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Faith Angle brings together top scholars and leading journalists for smart conversations around some of the most profound questions in the public square. Rather than a current-events debrief, our goal is a substantive conversation one notch beneath the surface, drawing out how religious convictions manifest themselves in American culture and public life.
Michael Wear and Tim Alberta: The Spirit of Our Politics
Faith Angle
53 minutes 15 seconds
1 year ago
Michael Wear and Tim Alberta: The Spirit of Our Politics
In this episode, we are joined again by Tim Alberta of The Atlantic and Michael Wear of the Center for Christianity and Public Life, to discuss Michael's brand new book The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. Michael has been engaging the condition of American politics for more than 15 years, after serving in the White House, helping to launch and lead the AND Campaign, and advising leading policymakers, journalists, practitioners at the intersection of faith and public policy.
Drawing from this experience as well as the work and influence of noteworthy Christian philosopher Dallas Willard, Michael argues that our politics will only get better if we get better. The only way to transcend the current polarized morass we’re in is to deepen and revitalize our spiritual formation. Our politics is downstream of the kind of people we are.
The Spirit of Our Politics argues that the way forward is to better align our political and civic engagement with our religious commitments. And while the democratic answer for believers is never theonomy, or Christian nationalism, or privileging a majority identity—Michael and Tim sketch the contours of what faithful, integrated living might produce.
Guests:
Michael Wear
Tim Alberta
Additional Resources:
The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life, by Michael Wear
The Center for Christianity & Public Life
The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta
"The Surprising Link between the Gospel and Politics," by Michael Wear
Wear We Are Podcast, with Michael and Melissa Wear
"Tim Alberta and Michael Wear: The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory," Faith Angle podcast episode
Faith Angle
Faith Angle brings together top scholars and leading journalists for smart conversations around some of the most profound questions in the public square. Rather than a current-events debrief, our goal is a substantive conversation one notch beneath the surface, drawing out how religious convictions manifest themselves in American culture and public life.
