Faith Angle

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.