Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)

Ross Douthat on Narrative and Religion (Live at Mason)

Published: Jan. 17, 2018, 1:06 p.m.

Last year, Tyler asked his readers \u201cWhat Is the Strongest Argument for the Existence of God?\u201d and followed up a few days later with a post outlining why he doesn\u2019t 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\u2019s 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\u2019s open to weird ideas, the importance of Sam\u2019s Club Republicans, the specter of a Buterlian Jihad, and more.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded January 11th, 2018

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