The last episode of this season of Old Books with Grace is out today!! Sadly, Canva, my usual flyer making spot, isn’t working for me–but definitely don’t miss out on this wonderful episode with Dr. Michael Lamb on Augustine and the virtue of hope. Augustine is so often painted as a pessimist, but in our conversation and in his marvelous book, Dr. Lamb points out both the anachronism of this idea, and argues that Augustine in fact has a vision of hope that can be for right here and right now. You can listen on any podcasting platform, including Apple and Spotify!
Michael Lamb is the F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Oxford Character Project. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University, a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. An award-winning teacher, his research and teaching focus on leadership, character, and the role of virtues in public life. He is the author of A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought (2022), which offers a bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its relevance for politics. His work has been published in leading academic journals across numerous disciplines.
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