Finding Your Calling: But I’m Interested in Everything?
So how in the world do we wrangle all of our diverse interests into a career? How do I choose when I could easily see myself as an astronomer or an interior designer or a marketer or a small business owner?
Regulation Not the Answer for the Unbanked
Tools like prepaid debit cards present one of the best options for bridging the gap between financial exclusion and full participation in our 21st century economy. These tools—and all the innovations which have the potential to make them even better—should be fostered through entrepreneurship, thoughtful policy, and education for those caught in a deep cycle of poverty.
Finding Your Calling: What Is Vocation?
Vocation is not just a fancy Christian-ese word for “career.” It comes from the same root word for “vocal” or “advocacy,” which makes sense, as we often use the word “calling” interchangeably. God is calling us to do something.
Campus Turmoil and the Free Market of Ideas
We are in a time of heightened political correctness which is beginning to disturb many in the academy and the wider public. Political correctness is not a new phenomenon, but it largely subsided for the first decade of the 2000s before returning with a vengeance in the last few years.
How ‘The Walking Dead’ Can Inform Our Response to Terrorism
we must not become a people who are willing to trade anything for safety. No matter how hard we try, complete safety is a farce, and many of the things that we might trade away are too valuable to give up. In some respects, our way of life is as precious as life itself.
Values & Capitalism 2016–2017 Young Scholar Awards
The Values & Capitalism Young Scholar Award program seeks to foster high-quality academic research and writing by awarding $5,000 scholarships in public policy or economics to four rising juniors or seniors at Christian colleges or universities. Students are...
2015 Values & Capitalism Fall Summit
On Friday, October 30th, over 150 students, professors and local leaders gathered at AEI’s headquarters in Washington DC for the 2015 Values & Capitalism Fall Summit. The purpose of this year’s Summit was to provide a space for a series of nonpartisan conversations on poverty, justice, and opportunity while also connecting top students and professors on Christian college campuses with leaders in the broader evangelical community.
Protecting Religious Liberty by Bridging the Relational Gap
The slide towards religious persecution will halt only when people from all parts of our pluralistic society can better understand one another. And this will only be achieved by engaging in hard conversations that need to be had, and by listening as much as we speak.
Dr. Gregory Thornbury Named Values & Capitalism Visiting Professor
Dr. Gregory Thornbury, president of The King’s College (TKC) in New York City, has been named the inaugural Values & Capitalism Visiting Professor for the 2015–2016 academic year. In this new position, which will rotate annually, Dr. Thornbury will collaborate with V&C on conferences, campus events, and a number of other project initiatives.
