God, Death, and the Pandemic (w/ Sarah Jones)

Matt is joined by Know Your Enemy favorite Sarah Jones to discuss her recent New York Magazine essay, "An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic." They discuss their shared religious upbringing and college years among fundamentalist and evangelical Christians, why Sarah became an atheist (and Matt didn't), and the reasons she reopened the question of God's existence during the pandemic—and what she did and didn't find along the way. Other topics include: C.S. Lewis, the nature of rituals, how we hold our beliefs, and more!

Sources:

Sarah Jones, "An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic," New York Magazine, October 11, 2021

Andre Dubus, "A Father's Story," from Selected Stories (Vintage)

T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding," from Four Quartets (1943)

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (HarperOne)

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