Confucius and the Right of Resistance Kate Cvancara | November 25, 2019 | Young Contributor 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... Read More 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.
2019 AEI Summer Honors Program Faith and Public Life | November 29, 2018 | Events, Faith, Politics, Poverty, Society, Summer Programs, Upcoming Events CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2020 SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM. The American Enterprise Institute’s Summer Honors Program is a series of educational and professional development opportunities in Washington, DC, for top undergraduate students. Students in the program... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
The Challenge of Compromise Faith and Public Life | July 12, 2018 | Faith, Politics, Society, Summer Programs Compromise is really hard. Trust me, my entire summer has been spent studying how to better facilitate it, even when it is a moralized issue. When a position becomes connected to one’s fundamental sense of right and wrong, a moralized issue is created. This can lead... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
Must Politics be Petty? Faith and Public Life | October 24, 2017 | Politics, Young Scholars If given the option, Aristotle would have been a “West Wing” and not a “House of Cards” kind of guy. He had a high view of politics. Aristotle would also be confused by the subjects—so obsessed over by our modern-day pundits—that we label “political”: welfare,... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
Is Liberty Negative or Positive? Daniel Davis | June 10, 2015 | Politics Contemporary debates over public policy have deep ideological roots, and these roots reach far deeper than what a pundit’s talking points will betray. In the West, where personal freedom is often prized as the chief public value, individual liberty is a frequent... Read More Daniel Davis Daniel Davis is a graduate from Wheaton College and is the editor of True Declination Ministries. He currently interns as Townhall Media, and he previously interned at the American Enterprise Institute.