Argument. Its not necessary or sufficient to be successful in policy debates. Why . Well because there are narratives that people prefer to have and there seems to be some entrenched misunderstandings shockingly held by all kinds of people who you would think should know better. Its hard to sort out sometimes why people say what they say. Some people say to me they just dont understand these subtle things but i think thats really weird. Sometimes we are talking about part of the mystique. Somehow when you go into banking you suspend all judgment. Its all different so here in the rest of the economy have a lot of companies and a lot of corporations. They fund what they do. The bank somehow are different. They are allowed to say things that you would wouldnt make any sense and other corporations. Somehow its inferred that thats okay. Host one of the arguments you make in your book is about equity and capital and first of all you define those for people. What are the arguments you make .
Think that they are bumpkins who dont think deeply about the problems of butter and the. Frankly, i am envious of the. How wonderful the have the certainty that some many of them have. The sense that there was a moment in life when gile spoke to them and told them of their purpose and gave them a sense of mission. Not to say i am not aware of the powerful place of doubt in these communities, but part of why i enjoy writing about them is because i find much about their world view very attractive and in the them for it. Host this is book tv on cspan2, and we are on the campus of the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. We have been talking with history professor molly worthen. Here is her most recent book apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. Visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here on line. Type the of the war book title in the search bar on the upper lefthand side of the page and click search. You can also share anything uc ea
Youre watching book tv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. The university of north carolinas mary worthen sat down with book tv to discuss her book apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. This halfhour interview as part of book tv college series. Host mary worthen is a history professor. What courses do you teach . Guest i teach a big survey course on the history of religion in north america, a course on modern American Intellectual history. One of the most fun is called sin and evil in modern america, a Small Research seminar. You can imagine the kind of things students get into. Host you are also the author of this book, apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. What is evangelicalism . Guest that is a great question. Any scholar or observer tries to explain what is going on in modern american politics and religion has to contend with this slippery term. Some scholars have tried to define evangelicalism in
Im starting to ssierra when im the best questions that might actually get us closer to the vision with her splayed us out over 200 years ago. Thank you all so much for coming. The book is available on amazon. Com. I hope youre interested in buying it, but if not, please follow up with me. Thank you for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] up next on booktv, after words with guest host said two, author of the googlization of everything. This become a bestselling author, Jeremy Rifkin in his latest book, the zero Marginal Cost Society. And i commend the European Union pfizer argues capitalism is on its way out in the combined communications, energy and much of styx internet slowly to its demise by increasing production and distribution and effectively eliminating corporate profits. The program is about an hour. Host hello, Jeremy Rifkin is with us today. I am Siva Vaidhyanathan from the university of virginia. We are going to discuss his new book, the ze
Host you are also the author of this book, apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. What isval po has to contend with this tour ran some scholars haver tried to evangelicalism asset checklist of shared doctrine of of bornagain conversion experience bohaiin view of the authority of the bible and that is helpful but i was trying to find a definition to allow me to crawl and to speak pentecost goals and to agree on a list of doctrines as the set of shared questions of. I found myself focusing on the questions rather than the answers. Host to have to bebi conservative to bet al evangelical . Guest not politically i use a loosely but to invest in the traditional orientation for the authority a of the up by paul. And wrestling with three Major Concerns or anxieties with the transition. The first is how you keep faith and reason joint as one way to unify the world. The second is to cultivate a relationship with the defined. And how you reconcile your own personal