BYU Studies Quarterly
Article Title
Hope in a Time of Fracture
Keywords
BYU Studies, Turning the Tide, hope
Abstract
In the spring of 2015, I encountered two worlds within twenty-four hours—worlds yoked by creed but divided by demographic and disposition. On a crisp Wednesday evening in May, I was invited to attend a cocktail reception at the New York Yacht Club for a celebration among Jews, Catholics, and Evangelicals honoring the legacy of a man named Dietrich von Hildebrand, a philosopher and anti-Nazi hero during World War II. The room was filled with intellectuals, politicos, bankers, and think-tankers, and they were largely male and all Caucasian. These were true believers, and yet they felt isolated in their faith amid a secular elite, beleaguered as well by a mainstream culture that seemed increasingly hostile to some fundamental principles.
Recommended Citation
Snyder, Anne
(2020)
"Hope in a Time of Fracture,"
BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 59:
Iss.
3, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol59/iss3/12