Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Last year, Tyler asked his readers “What Is the Strongest Argument for the Existence of God?” and followed up a few days later with a post outlining why he doesn’t believe in God. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat accepted the implicit challenge, responding to the second post in dialogic form and arguing that theism warrants further consideration.

This in-person dialogue starts along similar lines, covering Douthat’s views on religion and theology, but then moves on to more earth-bound concerns, such as his stance on cats, The Wire vs The Sopranos, why Watership Down is the best modern novel for understanding politics, eating tofu before it was cool, journalism as a trade, why he’s open to weird ideas, the importance of Sam’s Club Republicans, the specter of a Buterlian Jihad, and more.

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Recorded January 11th, 2018

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0:31.7	Now onto my conversation with New York Times columnist, Ross Stafford.
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1:05.5	Ross is the youngest person ever to have been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.
1:20.5	You had to start there.
1:22.8	He is one of our best and most important thinkers.
1:25.6	And in March, he has a new book coming out called To Change the Church, Pope Francis and
1:30.4	the Future of Catholicism.
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1:39.3	Ross, welcome.
1:40.3	Thank you.
1:41.3	Thank you, Tyler.
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