Currently writing a book on religion in urban areas. Us totler sat down with talk about religion in the 20th century and talk to us about misconceptions on the subject. Was interned at interviewed this year in providence, rhode island. You were writing a book what isgod in gotham, it about . Jon butler it is about religion in new york city. When people think about religion in america and new york, they do not put the two together. Religion ink about america, weeping think about Rural America and south. But we do not think about manhattan. Manhattan and new york city are often referred to as the capital f wins my urge you to write this book . Jon butler two things. A close friend to was an urban historian. We were close friends. We both lived in minneapolis in summer. Our kids played together. We talked about urban history. I thought there was a story here. He helped me find a story. I started out as a colonial american historian. I thought there was a story about religion in modern tha
Challenging. And if you could visualize an educational system where a child is continuously challenged if they cant achieve a level theyre shunted off to a different challenge or theyre asked to do it over again. You now have education thats tailored to the individual. And i am absolutely convinced that that is going to create a class of smarter people. Our children are going to be smarter than we are and their children will be smarter than they are. And is that a good thing . Yeah, i think so. Smarter people do everything better. Ask we could solve some and we could solve some really important problems like eliminating war. So ive gone on a little bit from the spectrum issue. Host and finally, what kind of cell phone are you using today . Guest well, i, you know, i always have the latest cell phone you better. Guest peter. [laughter] the difficulty with cell phones today is they are really aimed at techies. And i want to have a cell phone that anticipates my needs may ask me a few que
Movie critic and later oped journalist of the wall street journal. He has served as contributing editor for the atlantic and newsweek. A bestselling author, brooks books include bobos in paradise, on Paradise Drive and is third look the social animal that hidden sources of love character and achievement became a New York Times bestseller number one bestseller and of course the work that he is discussing tonight is already number one on the amazon hardcover bestsellers list. In addition to all of this though. [applause] david teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of arts and sciences. Responding to david tonight is mike sub vibe nationally syndicated columnist who appears twice weekly in the Washington Post and author of heroic conservatism as well is coauthor with pete wainer of city of man. In addition he served as a Senior Adviser of a Bipartisan Organization dedicated to the fight to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases as well as a pastor to fel
The second thing i inquired with samuel johnson. He was born in 1709 in england barely survived. He was handed over to wetnurse. Blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. They perform surgery on his jaw which led to scars on his face. They help them his arteries to please him and they left the ones open for six years. He developed tourettes syndrome and ocd. He failed as a student and failed as a teacher. His life at age 30 was woodys called radically wretched. Suicide attempts. He is a very unsuccessful life. He turned that suffering into something. The first thing suffering does and it should be said theres nothing intrinsically noble about suffering but as paul tillich wrote suffering drags you deeper into yourself. If it drags you beneath the daily cares of life and her mind are mine to you are not who you thought you were. Was suffering does is it carved into the basement of your soul revealing a cavity below revealing it cap in the below. The suffering created and johnson was a radic
First off, we needed to hear some thing about the unitarian universalists, but also how interesting helens reaction i think that, when were looking at these categories, believers are going to have their own say and where they belong and we have to understand that also, but thank you, this is really nice. The rest of the presents, i hope youll be forth coming. [laughter] let me move on to nonconventionality. Well tie up this scene, see a couple of provocative rollins and already with the unitarian universalists we will see there is some problem. So lets be even more careful i dont know whose toes i am going to step on with the nonconventionality here. But the key point is, think about longevity, how long theyve been here traditions and it begins to see why people have some of prejudices they do. Anyway, eastern traditions; only reason is they have not been in this country as long. Although, theyre moving much more into a middle ground. See how that is, they are moving into a middle grou