Faith Angle

Yuval Levin: A Time to Build

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

 

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Stan Rosenberg and Alexandra DeSanctis: Augustine, Science, and God

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

 

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Mark Galli and Napp Nazworth: Trump-Evangelicals and the Christianity Today Editorial

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

Amb. Sam Brownback and Wajahat Ali: International Religious Freedom

Links from this episode:

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)

Wajahat Ali, The New York Times

Shirley Hoogstra and Tyler Deaton: Fairness for All

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

Daniel Krauthammer and Peter Wehner: The Point of it All

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

 

Ashley Berner and Alia Wong: Educational Pluralism

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

 

Matthew Goodwin and Henry Olsen: National Populism

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

James K. A. Smith and Miranda Kennedy: On Augustine‘s Road

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 

Christian Smith and Will Saletan: The Belief Question

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?