In response to our request for essays on risk, we received many compelling reflections. Here is a selection.
I love the Declaration of Independence and the radical notion that every human being has unalienable rights, innate worth, and dignity.
Sacrifice has real moral resonance—but it can also be exploited. In Iraq, past sacrifices don't offer a guide for U.S. policy.
As a Lilly Fellow, I was compelled by Mark Schwehn's vision of all academic work as the work of teaching, with love at the core of its mission.
Anastasios is first and foremost a scholar. Yet it's hard to imagine any religious leader accomplishing so much practical good so quickly.
In its deeper layers, Jesus' Parable of the Sower presents not differences between people but different kinds of terrain within each of us. Those who see are those who stand before Jesus and know that we all contain such variety.
The lessons about God's kingdom in the Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat reverberate into our moment. We all see weeds, but shouldn't make it our business to separate them.
Hauerwas, by Nicholas M. Healy
Nicholas Healy's central methodological criticism of Stanley Hauerwas is that he "is concerned with the logic of coming to believe and the logic of Christian living rather more than the logic of belief."
An Idea Whose Time Has Come, by Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum's work of journalistic history on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is ultimately a story about politicians doing the right thing.
Pope on the bus?
Pope Francis and Simone Campbell's recent books have much in common. Yet the standoff between U.S. sisters and the Vatican continues.
Mirror, Mirror, by Simon Blackburn
In Simon Blackburn's inquiry into how to get our love of self into balance, self-esteem and shame appear alongside traits such as integrity and sincerity.
Several times a day, my Facebook feed invites me to cry, laugh, or feel amazed. I click almost every time.