What Death Is For: Mortality in Philosophy, Art, Political Theory, and Religion
Literature, Art, and Cultural Studies
English - March 27, 2006 17:00 - 48 minutes - 11.1 MB - ★★★ - 7 ratingsCourses Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Joseph Bottum, Ph.D.'93, presents "What Death Is For: Mortality in Philosophy, Art, Political Theory, and Religion." Bottum, who earned his doctorate in philosophy, is the editor of First Things, a monthly journal published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York City. He has also served as an arts and culture editor at the Weekly Standard and poetry editor at First Things. His books include The Fall & Other Poems (St. Augustine's, 2001) and, edited with David Dalin, The Pius Wars: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII (Lexington, 2004).
Bottum is introduced by Jorge Garcia, professor in the philosophy department.
Speaker: Joseph Bottum
Date: March 27, 2006
Length: 48:36