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Democracy & Solidarity with James Davison Hunter and David BrooksOne of the biggest questions in the Christian life is what it means to love one's neighbor, both in the personal and the public spheres. While these questions have always been challenging and contested, they seem to have grown increasingly divisive and demoralizing.So how do we begin to restore and reweave solidarity and a love for neighbor into our civic fabric?Today's episode features our recent evening conversation with sociologist and author James Davision Hunter and cultural critic and author David Brooks. Together they help us explore the cultural roots of America's crisis of solidarity, and what it may mean to move together towards a renewed commitment to the common good.“Until we understand the depth that the enemy is in fact not the other side, but in fact the enemy is the nihilism that insinuates itself within almost all of our public institutions, and not least our political institutions, we're really not taking the full measure of the crisis in front of us.” - James Davison HunterWe hope this conversation helps you consider how you’re engaging in relationships, and how the smallest acts of seeing another person and listening to their story can help begin to restore our social fabric and establish new cultural norms.This podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in September of 2024. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about James Davison Hunter and David Brooks.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:Culture Wars by James Davison HunterThe Death of Character by James Davison HunterScience and the Good by James Davison HunterTo Change the World by James Davison HunterDemocracy and Solidarity by James Davison HunterThe Social Animal by David BrooksThe Road to Character by David BrooksThe Second Mountain by David BrooksHow to Know a Person by David BrooksGeorge MarsdenAristotleThe Public Philosophy, by Walter LippmanArthur SchlesingerJohn BowlbyParker PalmerDavid HumeEdmund BurkeEddie HillisonSimone WeilMother TheresaAmerican Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, by Sam HuntingtonClarence ThomasThe Upswing, by Robert PutnamHoward UsockNicholas EpleyThe Communist ManifestoRelated Trinity Forum Readings:Wrestling with God, Simone WeilChildren of Light and Children of Darkness, by Reinhold NiebuhrPolitics, Morality, and Civility, by Vaclav HavelThe Origins of Totalitarianism, by Hannah ArendtThe Federalist PapersA Practical View of Real Christianity, by William Wilberforce,Who Stands Fast? by Dietrich BonhoefferRelated Conversations:Hope Beyond Tribalism with James MumfordFaith, Fear & Conspiracy with David FrenchThe Fall, the Founding and the Future of American DemocracyHow to Be a Patriotic ChristianExtremism and the Path Back to Peace with Elizabeth NeumannTo listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum SocietySpecial thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.