Peter, Marianne, and Bernard talk about the humanities and how they are undervalued. Then: what do Acts 2 and 4 have to say to the church today? (Part of a continuing discussion of the document "Foundations of our Faith and Calling," the Bruderhof's public account of faith)

Here are some of the links and references from this episode:

-'Liberal Arts in the Data Age' by JM Olejarz - https://hbr.org/2017/07/liberal-arts-in-the-data-age

-'On Reading Old Books' by CS Lewis - http://www.covpres.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/On-Reading-Old-Books.-CS-Lewis.pdf

-'First Church of Intersectionality' by Elizabeth C. Corey - https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/08/first-church-of-intersectionality

-'The death of reading is threatening the soul' by Philip Yancey - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/21/the-death-of-reading-is-threatening-the-soul/?utm_term=.49c7ea279770

-Seamus Heaney - Nobel Lecture - http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/heaney-lecture.html

-Foundations of our Faith and Calling - http://www.bruderhof.com/foundations

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