Friday Five: Stop Acting, Start Being Faith and Public Life | October 24, 2014 | Society On Fridays we bring you the week’s best from around the web. This week’s round-up features a coat designer who is making a lasting impact on the homeless, a discussion of what the social justice movement is missing, and more. “How an Innovative Coat... Read More Faith and Public Life This post was published by the website administrator.
Power’s Deep Magic Josh Good | October 2, 2014 | Society Friedrich Nietzsche once told us that all people secretly wish to maximize their individual power, which comes recurringly into conflict with the individual power-desires of everyone else. While this can be observed in countless historical examples, one of the most... Read More Josh Good Josh Good is director of EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum, which helps mainstream reporters to better understand religion.
Friendship Across the Aisle Meredith Schultz | September 30, 2014 | Faith Whenever high school seniors ask for advice about their first year of college, I always encourage them to choose their friends wisely. Friendship has the power, for better or for worse, to reshape our sentiments, priorities, and plausibility structures. In the worst... Read More Meredith Schultz Meredith previously served as the program manager for Values & Capitalism (2013–2016).
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: A Cold Look Kurt Jaros | September 17, 2014 | Society This summer’s social phenomenon was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Unless you abstain from social media, your newsfeed was probably flooded with videos of friends dumping buckets of ice water on their heads. However, I was one of the few (or many?) to willingly not... Read More Kurt Jaros Kurt Jaros is the Executive Director of Defenders Media.
The Effects of Being Unique Jacqueline Isaacs | August 28, 2014 | Society In August, my husband and I took a weekend to drive to Cincinnati, OH and back from our home in Northern Virginia. It’s an 8 hour trip, meaning 16 hours in two days. We undertook this adventure to pick up the newest member of our family, a female German Wirehaired... Read More Jacqueline Isaacs Jacqueline Isaacs is the Director of Strategy for Bellwether Communications, where she crafts content strategies for thought leaders.
