David Bentley Hart on Reason, Faith, and Diversity in Religious Thought
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🗓️ 12 July 2023
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David Bentley Hart is an American writer, philosopher, religious scholar, critic, and theologian who has authored over 1,000 essays and 19 books, including a very well-known translation of the New Testament and several volumes of fiction.
In this conversation, Tyler and David discuss ways in which Orthodox Christianity is not so millenarian, how theological patience shapes the polities of Orthodox Christian nations, how Heidegger deepened his understanding of Christian Orthodoxy, who played left field for the Baltimore Orioles in 1970, the simplest way to explain how Orthodoxy diverges from Catholicism, the future of the American Orthodox Church, what he thinks of the Book of Mormon, whether theological arguments are ultimately based on reason or faith, what he makes of reincarnation and near-death experiences, gnosticism in movies and TV, why he dislikes Sarah Ruden’s translation of the New Testament, the most difficult word to translate, a tally of the 15+ languages he knows, what he’ll work on next, and more.
Recorded March 23rd, 2023.
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| 0:26.2 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Conversations With Tyler. |
| 0:29.8 | Today I'm very pleased to be chatting with David Bentley Hart. |
| 0:33.4 | How to describe David Bentley Hart? |
| 0:36.0 | Well, the person I know whom I consider to be the best read is David Gordon, |
| 0:40.3 | and David Gordon thinks that David Bentley Hart is the best read person he knows. |
| 0:45.1 | David Bentley Hart is an American writer, philosopher, religious studies scholar, |
| 0:49.4 | critic, and theologian. |
| 0:51.0 | He has authored over 1,000 essays, reviews, and papers, not to mention 19 books, |
| 0:56.2 | including a very well-known translation of the New Testament. |
| 0:59.9 | The topics he writes on include Christian metaphysics, orthodox Christianity, |
| 1:04.3 | philosophy of mind, Indian and East Asian religions, Asian languages, |
| 1:08.8 | classics, literature, music, and more. |
| 1:11.6 | David, welcome. |
| 1:13.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:15.1 | Now I have to live up to that introduction. |
| 1:17.6 | If you could explain to me as simply as possible, |
| 1:21.3 | in which ways is orthodox Christianity not so very millenarian? |
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