Found By Faith
People find faith or change faiths for many reasons: marriage, raising a family, dealing with grief or crisis. But sometimes it happens the other way around… faith finds you.
Episode 4 of the How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality podcast, hosted by PRX, titled "Found By Faith" was published on April 20, 2025 and runs 35 minutes.
April 20, 2025 ·35m · How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality
Summary
People find faith or change faiths for many reasons: marriage, raising a family, dealing with grief or crisis. But sometimes it happens the other way around… faith finds you. A believing takes hold, a sense that something divine is there. And maybe not in the way or role that you might have expected. It’s not uncommon. Data show that these types of experiences happen to about 30% of people. On this episode we’ll talk to one of these people –New York Times columnist and best selling author David Brooks– about his unexpected encounter with faith and what came after. Find out more about Weave: The Social Fabric Project, the non-profit David founded at the Aspen Institute.
Episode Description
People find faith or change faiths for many reasons: marriage, raising a family, dealing with grief or crisis. But sometimes it happens the other way around… faith finds you. A believing takes hold, a sense that something divine is there. And maybe not in the way or role that you might have expected.
It’s not uncommon. Data show that these types of experiences happen to about 30% of people. On this episode we’ll talk to one of these people –New York Times columnist and best selling author David Brooks– about his unexpected encounter with faith and what came after.
Find out more about Weave: The Social Fabric Project, the non-profit David founded at the Aspen Institute.
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