Michael Lamb
@KMLamb
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Exec. Director of @character_wfu; scholar of politics, ethics, & humanities @WakeForest; author of "A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine's Political Thought"
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined June 2009
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RT @character_wfu: Our Course Development and Redesign Workshop is underway! We’re happy to welcome faculty from Wake Forest and across the….
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We have good news! Lilly Endowment Inc. has provided @WakeForest with $30M to expand the national movement to educate character within U.S. colleges & universities. All of us @character_wfu are grateful for their support & excited about the work ahead!.
Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities across the country with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
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I'm grateful to @CGKIMJR from @SaintLouisU for hosting me on "A History of Christian Theology" to talk more about St. Augustine and my book, "A Commonwealth of Hope" (@PrincetonUPress).
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I am grateful to Evan Dutmer for an extraordinarily generous review of "A Commonwealth of Hope" in the Journal of Moral Philosophy! It is such a gift when colleagues read our work so carefully and engage it so generously. Thank you, Evan!
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RT @CharacterGap: Very excited to share that my next book will be coming out with Oxford University Press! The title is:. The Honesty Crisi….
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We're hiring @character_wfu! We're seeking a new Executive Director to lead our Program for Leadership & Character in the College @WakeForest. The job description is below!
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RT @character_wfu: Our Educating Character Initiative has awarded 40 new Capacity-Building Grants of up to $50,000, impacting 42 institutio….
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For the last decade or so, I've been writing haiku as a way to pay attention to the world around me and inside of me. I'm delighted that my first two poems have now been published in tsuri-dĹŤrĹŤ! I'm grateful to editor Tony Pupello for giving me an opportunity to share my work.
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Congratulations to Lillie Sutton, one of our graduating Leadership and Character Scholars @character_wfu! She is such a wonderful example of how to live out @WakeForest's motto of Pro Humanitate.
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In "A Commonwealth of Hope" (currently 50% off @PrincetonUPress with promo code BLOOM50!), I share more about Augustine's virtue of hope and how his teachings can help us find hope in the face of despair. "You are hoping for the good," Augustine says. "Be what you hope for." 7/7.
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Third, many people see Augustine as one of history’s great pessimists, but he's actually a great teacher of hope. He doesn't commend a hope that is the same as optimism, but a virtue of hope that helps us avoid vices of presumption & despair. It's a virtue we all need now. 6/7.
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Second, Augustine knew that finding common ground could start conversations and keep them going even in the face of disagreement. He believed that persuasion is usually more effective when we engage other people on their terms rather than on our own. 5/7.
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First, Augustine understood that citizens are diverse and do not need to share the same faith or ideology to be members of the earthly commonwealth. Instead, he held that citizens can unite around "common objects of love," even if they share different beliefs. 4/7.
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As someone who researched Augustine for a book, I think about three aspects of his teachings that offer some context for his relevance today. 3/7.
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Augustine is one of history's most influential thinkers. MLK was influenced by Augustine. Joe Biden quoted Augustine in his inaugural address, while J.D. Vance chose Augustine as his patron saint when joining the Catholic Church. Leo XIV is now the first Augustinian pope. 2/7.
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Earlier this week, Pope Leo quoted one of my favorite lines from St. Augustine: "Let us live well, and the times shall be good. We are times." Augustine calls us not only to feel hope but to live it. Here's why that's significant. 🧵
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The full text of the speech - entitled "Err on the Side of Gratitude" -- is here:
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What a joy to celebrate the graduates of @MaryvilleC! I'm so grateful to President @bcoker and the faculty, staff, & trustees of Maryville for awarding me an honorary degree and inviting me to give the commencement address. I spoke on the virtue of gratitude. Full text is below!
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RT @character_wfu: Come work with us! We're looking for a director of communications for our Educating Character Initiative. .
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