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Good Thought
August 2023

Reflecting on Hope

Suzanne Shanahan

Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director, Institute for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame

This month we launch the new issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing. In 12 essays written by scholars from around the country, an interview with philosopher Jonathan Lear, an art essay, and select poetry, hope is engaged as a virtue and as a vocation. Read more.

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