Josh Good
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Director, Aspen Inst. Religion & Society Program. We help mainstream journalists, clerics, & other leaders better understand the promise of religious pluralism.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2009
this view from the bicycle .crossing the key bridge .(facing georgetown). never gets old
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As President Russell M. Nelson approaches his 101st birthday, Faith Matters is holding an event in Washington DC honoring his legacy as a peacemaker and exploring how Latter-day Saints can continue his work. Discussion topics include his sermons on peacemaking, his partnership
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Congrats to Elaine Howard Ecklund of @BoniukInstitute and Denise Daniels of @WheatonCollege on their great new book on faith & work. In a plural society, how can clerics better prep congregants for workplace life? Lots of data & @madetoflourish-type stories:.
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While we're scrolling and increasingly being overtaken by AI, pretty hard not to be troubled by this increasingly clear pattern 👇.
Trump fired the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics because he wants to fake economic numbers. He raided John Bolton's home to punish a critic. He is trying illegally to purge Lisa Cook to press the Fed to inflate to save him from tariff-caused recession.
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Grateful to these wonderful supporters who invested in our Powering Pluralism Summit two years ago. Esp. in the US, there's a lot of opportunity for philanthropy leaders to acknowledge religion's powerful, ongoing role in society--and to work with that grain in accomplishing.
Generous sponsors have made the Powering Pluralism Summit possible! Check out our Sponsors page to learn more about the organizations we're partnered with.
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"It would take $7.5 trillion of deficit reduction over the next decade to bring the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by 2035, and $9 trillion to hold debt to 100 percent of GDP. " .
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2025-08-20-The enactment of the
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“This split between outer presentation & inner conviction not only fragments identity but arrests its development. It brings compliance, but not conviction; self-righteousness, but not a truly rooted self. ���.
thehill.com
For students trained to perform, the act of telling the truth felt strangely radical.
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New pieces from @NicBibSed @EbooPatel @KnoxThames in a new @TheBushCenter Catalyst special issue on pluralism. Despite all the drama, our universities are still the envy of the world--and they should be “laboratories and launching pads for pluralism. " .
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Two-thirds of men under age 30 think "no one cares if men are okay.” We're facing a boy crisis eerily similar to the 1900s. But where are today's Big Brothers, Boy Scouts, and civic innovators? Read my piece with @RobertDPutnam:
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RT @faithangleforum: Lydia Saad of @Gallup on favorability of top newsmakers finds Pope Leo XIV ranks at the top
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Pope Leo XIV enjoys broad favorability in the U.S., while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders remain well-liked.
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Gotta hold the line, says @DavidAFrench echoing Gen. Mattis:. “The Russian military faced a rude surprise on Ukrainian battlefields in part because in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, professionalism is secondary to politics…”.
nytimes.com
The nation’s most trusted institution must not be reduced to a political tool.
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"Make us builders of bridges, recognizing in every person an inviolable dignity . where diversity is not a threat, but a richness that makes us more human. Amen.".
Let us #PrayTogether that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons. #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en #ClickToPray
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“Choral singing in particular suggests that ‘I can be like you because I can blend into harmony with you,’ Dr. Johnson said. ‘It’s this enormous metaphor for belonging in America.’”. Showtime, for the 5,000th Time, With the Tabernacle Choir @publicroad
nytimes.com
“Music & the Spoken Word” has been on the air since 1929. Much has changed, yet much has remained exactly the same.
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Disallowing DOD officials and other military leaders from participating in *all* think tank conversations isn't leadership---it's asininity: .
politico.com
The move comes a week after the Defense Department pulled out of the Aspen Security Forum due to “the evil of globalism.”
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RT @faithangleforum: @CCamosy and Mariele Courtois wrote recently for @TheAtlantic on @Pontifex updating the teaching of the Vatican on AI….
theatlantic.com
To update Catholic teaching for the age of AI, Pope Leo should revisit the 19th century.
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Thanks Tim! And bravo (as always) to @publicroad.
The quality of this piece reflects a broader trend of huge improvements in the coverage of religion by periodicals like @nytimes, due in no small part to the work of @faithangleforum.
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RT @faithangleforum: Our weekend listen from The Wisdom of Crowds (@WCrowdsLive) @dmarusic and @xsantiagoramos on @Paul_R_Elie’s latest ,….
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Podcast Episode · Wisdom of Crowds · 07/12/2025 · 52m
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Several years ago the late David Gergen (1942-2025) spoke generously -- and compellingly -- to our @faithangleforum journalists. A charge "to go into the arena, to engage the passions of your time, that your hearts might be touched with fire. ".
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RT @ralakbar: HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobb….
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Could contemporary film, TV, and journalism cover religion more accurately? Of course. Hope you’ll join us this evening @ 6:00pm ET on LinkedIn for a virtual conversation with 9 scholar-practitioners on emerging opportunities for better storytelling. 👇.
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A 2024 Pew poll finds that “only 32% of young adults believe that it is extremely or very important for the US to take an active role in the world, compared to 74% of those aged 65 and more,” writes @DaliborRohac 👇.
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