Redemptive Language In The Sea Of Lies: The Destruction and Creation of Worlds
Season 3, Episode 338, May 20, 2021, 08:33 AM
Republican Liz Cheney’s lonely stand against the Trumpists is a political story, on one level. On another level, we ask: what deeper story is this a part of?
What happens when the coherence of a world is blown apart by the corruption of language in the service of lies?
And what public redemptive language do we have, to fight back?
Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing movement of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.
In short, we want to foster conversations, develop habits, and create communities that are grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.
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