Columnist David Brooks Speaking at Seminary
New York Times Op-Ed Columnist and PBS Commentator David Brooks will speak at Princeton Seminary at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 in the Iain R Torrance Atrium, Princeton Theological Seminary Library, 25 Library Place in Princeton.
Mr. Brooks will engage in a public conversation with Princeton Seminary President M. Craig Barnes about covenant, community life, and the social fabric that ties us together. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Parking is available in the lot behind the library.
The author of Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There (Simon & Schuster, 2001), and The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012, Mr. Brooks published The Road to Character (Random House Trade Paperbacks), which was a number one New York Times bestseller in 2015.
After graduating from the University of Chicago, David Brooks became a police reporter for the City News Bureau, worked at The Washington Times and The Wall Street Journal, and served as senior editor at The Weekly Standard as well as contributing editor for The Atlantic and Newsweek. He teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
M. Craig Barnes is the seventh president of Princeton Theological Seminary and is the author of several books and articles that center on the struggle of contemporary people making sense of God’s grace. He also serves as an editor-at-large and frequent contributor to The Christian Century.
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