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- Emily Corwin
- Username: emilycorwin
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire
- Joined PRX: May 16, 2008
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- "Intellect, Faith and Philosophy"
- Summary: Public intellectual Jack Beatty, theologist Harvey Cox and philosopher Simon Blackburn -- on ThoughtCast!
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food for thought
Emily Corwin
Posted on December 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM
I mean it as both a compliment and a criticism when I say that the opening of this piece should come with a suggested reading list. Attiyah's questions were pointed enough and Jack Beatty's responses were provoking enough to hold my interest despite their reliance on references to books and personalities I was not familiar with. The latter part of Beatty's interview is more accessible and very compelling, as they discuss the triumph of the private persona in the public sphere and the toll that has taken on the quality of American political discourse.