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Ross Douthat of The New York Times will join Dr. Alan Jacobs, Baylor Distinguished Professor of Humanities as well as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion for a conversation. We have heard that ancient Rome grew decadent, or that Byzantium did, or that Weimar Germany did. But what does it mean to call a society “decadent”? And is America today in danger of decadence?
Ross Douthat of The New York Times will join Dr. Alan Jacobs, Baylor Distinguished Professor of Humanities as well as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion for a conversation. We have heard that ancient Rome grew decadent, or that Byzantium did, or that Weimar Germany did. But what does it mean to call a society “decadent”? And is America today in danger of decadence?
