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🗓️ 10 October 2024
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Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Dr. R.J. Snell about the importance of play and leisure, work and contemplation, and the communal nature of leisure.
You can watch this interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f32wLgFkvcw.
About the speaker:
R. J. Snell is Editor-in-Chief of Public Discourse and Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good. He has been visiting instructor at Princeton University, where he is also executive director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life. He's written books and articles on natural law, education, Bernard Lonergan, boredom, subjectivity, and sexual ethics for a variety of publications.
This project/publication was made possible through the support of Grant 63391 from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
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0:00.0 | Hello. |
0:10.6 | This is Father Gregory Pine and welcome back to the Timistic Institute podcast for another installment |
0:16.4 | of off-campus conversations during which which we chased down a domestic institute speaker, |
0:21.8 | lay hold of him by main force, and say, talk to us more. No, it's generally more serene than that. |
0:28.4 | So this episode, I am delighted to be joined by Dr. RJ Snow. Thanks for joining. |
0:33.2 | Oh, so good to be with you. Thank you, Father Gregory. |
0:36.1 | So folks might know you from several books that you've published on a variety of topics. |
0:40.2 | Your work, obviously, with the Witherspoon Institute and maybe some talks that you've given also on campuses, |
0:46.6 | which have been broadcasts the world over through the Domestic Institute podcast. |
0:51.3 | Sorry. |
0:52.3 | Yeah, when you try to – never mind. |
0:54.0 | Keep going, Father Gregory. But for those who don't know you, would you say a word of introduction? |
0:58.1 | Yeah, sure. I'm R.J. Snell. I'm a philosopher by training. Catholic convert about 12 years ago, grew up Baptist. I entered the church about 12 years ago. I'm the director of academic programs at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, |
1:12.2 | and the editor-in-chief of public discourse, which is our online journal. |
1:16.8 | Written, my most recent book is Lost in the Chaos, Imminence, Despair, and Hope. That just came out in |
1:21.9 | December. A book before that with Robbie George on intellectuals who've converted to the church. |
1:28.9 | And before that, a book on intellectuals who've converted to the church. And before that, |
1:35.8 | a book on sloth. Nice. Yeah. Cool. Good to be with you. I've done, happily done talks for T.I. over the years. And we're grateful. And we're showing our gratitude by asking you to do |
1:41.2 | more. Exactly. Exactly. |
1:45.5 | Infinite consumption. |
1:51.0 | No, we want to push back a little bit against a culture of infinite consumption and just talk a little bit about play. |
1:51.9 | So you've spoken at these campuses from time to time on like leisure or the soul of leisure |
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