Blaise Pascal: Addressing the Cultured Despisers of Religion

We are so grateful for Graham Tomlin’s 2026 NYC talk. An Anglican clergyman and theologian, Tomlin is coming off the recent UK publication of an acclaimed biography on Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World, which comes out in the US next month. Pascal was not only a brilliant mathematician (his triangle’s still handy for boardgame strategy) but also perhaps the first modern figure to articulate humanity’s irrepressible spiritual longing even in age of accelerating rationalism. His far-reaching, often humorous insights on the human condition ultimately show how our deep aspirations and contradictions insistently point us toward the God revealed in Jesus Christ. In a time of felt disenchantment, his insights remain as pertinent as ever, and Tomlin draws them out in fresh, convicting ways.