Why should the average person on campus care about philosophy?

We continue our conversation with Dr. James KA Smith, a
philosophy professor at Calvin College who recently visited Ohio
State to speak about his book titled, You Are What You Love. On
our episode today, we discuss why the average person on campus
should care about philosophy perhaps more than they do, and we
ask more about Dr. Smith’s thoughts on living life in a secular
society.


For more on Dr. Smith, visit: jameskasmith.com


In this episode, we make reference to Dr. Smith’s book called How
(Not) To Be Secular; he describes this book as “your hitchhiker's
guide to the present."


Dr. Smith’s book seeks to summarize and popularize another work
by philosopher Charles Taylor called A Secular Age.


For further study, Colin Hansen has edited a new release also
reflecting on Taylor’s work called Our Secular Age.


 


The Walk is a production of The Thompson Institute, a program of
Cru at Ohio State
Produced by Aaron Badenhop
Edited by Seth Costello & Lukas Moreland
Special thanks to Dr. James KA Smith