Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 120

PREVIEW

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Guests heard on Volume 120

Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, on the experience of “present shock” and the consequent loss of belief in the capability of stories to convey the shape of reality to us

Phillip Thompson, author of Returning to Reality: Thomas Merton’s Wisdom for a Technological World, on Thomas Merton’s lifelong concern about the disorienting effects of the technological mindset

Jonathan R. Wilson, author of God’s Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation, on how the life of the Trinity — a life of interpersonal giving and receiving — is the model of life within Creation, calling us to lives of generosity

James Bratt, author of Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat, on the life and thought of Abraham Kuyper, and on some of his early influences

D. C. Schindler, author of The Catholicity of Reason, on how consciousness and reason are “ecstatic,” and necessarily involve reaching outside of ourselves (Archive Feature available)

Paul Elie, author of Reinventing Bach, on how access to recordings enables a deeper understanding of music, and how the experience of Bach’s music benefits from such depth

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