Call It Grace (Robert Wright & Serene Jones)

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News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Serene’s new book, Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World ... Serene’s theological upbringing and early encounters with Calvin’s writings ... What a romantic tragedy early in life taught Serene about God’s grace ... A revelatory brush with death in rural India ... Timothy McVeigh and the challenge of forgiveness ... How Serene’s father met an epic challenge to his faith and his charity ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:08.8	Hi, Serene.
0:10.3	Hey, Bob.
0:11.0	How you doing?
0:12.0	Very good.
0:13.5	Good.
0:14.1	Let me introduce us.
0:15.9	I'm Robert Wright.
0:16.6	This is the right show available on both streaming video and via audio podcast.
0:20.0	You're Serene Jones.
0:20.8	Yes. President of Union Theological Seminary. Okay. the right show available on both streaming video and via audio podcast you're serene jones president of union theological seminary where by the way i am uh visiting professor of science
0:29.5	and religion although i'm not actually teaching at the moment but that is a that is a title i have
0:35.2	and you are perhaps more to the point, we'll talk about union, but more to the point, you are the author of the book, Call It Grace.
0:47.1	I'm going to hold up, I've been listening to the audiobook, so I can't really hold up the cover as would be customary.
0:53.8	Is that visible? visible yeah there you go
0:55.6	there they can see it call it grace the subtitle is finding meaning in a fractured world and that's
1:02.4	what we're going to talk about is that okay is that okay with you yeah i'm ready okay okay okay
1:08.0	really fascinating book i've got to say you've had a more interesting life than mine.
1:14.5	I hardly think that's true.
1:16.4	Trust me.
1:17.1	This will be, no one will be denying this by the end of our conversation, Serene.
1:24.7	And, you know, in fact uh this is listening to books
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