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God Save the Humanities

By Emily Chau It’s funny. I distinctly remember watching the Tony Award-winning musical “Avenue Q” and hearing the main character Princeton sing, “What do you do with a B.A. in English?” I was attending a liberal arts college—majoring in English, of course—and bent on pursuing a career in journalism. Fast forward a few years, I wa...

June 14, 2016
Work as a Means to Social Shalom

Anthony Bradley speaks on how so much of what we do in our vocation is so our families can flourish. Sustainability in families leads to sustainability in society and social shalom. From the 2013 Faith & Work Conference.

January 30, 2014
The Justice Paradox: Q & A

NYU Visiting Professor David Skeel aims to deal with the failure of all human systems of justice while exploring a Christian understanding of justice. This is the Question & Answer session from that talk.

December 19, 2013
The Value of the Humanities Major

By: Aya Hayashi When I decided to switch from a pre-veterinary medicine track to musicology during the spring semester of my junior year of college, I might as well have dropped a bomb on my parents. My father was (and probably still is) convinced that I’m going to die poor. Frankly, I, too, fear for my current and future welfare, especially when articles&n...

November 7, 2013
Neil Gaiman Wants You to Go to the Library – And So Do I

By Sarah Davis About a fortnight ago, author Neil Gaiman gave a lecture about the importance of reading and libraries in both the individual and common good. It’s lengthy, but well worth a read (or five!). In particular, Gaiman highlights the importance of libraries as homes of not just books, but information that can be accessed freely by anyone at anytime. While w...

October 31, 2013
Intelligence and Religiosity

By: Aya Hayashi I stumbled across this article on Facebook when it was shared by a scholar with whom I’ve had the privilege to collaborate and who is an outspoken atheist (at least on Facebook). She linked it with the comment, “Well, duh.” The article reports on a fascinating meta-analysis conducted by psychologists Miron Zuc...

August 26, 2013
Top Reasons Why You Might Not Apply to the Gotham Fellowship

By: KC Hudson Perhaps you’re friends with an alum of the Gotham Fellowship and thought it sounded interesting. Or maybe you went through the Catalyst program and have a desire to learn even more. Or it could be you are just looking for ways to get more involved in Redeemer, like I was last February. Regardless, you’re interested enough in the program to consid...

February 20, 2012