One of the most controversial notions in the broader culture today is the idea of social justice.

But what exactly is social justice and why is it so controversial?

What are some of the merits and criticisms of the social justice movement in the culture more broadly?

And more importantly, what might be missing from our understanding of the pursuit of justice in general.

We'll just see questions in more

in a discussion of a brand new book

by the African-American scholar Thomas Soul,

long-time senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. I'm your

host Scott Ray and I'm your co-host Sean McDow. This is think biblic

from tablet school of theology at Biola University. So Sean who is Thomas Soul? Why is he such a big deal?

And why spend time on this book? Well first off everybody's talking about

social justice today, so I'm reading a ton from the left to the right.

And when Thomas Sol weighs into anything, let alone social justice, it gets my attention.

He's been writing as an academic for about half a century. Now as you said, I mean you read the

bio in the back of this book, he's a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

For more than half a century, his rights have appeared in popular and scholarly publications.

He's testified before Congress

when it comes to issues of economics and cultural topics, he is one of the

authorities of our day.

Now you mentioned that he's African American.

Normally I wouldn't draw that out, but he writes on so many issues that intersect with race, and he pushes

back on a common narrative that's certainly advanced within the university system today and I suspect that if he had not pushed back so

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