John C. Lemon interviews Gary on how we can live devoted to both the Life of the Mind and the Life of the Spirit in this turbulent season of coming to grips with social injustice.
The Two-Handed Warrior: Life of the Mind and Spirit (Podcast)
20 Movies and Books for Exploring Justice, Race, and Faith
Gary and I have had numerous requests for books (and of course, movies) to help people think through justice, race, and faith. This introductory list might be a good place to start.
God’s Regret: The Bible, a King, and What’s at Stake for American Christians in 2020
What two factors might lead God to “regret” putting a leader into power?
A Service of Lament and Confession, Johnson University, Tennessee
Let us not value a false peace over a righteous justice.
The First Great Awakening: From British Revival to American Revolution
By linking the choice of new birth with his audience’s choice of a new American identity, British evangelist George Whitefield provided a common American experience that unified diverse colonists who lacked a common identity
Here’s a strange idea — what if a university marketed itself as a place to acquire an education?
The classics really do teach us how to live good and meaningful lives Jacob Howland, The Dallas Morning News American colleges and universities face strong headwinds, including skyrocketing costs and a shrinking supply of prospective students. Many are scrambling to…
The “Doc Ock” Challenge of Cultural Engagement, by James K. A. Smith
The doctor’s intimate association with his own creation (the octopus-like apparatus) was assumed in order to effect transformation; but the sad result is that the apparatus has changed him. What about us?
Shocker: Liberal Arts Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy, by Scott Jaschik
Only 3 percent of Humanities majors with an advanced degree were unemployed in 2015, and 60 percent are managing or supervising others is part of their job.
Why Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ Is a Prophetic Message We Can’t Ignore, by Andre Hen
On May 10, my daughters showed me Childish Gambino’s (Donald Glover’s) deeply disturbing Youtube sensation “This is America.” That evening, a department store in a suburban Knoxville shopping mall banned one of my dearest friends. His crime? Shopping while black.…
Virginia Woolf on the Relationship Between Loneliness and Creativity, by Maria Popova
“If I could catch the feeling, I would; the feeling of the singing of the real world, as one is driven by loneliness and silence from the habitable world.” – Virginia Woolf
The Contested Color of Christ: How the image of Jesus has been made and remade in American history, by Paul Harvey & Edward J. Blum
The First Great Awakening was one of the few times in American history when the church actually led the way in racial unity.