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Posts by Aryana Petrosky Roberts

Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. Before joining the team full-time, Aryana interned at AEI and was a John Jay Institute fellow. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a degree in political science and a minor in humanities. While at APU, she spent a semester with the High Sierra program and studied abroad in South Africa.

Desiring Community: A Lesson from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

| August 1, 2020

Desiring Community: A Lesson from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Like many students who attended a Christian college or university, I read Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer for the first time during my freshman year of college. At the time, I was several weeks into a study away...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

We Will Feast Again: Reflections on Holy Week During a Pandemic

| April 10, 2020

We Will Feast Again: Reflections on Holy Week During a Pandemic
As this extreme Lenten season comes to a close, I have had numerous thoughts flitting about my mind on how the coalescing of Lent and the pandemic have shaped my understanding of technology and community. Below are two insights that I hope will form me far beyond this...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Toil and Angst: A book review of “On the Road with Saint Augustine” by James K.A. Smith

| February 19, 2020 | Faith

Toil and Angst: A book review of “On the Road with Saint Augustine” by James K.A. Smith
The disarray of post-graduate life left me in existential and theological angst. Why was transitioning to working full time in a city of opportunity at my dream first job so difficult and spattered with discontentment? Why were all of my friends, also working jobs...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Announcing: 2019-2020 Young Scholars

| August 8, 2019 | Young Scholars

Announcing: 2019-2020 Young Scholars
AEI’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019–2020 Young Scholar Awards. This year we received impressive applicants from schools across the country on topics ranging from public policy, economics, law, and political...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

What “A Wrinkle in Time” Teaches Us About Good Government and Society

| February 26, 2018 | Politics, Society

What “A Wrinkle in Time” Teaches Us About Good Government and Society
With the fast approaching movie release of “A Wrinkle in Time,” based on Madeline L’Engle’s children’s book, I decided to reread one of my childhood favorites before March 9th. Distinct in my memory from when I had first read it over ten years ago, was the powerful...
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Aryana Petrosky Roberts
Aryana Petrosky Roberts is a senior associate for AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. She graduated from Azusa Pacific University, and is a former John Jay Institute Fellow.