Oct

25

The Importance and Pitfalls of Reevaluation (From the Field, Readings in Reconciliation-Think Again)

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(This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.  Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.) The main point of Grant’s book, unsurprisingly, is getting us to ‘think again’. “The goal is not to be wrong […]

Oct

22

Identity and Experience: Why, How and When They Affect Politics (Civic Mind)

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  (What is Civic Mind?  Read our welcome post for the series!) My name is … Conversation in the public sphere has recently revolved around fundamental questions of facts, made even more complicated by disinformation campaigns by foreign and domestic actors.  I would hazard to guess that many of us would treat our knowledge about our own […]

Oct

18

The Search for Something Solid (From the Field – Readings in Reconciliation – Think Again)

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  (This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.  Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.)   The question posed by Adam Grant’s Think Again is knowing when to think again. Grant defines ‘thinking again’ […]

Oct

11

The Art of Thinking Again (From the Field, Readings in Reconciliation)

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  (This post is the next in the segment Readings in Reconciliation and focuses on Adam Grant’s Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know.  Click to learn more about the segment and the series, From the Field.)   Admitting the need to think again can be difficult. The first time I found myself […]

Oct

6

The Christian Mandate to Think Again (From the Field)

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(What is From the Field? Read this welcome post, as well as the introduction post to this current segment, to learn more!) In Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, Adam Grant reminds readers of the need to prioritize truth over comfort. We all have different worldviews because of our different experiences. […]

Oct

6

Readings in Reconciliation from Politics and International Relations Capstone – Think Again! (From the Field)

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(What is From the Field? Read our series welcome post to learn more!) With the launch of a new academic year, this post introduces a new segment for the series.  As we move to different books across the semester, I will add an editorial post to introduce each of the new pieces.     One of […]