018 How Foster Care Became a Christian Priority - Just in Time, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition, 9/24/18 Christian Alliance for Orphans Christians Are Pro-Life After Birth, Too, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal, 6/13/19 In Brokenness & Beauty…It Is Well, Jedd Medefind, CAFO2019, 5/8/19 Taming Technology, Jedd Medefind, Outcomes Magazine

On the latest episode of Faith Angle, we're joined by New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks and Comment Magazine editor-in-chief Anne Snyder to discuss the new books they've each published, their respective approaches to writing, their own marriage and faith journey, and how to cultivate communities rooted in trust that lead to individual and social transformation. Links from today's episode: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, David Brooks, 4/16/19 The Fabric of Character: A Wise Giver's Guide to Supporting Social and Moral Renewal, Anne Snyder, 3/22/19 Evening Conversation with David Brooks at The Trinity Forum, 5/29/19 David Brooks' Journey Toward Faith, Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 5/7/19 A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream, Yuval Levin, forthcoming in February 2020 David Brooks on Weave: The Social Fabric Project, The Aspen Institute, 9/19/18 Why I Write, George Orwell, 1946 The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump, Peter Wehner, 6/4/19 The Magnanimous Man: In Remembrance of Michael Cromartie, Anne Snyder, Public Discourse, 9/7/17 Michael Cromartie introduction of David Brooks, The Gathering, 10/2/14 Anne’s email to David, p. 239 of The Second Mountain: "I want to reiterate that yes, grace is the central thing Christ offers, but that is the doorway. And it is to know him. I see lots of emphasis on striving in your note, and I appreciate its antidote to cheap grace. But the foundational fact is you cannot earn your way into a state of grace - this denies grace's power, and subverts its very definition. Grace must reach out to the broken and the undeserving. It must reach out to those recognizing plainly, vulnerably, their own need and emptiness. It can only find welcome in those sitting still.

We're joined this week by Dr. Shadi Hamid and Sarah Wildman to discuss the resurgent role of global Islam, the relationship between nationalist populism and Muslims, Sharia law in the Middle East, the role of religion in Western democracies, and the enduring question of how deep religious convictions can align with more lasting expressions of public pluralism Links from today's episode: Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World, Shadi Hamid, 6/6/17 The role of Islam in European populism: How refugee flows and fear of Muslims drive right-wing support, Shadi Hamid, Brookings, 2/19 Islam in Modern American Society, Shadi Hamid's 2018 address at Faith Angle Religious Conflict and the Future of the Middle East - Shadi Hamid's 2014 address at Faith Angle First Person, Foreign Policy podcast hosted by Sarah Wildman, with Shadi Hamid, on Mohamed Morsi and the Passing of Egypt's Democratic Moment, 6/21/19 Left Populism and the Rediscovery of Agonistic Politics, Shadi Hamid, American Affairs, Winter 2018 Making Sense, Sam Harris's podcast, with Shadi Hamid, on Islamism vs. Secularism, 12/5/16

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Stanley Carlson-Thies and Kelsey Dallas. Guests Stanley Carlson-Thies Kelsey Dallas Links Latter-day Saint leaders call for 'fairness for all' while opposing the Equality Act A Better Way than the Equality Act Nondiscrimination for All Health and Human Services and the Religious-Liberty War An Open Letter to Congress From Religious Leaders H.R.5 – Equality Act Follow us | faithangle.org

In this episode, we sit down with a Paris-based journalist, Pascal Emmanuel-Gobry, who provides insights on the changing role of religion in Europe. Amidst the rise in immigration and growing populism across the continent, is there a pluralist vision large enough to introduce healthy constraints and advance human flourishing between discrete communities? In advance of a November Faith Angle Forum, Pascal offers his best thinking.

In this episode, Emma Green of The Atlantic and Michael Wear of Public Square Strategies (& former senior advisor to President Obama), discuss how Democratic presidential candidates are approaching religion—and what that suggests about our cultural moment.

In this episode, we sit down with The Economist's James Astill and EPPC's Henry Olsen—also a Washington Post columnist—to discuss European populism. The centre-Left will never defeat European populism if it fails to first understand it: https://unherd.com/2018/12/centre-left-will-never-defeat-european-populism-fails-first-understand-2/

At our recent Faith Angle Forum in Miami, journalists, scholars, and faith leaders came together for in-depth conversations on global poverty and injustice, faith and mental health, and race in America. This episode offers an inside look at the forum, with clips from the presentations and comments from journalists, plus an extended conversation about Faith Angle with Jon Ward of Yahoo News.

Jon Haidt offers candid perspective on today's university campuses, contemporary journalism, public discourse, and his own journey—as well as ways to better equip iGen students in their pursuit of human flourishing. Guests: Jonathan Haidt Peter Wehner Links: Why a 21st Century Enlightenment Needs Walls, Jonathan Haidt, RSA Replay Complicating the Narratives, by Amanda Ripley The moral roots of liberals and conservatives, Jonathan Haidt, TED2008 Can a divided America heal?, Jonathan Haidt and Chris Anderson, TED2016 Let Grow Heterodox Academy

The Persistence of the Culture Wars, Russell Moore’s 2014 address at Faith Angle - https://faithangle.org/session/persistence-culture-wars/ Stop the Tax on Houses of Worship, Wall Street Journal, 11/22/18 - https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-the-tax-on-houses-of-worship-1542918092 The Storm-Tossed Family, 2019 - https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Tossed-Family-Cross-Reshapes-Home/dp/1462794807 Signposts podcast, Russell Moore’s bi-weekly podcast about faith and culture - https://www.russellmoore.com/category/podcast/ Christine Emba, Columnist, The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/christine-emba/?utm_term=.16f9da7373da

In this episode, we sit down with AEI president Arthur Brooks and NPR's Tom Gjelten to explore increasing loneliness and disenchantment with American politics, the power of storytelling, and new ways to engage distinct audiences in pursuit of the common good. Our Culture of Contempt, Arthur Brooks, New York Times, 3/1/19 - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/political-polarization.html Love Your Enemies, 3/12/19 - https://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Enemies-America-Contempt/dp/1982608803 Why Was the Dalai Lama Hanging Out at the Right-Wing American Enterprise Institute?, Vanity Fair, 2/26/14 - https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/02/dalai-lama-american-enterprise-institute Be Open-Handed Toward Your Brothers, Commentary, 2/1/14 - https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/be-open-handed-toward-your-brothers-1/ Tom Gjelten, National Religion and Belief Correspondent, NPR - https://www.npr.org/people/2100536/tom-gjelten

Faith Angle is a podcast about the dynamic, enduring impact of religion in American life—even when we don't think it's in the room.