TUESDAY TALKS - CORNEL WEST SPEAKS WITH REV. A.R. BERNARD

It is no secret that one of my favorite public intellectuals is Cornel West. I consider it an honor to live contemporaneously with such a brilliant man who has been as passionate about community upliftment as he has been knowledgeable about it. I had the honor of meeting him at a liberation event for Oscar Lopez Rivera, and hearing him speak in person left me absolutely captivated. As a Pastoral Ministry major in undergrad, who minored in philosophy, West's concept of what he calls "prophetic pragmatism" greatly appeals to me because it is concerned with reconciling what West once referred to as the "radical utopian impulse" of Christianity, with its practical human application of serving "the least of these". This talk he had recently with A.R. Bernard fleshes that concept out a little more and challenges all people, but particularly those of faith, to keep this in mind for the upcoming elections. Enjoy!