Can the West Survive Its Crisis of Faith? - Os Guinness
I sat down with Os Guinness, author of “Our Civilizational Moment,” to discuss how the West has become a “cut flower” civilization. Os argues that the slow secularization of the West has left its freedom, virtue, and sense of meaning disconnected from the foundation that sustained them for centuries.
We get into:
* Growing up in China during WWII and the rise of Mao
* Why the West is a “cut flower civilization”
* The golden triangle of freedom, virtue, and faith
* Why atheism conflicts with free will
* Whether Islam can adapt to Western norms
* The Hebrew Republic’s overlooked influence on…
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