Baroness Cox sits in the British House of Lords as a crossbencher and is a frequent contributor to Lords debates on Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Nigeria, and Burma. In this 2005 lecture in New York City, she asks: is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy? She challenges the audience to build bridges, not walls, and seek reconciliation through realism.

The post Baroness Cox: The 'West,' Islam, and Islamism first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Globalization, as defined by author and social critic Os Guinness in this 2006 talk, is the process whereby the speed, scope, and simultaneity of our communications allows us to conduct our human affairs anywhere in the world regardless of place, time, or government. Guinness explores some dysfunctions of globalization where life becomes a task, not a gift, and we limit self-reflection and depth in relationships.

The post Os Guinness: Globalization and Its Human Challenges first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Lauren Winner confronts cultural lies about sex with nuance and wit in this 2005 lecture given in New York City.

The post Lauren Winner: What is Sex? The Naked Truth About the Facts of Life first appeared on Socrates in the City.

The post Thomas Howard: Beyond Narnia first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt has conducted more than 10,000 interviews, and as a rule he opts not to interview comedians because “three hours later you don’t know what happened, the paper’s all gone, people are laughing, and nothing’s been done.” Here the radio host ends up on the other side of an interview with the very funny Eric Metaxas as they discuss Hugh’s book, THE HAPPIEST LIFE.

The post Hugh Hewitt: The Happiest Life first appeared on Socrates in the City.

As a self-described secular Jew, author, and academic, David Berlinski, in an attempt to unveil scientific rhetoric and pretensions, declares to the theory of evolution: thou art weighted in the balances and found wanting. In this lecture given in June 2012 at the Union League Club in New York City, Berlinski directs these unanswered questions to the scientific community: Is morality a compulsive force? Can science prove that God does not exist? How might an organ like the brain develop beyond the needs of the possessor?

The post David Berlinski: The Devil’s Delusion first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Eric Metaxas interviews biochemist Michael Behe on “The New Science about DNA that Challenges Evolution” as told in Behe’s book, DARWIN DEVOLVES. Filmed at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in February 2019.

The post Michael Behe: Darwin Devolves first appeared on Socrates in the City.

In this poignant and at times heart-rending conversation, Eric Metaxas talks with writer and editor Rod Dreher about his book, THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTH LEMING: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life. This interview was recorded in New York City in April 2013.

The post Rod Dreher: The Little Way of Ruthie Leming first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Contrasting the modernist “cube” of the Great Arch of La Defense in Paris with the “cathedral” — Notre-Dame — George Weigel looks at both civilizations and argues that Europe’s shift to secular philosophy has produced a crisis of civilizational morale and a failing future. Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian, author, and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. This lecture takes place at New York City’s Union Club in October 2009.

The post George Weigel: The Cube and The Cathedral first appeared on Socrates in the City.

Fordham Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Merold Westphal makes the case for taking a closer look at Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud and their responses to religion as a guide in “living the examined life.” This lecture was given in April 2011 at the Union Club in New York City.

The post Merold Westphal: Atheism for Lent first appeared on Socrates in the City.