Virtues & Vocations is pleased to announce that Norman Wirzoa, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology & Senior Fellow a t the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University, will receive the first Virtues & Vocations New Book Award for Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in Times of Crisis.

The award will be presented at the 2025 Virtues & Vocations conference on Higher Education & Human Flourishing, May 20-22 at the University of Notre Dame. We will host Norman Wirzba for a fireside chat about Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis during our May conference. We will discuss hope, good work, and how a posture of hope manifests in particular professions, such as engineering, medicine, education, business, and law. You can read a complete review of Love’s Braided Dance here.