Dr. Jennifer Frey is an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. She studies the intersection of philosophy of action, ethics, and meta-ethics, and has contributed to a book titled Self-Transcendence and Virtue. She participated in the University of Chicago’s Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning of Life project, a collaboration of […]
Jim Wallis: An Interview on Social Justice & Partisan Politics
Jim Wallis is a New York Times best-selling author, theologian, and international speaker and commentator on faith and public life, culture, and politics. He has written twelve books, including America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America and On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving […]
Hope
Dull pain spreads through my hands, along my wrists, and up my arms. I find myself instinctively touching them, applying pressure to my wrists, and hoping the tightness will go away For the last three years, I have struggled with chronic pain that limits my ability to use my hands. My college experience has been […]
Wellness, Food Morality, and the Longing to Be Cleansed
Jesse walks into a restaurant with a group of friends. They look at the menu, and he stares at it for a long while wondering how to minimize his carb intake, looking constantly around at the words emerging from others’ lips, but not really hearing the words. He has already studied the menu online beforehand, […]
The Arm of Authority & The Fire of Freedom
Remember that feeling when you first get out of school for the summer. Feel it in your fingertips; the joy, the thrill, the excitement, all instigated by a feeling of pure freedom. No teacher telling you to study this or that, no rigid schedule, just pure unbounded freedom. Or at least that’s what it seemed […]
Dr. Russell Moore: An Interview on Politics, Religion, & Liberty
Synesis was privileged and honored to recently interview Dr. Russell Moore here in Nashville. Dr. Moore has been a prominent leader and influential voice in the public arena both in the United States and nationally, meeting with presidents, politicians, and other public figures about culture, Christianity, and the role of the church in the world. […]