Claire Danes, Kate Bowler, & Kelly Corrigan / Consumption, Responsibility, Failure, Repair, & Forgiveness / Life Worth Living Book Club, Part 4 of 5

Claire Danes, Kate Bowler, & Kelly Corrigan / Consumption, Responsibility, Failure, Repair, & Forgiveness / Life Worth Living Book Club, Part 4 of 5

Author: Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Drew Collins, Miroslav Volf, Evan Rosa, Macie Bridge July 15, 2023 Duration: 54:14
Part 4 of a 5-part book club series produced and hosted by Kelly Corrigan Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. Featuring Kate Bowler and Claire Danes. The three discuss the morality of buying and consumption, responsibility, failure, changing your mind, the meaning of an apology, and beauty of forgiveness.

What does it mean to live well, not just for ourselves but for the world around us? For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture explores this profound question through conversations that blend deep theological insight with sharp cultural analysis. Hosted by scholars and thinkers like Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Drew Collins, Miroslav Volf, Evan Rosa, and Macie Bridge, each episode delves into the complexities of faith, philosophy, and everyday practice. You’ll hear discussions that move from abstract ideas to tangible guidance, examining how ancient wisdom intersects with modern challenges in society, education, and personal spirituality. This isn’t about easy answers, but about the harder, more rewarding work of discerning what constitutes a flourishing life-for individuals and communities alike. The podcast serves as an audio extension of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture’s mission, offering thoughtful content for anyone curious about how belief shapes and is shaped by culture. Tune in for a consistently engaging exploration of what it means to seek a life truly worthy of our shared humanity.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
Baseball as a Road to God / John Sexton [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:20
To true fans, baseball is so much more than a sport. Some call it the perfect game. Some see it as a field of dreams. A portal to another dimension. Some see it as a road to God. Others—”heathen” we might call them—find…
Love and Judaism / Rabbi Shai Held with Miroslav Volf [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:54
There’s a common misconception that Judaism is a religion of law and Christianity is a religion of love. But the very love commandments at the heart of Jesus’s teaching are direct quotes from Deuteronomy 6. Jesus, after…
Love's Braided Dance / Norman Wirzba [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:53
Problem-solving the crises of the modern world is often characterized by an economy and architecture of exploitation and instrumentalization, viewing relationships as transactional, efficient, and calculative. But this s…
Music & Joy / Daniel Chua [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:31
Can music teach us how to live? In this interview Evan Rosa invites Daniel Chua—a musicologist, composer at heart, and Professor of Music at the University of Hong Kong—to discuss his latest book, Music & Joy: Lessons on…
How to Read Genesis / Marilynne Robinson & Miroslav Volf [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:40
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Poverty / Rev. William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:40
Rev. William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove discuss the political, moral, and spiritual dimensions of poverty. Together, they co-authored White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct Ameri…
How to Read Julian of Norwich / Ryan McAnnally-Linz [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:24
Julian of Norwich is known and loved for the lines revealed to her by God, “All shall be well and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” But beyond the comfort of this understandably uplifting phrase,…
How to Read Dallas Willard / Steve Porter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:56
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) was an influential philosopher and beloved author and speaker on Christian spiritual formation. He had the unique gift of being able to speak eloquently to academic and popular audiences, and i…
Political Rage & America's Threat from Within / Elizabeth Neumann [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:06
Elizabeth Neumann served as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration, and came back to the White House again in 2017 to…