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Time for Truth
Os Guinness
Senior
Fellow of the Trinity Forum, and author of Time for Truth: Living
Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spin, Os Guinness points out that
in our postmodern society, truth no longer exists in any objective or
absolute sense. He argues that truth, nevertheless, is a vital requirement
for freedom and a good life.
Born in China during World War II, Os Guinness remained there until 1951
when the Communists forced most foreigners to leave. Since then he has lived
mostly in England, Switzerland, and the United States. Educated in England,
he did undergraduate studies at the University of London, and postgraduate
studies at University of Oxford where he graduated with a D.Phil. in the
social sciences from Oriel College. He has written or edited more than twenty
books, including The American Hour (Free Press, 1993), The
Call (Word 1998), Time for Truth (Baker 2000), and Long
Journey Home (Doubleday 2001).
Since 1984, he has lived in the Washington, DC area. He was a Guest Scholar
at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies and then a Guest
Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 1986 -
1989 he was the Executive Director of the Williamsburg Charter Foundation,
one
of the drafters of the Williamsburg Charter, and co-author of the public
school curriculum Living With Our Deepest Differences. He is a
Senior Fellow and Vice Chairman of the Board at The Trinity Forum. His
deep concern is to bridge the chasm between academic knowledge and popular
knowledge,
taking things that are academically important and making them intelligible
and practicable to a wider audience, especially as they concern matters of public policy.
Program recording date and length: 2001 ~ 1 Hour (This study was presented originally at UCLA.)
