Nick Cave is a multi award-winning Australian rock singer-songwriter who over his 40+ year long career has seen the release of countless records, film scores, and writings. Seán O’Hagan is an award-winning journalist for the The Guardian with a speciality in photography.

The two of them spoke about faith and religion, the transformative nature of grief, and the experience of writing their book Faith, Hope and Carnage together.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/01/18/nick-cave-and-sen-ohagan-on-grief-faith-and-navigating-disagreement

Buy a copy of Faith, Hope and Carnage here: https://store.nickcave.com/products/faith-hope-and-carnage?variant=39745220706370&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT825KTMDyylIfsYWZMOeO9Sl2vpBly9Dr69h7ovz3E5CIAFBux6e-oaAtMJEALw_wcB

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

02:53 What do you hold sacred? Seán O'Hagan's response.

06:09 Disagreements about faith and religion

11:10 Nick Cave's sacred value

15:32 The transcendent nature of grief

23:54 Faith, Grief, Art and Surrender

27:47 Nick Cave's faith and theology

36:40 The true complexity of faith

40:44 The universal experience of grief

47:31 ‘I/Thou’ moments and pursuing better dialogue

55:50 Forgiveness and the Christian liturgical calendar

01:05:38 Reflection and outro

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