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The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society, Session 1
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28 minutes 25 seconds
4 years ago
The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society, Session 1
In this episode, Faith And Reason is launching our new resource series: Compassionate Wisdom. Compassionate Wisdom materials will inspire learners to move from discussion to public action, and bring about a world that’s more just and compassionate for all.
Sr. Joan Chittister issues a call to all of us to become public intellectuals.
Sr. Joan’s lectures on The Public Intellectual open up a new awareness that illuminates a blind spot that can develop for progressive thinkers. Traditional liberals have typically focused on critical thinking about biblical exploration and constructive theology. The unintended consequence of such an academic focus has been to overlook the reformative power of what can happen when this debate is held not behind closed doors, but in the public square.
Joan tells us that the role of the “public intellectual” is to publicly and relentlessly challenge systemic injustices that infect and contaminate the political, civic and religious institutions across our society.
“The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society” will inspire church groups and individual learners to push in their everyday lives—as Jesus did—for transformative change that lifts up those who are left out of our society.
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