Os Guinness on Liberty and Hope

Os Guinness on Liberty and Hope

Author: frontporchrepublic May 2, 2021 Duration: 44:29
Prolific author and social critic Os Guinness discusses the current challenges for liberty and his hopes for the future. The Chinese-born, English-educated, Irish-rooted scholar who lives in America also shares insights from his time at L’Abri and talks some Arsenal football. Highlights 2:00 “Home” to Os Guinness 3:30 Beer in his blood 5:15 Under his own vine and fig 7:45 Hospitality lessons from Edith Schaeffer 10:45 The 1960s, Jefferson Airplane and the long march 12:30 The Call, place, and the Jesus Go-Fest 16:00 Soccer Super League 17:15 A quiet voice? 18:45 Civility and respect for words 19:30 Books over tweets 22:00 An intellectual knee on the neck of America 24:00 Freedoms, negative and positive 25:30 The pandemic and liberty 27:00 Respecting others in a free society 28:30 A Magna Carta from Mount Sinai 31:00 Civic education and the value of transmission 32:00 1776 v. 1789 34:00 Approaches to justice and Black Lives Matter 36:45 A post-rights world? 38:00 (Chief Justice) Burger for lunch 39:30 7 year-old revolutionary refugees of the world unite 42:00 Hope in the face of stark realism Resources osguinness.com The Magna Carta for Humanity L’Abri The Williamsburg Charter Find Your Way Home

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