Can the West Survive Its Crisis of Faith? - Os Guinness
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Os Guinness discusses the crisis of faith in the West and its implications for freedom and virtue.
I sat down with Os Guinness, author of “Our Civilizational Moment,” to discuss how the West has become a “cut flower” civilization. Os argues that the slow secularization of the West has left its freedom, virtue, and sense of meaning disconnected from the foundation that sustained them for centuries. We get into: * Growing up in China during WWII and the rise of Mao * Why the West is a “cut flower civilization” * The golden triangle of freedom, virtue, and faith * Why atheism conflicts with free will * Whether Islam can adapt to Western norms * The Hebrew Republic’s overlooked influence on America’s founding * The rise of antisemitism on the left and right * What it will take for the West to come home to its own roots _____________________________________ Order a copy of “Our Civilizational Moment: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds”: https://a.co/d/0bdSVQbY Order a copy of “America Agonistes: America’s 250th and the Restoration of a Nation in Conflict with Itself and Its Past”: https://a.co/d/0eL4mAbN _____________________________________ Outline:[0:00] Growing up in China in the 1940s [2:34] Eastern VS Western Civilization [6:53] The roots of the West have been…
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