New York Times commentator and best-selling author David Brooks delivered the 3rd annual Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought in Old Cabell Hall on April 21, 2024 at the University of Virginia: the anchor event of an in person and livestreamed community-wide, intergenerational experience.
Following his lecture, “Know Better: Deepening the Bonds of Communal Life,” Brooks was joined onstage for a conversation with Melody Barnes, executive director of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy. Music by Porter’s Gate. A Charlottesville Welcome Table reception for all lecture guests followed: a special event in the UVA Amphitheater.
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MORE ABOUT THE KEYNOTE…
The keynote academic lecture will illuminate Brooks’s foundational work on the complexities and urgencies of living well in a democratic society. Following the public lecture, Brooks and Melody Barnes, Executive Director at UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy will engage in a conversation around Brook’s assertion that “there is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society; the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen - to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued heard and understood.”
“In our increasingly polarized and contentious public life, David and Melody are uniquely equipped to offer guidance and wisdom about how we can better connect with one another to build a richer civic fabric that can sustain a vibrant, healthy democracy” said Karen Wright Marsh, Executive Director for Theological Horizons.
Theological Horizons seeks to bring together an audience that represents the wider UVA community – ranging from dining hall workers and First Year undergrads to eminent professors and university administrators alongside an array of our Charlottesville neighbors.
The Scoper Lecture in Christian Thought is an annual series building off the Capps Lectures that brings eminent speakers to the university to deliver public lectures exploring the breadth of Christian expression in the arenas of scholarship, science and medicine, the arts, and culture. The series is generously funded by Nancy and Stephen Scoper, M.D., through their gift to the University of Virginia, designated to Theological Horizons.