Game theory is a field which seeks to quantify and predict outcome to “games” of strategic interaction in fields like economic and international relations. These formal models of human interaction – and particularly one called the Prisoner’s Dilemma – reveal fundamental problems humans face and set us on a search for solutions. The theoretical setup […]
Interview with Dr. Russell Moore
Dr. Russell Moore is a Public Theologian and Director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today. He formerly served as the President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Moore is also a critically acclaimed author of Christian thought, publishing works such as The Courage to Stand and […]
Who You Say I Am: Satisfying Our Need for Self-Knowledge Through The Gospel
Whether we realize it or not, we’re all on a quest to discover who we are. We categorize ourselves in a multitude of ways: gender, race, generation, college major, career, political party, zodiac sign, Enneagram number, Hogwarts house. We take tests to tell us which of just sixteen personalities we are, what our learning style […]
An Exploration of the Western Self
“Hitler had won” — or so perceived the aged Holocaust survivor Kivas Rieff in his final days.1 The world had become graceless — the West was now contemptible on account of its cultural decay, and there was something tumultuous permeating the climate in the 21st century which Kivas sensed with perfect clarity — he had […]
The Slowing of Self
Imagine a Vanderbilt student on a late August day: more running than walking to class, glistening with sweat in the late morning sun, entrapped internally in racing thoughts yet subject externally to the growing buzz of campus. This was me. The pace of my sneakers hitting the pavement exemplified my belief that if I was […]
Pursuing Self-Denial
Ingrained in our culture is an unapologetic focus on self. From social media to self-help books, and even casual words between friends who say the phrases, “Focus on yourself,” or, “You do you,” we are indelibly reminded of the centrality of a positive focus on self. Jesus disagrees. His word on the matter is simple: […]