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China Holds No Cards

| December 11, 2019 | Young Contributor

China Holds No Cards
It was 2 a.m., and my father and I had finally settled down for our flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Bleary-eyed, I was about to drift off to sleep, when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I hadn’t realized it, but there was a Chinese teenager more or less my age sitting...
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Alexander Hale
Alexander Hale
Alexander Hale was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior business fellow majoring in finance, political science, and philosophy at Baylor University, while also pursuing a great texts minor within the Baylor honors program.

How Should the Church Engage in a Consumer Society?

| December 9, 2019 | Young Contributor

How Should the Church Engage in a Consumer Society?
“To be prophetic is to host a world other than the one that is in front of us.” Christians, as theologian Walter Brueggemann so eloquently wrote, ought to be set apart, practicing faith and life in a way that is unique and attractive to those outside of the body of...
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Grant Dunnavan
Grant Dunnavan
Grant Dunnavan was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Wheaton College where he studies international relations.

Emergency Powers for Climate Change

| December 13, 2019 | Young Contributor

Emergency Powers for Climate Change
In case of a national emergency, the United States government must, in a quick and focused manner, react. Because an orderly response is most likely to come from one voice—the commander in chief—emergency powers fall into the lap of the president. But over the last...
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Kate Cvancara
Katherine Cvancara
Katherine Cvancara was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a senior at George Fox University where she studies biology and political science.

On the Correlation of Capitalism and Christianity

| December 2, 2019 | Young Contributor

On the Correlation of Capitalism and Christianity
“He that will not work shall not eat.” With these famous words pulled from 2 Thessalonians 3:10, Capt. John Smith uttered a phrase that both saved Jamestown and breathed a capitalistic nature into the very fabric of American society. Nearly 300 years later, German...
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Grant Dunnavan
Grant Dunnavan
Grant Dunnavan was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior at Wheaton College where he studies international relations.

Click of a Button: Implications of a Twittering President

| November 25, 2019 | Young Contributor

Click of a Button: Implications of a Twittering President
Holding the highest office in the United States of America can be the loneliest of positions. It certainly is a role that no one can relate to. That’s why communication is key for our presidents. It’s fascinating to dig through old documents that time has yellowed to...
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Alexander Hale
Alexander Hale
Alexander Hale was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a junior business fellow majoring in finance, political science, and philosophy at Baylor University, while also pursuing a great texts minor within the Baylor honors program.

Confucius and the Right of Resistance

| November 25, 2019 | Young Contributor

Confucius and the Right of Resistance
From the Magna Carta to John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, Western tradition is saturated with the idea that individuals have the right to resist tyrannical oppression. Our American heroes, history, and political attitudes make the challenging underdog a...
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Kate Cvancara
Katherine Cvancara
Katherine Cvancara was selected as a 2019 Young Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a senior at George Fox University where she studies biology and political science.