Vocation & the Common Good

Apr 07 2021

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The Vocation & the Common Good podcast is a project of the Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation. It seeks to uncover and articulate the challenges posed by the dilemma of vocation in the late modern era. By focusing attention to these three key issues—the primacy of the individual, the tendency towards abstraction, and the neglect of the social context of vocation. We address systemic concerns in addressing religious life and work for the flourishing of all; for what we call “the common good.”

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Vocation and the Common Good with Isaac Wardell

Apr 07 2021 37 mins

In this episode, Isaac Wardell talks with Philip Lorish about his vocation as a church musician, his work with Porter's Gate music, and the role the church has to play in vocational formation. Show Credits: Produced by Mike Cosper and the Narrativo Group for Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation. Recorded and Edited by TJ Hester Mixed by Mark Owens Music from the Porter’s Gate W

Vocation and the Common Good with Nicole Baker Fulgham

Apr 07 2021 20 mins

In this episode, Nicole Baker Fulgham discusses her efforts to remove the education achievement gap in America and the role the church can play in this vital effort. Nicole is founder and CEO of The Expectations Project, an advocacy organization addressing education inequality by resourcing churches and faith communities as they support their local public schools. Recently, Nicole

Vocation and the Common Good with Victor Boutros

Apr 07 2021 34 mins

Victor Boutros is a member of the law group within VCG. As a founding director of the Human Trafficking Institute, Victor's work displays the value of developing expertise, pursuing genuine creativity in the face of wicked problems, and, perhaps most importantly, persevering against powerful systems of injustice. Show Credits: Produced by Mike Cosper and the Narrativo Group f

Vocation and the Common Good with Max Anderson

Apr 07 2021 31 mins

Today's guest is with Max Anderson, co-founder of Saturn Five, a start-up studio based in Denver and Austin, founder of the Weekend Reader, a weekly newsletter covering a wide variety of topics, and a Venture Partner at Praxis Labs. Our conversation centers around the idea of technology and lack of critical thinking we, as a culture, apply to the implications of the ways digital te

Vocation and the Common Good with James Davison Hunter

Apr 07 2021 42 mins

Philip Lorish interviews James Davison Hunter about themes from his 2007 book, To Change the World, and implications for those themes in today's world. Show Credits: Produced by Mike Cosper and the Narrativo Group for Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation. Recorded and Edited by TJ Hester Mixed by Mark Owens Music from the Porter's Gate Worship Project - https://www.portersgatewor

Vocation and the Common Good with Dr. Maurice Wallace

Apr 07 2021 31 mins

In this episode, Dr. Maurice Wallace, Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, describes what it's like for him to have had "one vocation and two jobs." Until recently, he was both university professor and pastor of a local congregation outside of Durham, NC. In M

Vocation and the Common Good with Tish Harrison Warren

Apr 07 2021 38 mins

In this episode we sit down with Tish Harrison Warren, a priest within the Anglican Church and a member of the Clergy Group of VCG. She discusses her writing's relation to her pastoral vocation. In particular, she pushes on the need for metaphor to sustain faith in everyday life, marked as it is by both grief and triumph. Show Credits: Produced by Mike Cosper and the Narrati

Vocation and the Common Good with Grace Nicolette

Apr 02 2021 35 mins

In this episode, we sit down with Grace Nicolette, Vice President for Programming and External Relations at the Center for Effective Philanthropy, and discuss God's calling on her work in helping philanthropists be more effective in their giving — as well as her view of faithfulness in the effective stewarding of what God gives. Show Credits: Produced by Mike Cosper