Jeff Haanen, executive director of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, spoke with Brooks, a cultural Jew, about recovering the classical quest for virtuous living-and great men and women who can light the way. He pairs sketches of historical figures like Augustine and Dwight Eisenhower with analysis of our culture’s retreat from biblical notions of sin and righteousness. Although his résumé sparkled-a columnist for The New York Times, a political commentator for PBS and NPR, and the author of best-selling books like Bobos in Paradise-his inner life felt impoverished.īrooks’s quest to fill that hollowness culminated in his latest book, The Road to Character (Random House). Several years ago, David Brooks hit a wall.
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