Nick Cave is a multi award-winning Australian rock singer-songwriter who over his 40+ year long career has seen the release of countless records, film scores, and writings. Seán O’Hagan is an award-winning journalist for the The Guardian with a speciality in photography.
The two of them spoke about faith and religion, the transformative nature of grief, and the experience of writing their book Faith, Hope and Carnage together.
Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/01/18/nick-cave-and-sen-ohagan-on-grief-faith-and-navigating-disagreement
Buy a copy of Faith, Hope and Carnage here: https://store.nickcave.com/products/faith-hope-and-carnage?variant=39745220706370&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT825KTMDyylIfsYWZMOeO9Sl2vpBly9Dr69h7ovz3E5CIAFBux6e-oaAtMJEALw_wcB
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
02:53 What do you hold sacred? Seán O'Hagan's response.
06:09 Disagreements about faith and religion
11:10 Nick Cave's sacred value
15:32 The transcendent nature of grief
23:54 Faith, Grief, Art and Surrender
27:47 Nick Cave's faith and theology
36:40 The true complexity of faith
40:44 The universal experience of grief
47:31 ‘I/Thou’ moments and pursuing better dialogue
55:50 Forgiveness and the Christian liturgical calendar
01:05:38 Reflection and outro
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