Downtown Discourse
Conversations that Matter
Summary:
Media stoke fear and anxiety. Twitter mobs swarm and cancel. Many feel that they cannot speak their minds in their workplaces. In the present moment, Christians are called to be witnesses to freedom. Rooted in God's Word, we must speak the truth calmly but firmly.
Bio:
R. R. RENO, the editor of First Things, a journal of religion and public life, serves on the board of advisers of the Edmund Burke Foundation, the sponsor or the 2019 National Conservatism Conference. After earning his doctorate in religious studies from Yale, he taught theology at Creighton University for twenty years. His previous books include Genesis: A Theological Commentary, Fighting the Noonday Devil, and Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society. He lives with his wife in New York City.
Media stoke fear and anxiety. Twitter mobs swarm and cancel. Many feel that they cannot speak their minds in their workplaces. In the present moment, Christians are called to be witnesses to freedom. Rooted in God's Word, we must speak the truth calmly but firmly.
Bio:
R. R. RENO, the editor of First Things, a journal of religion and public life, serves on the board of advisers of the Edmund Burke Foundation, the sponsor or the 2019 National Conservatism Conference. After earning his doctorate in religious studies from Yale, he taught theology at Creighton University for twenty years. His previous books include Genesis: A Theological Commentary, Fighting the Noonday Devil, and Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society. He lives with his wife in New York City.
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