Josh Good
@josh_good_
Director, Aspen Inst. Religion & Society Program. We help mainstream journalists, clerics, & other leaders better understand the promise of religious pluralism.
this view from the bicycle crossing the key bridge (facing georgetown) never gets old
“Choral singing in particular suggests that ‘I can be like you because I can blend into harmony with you,’ Dr. Johnson said. ‘It’s this enormous metaphor for belonging in America.’” Showtime, for the 5,000th Time, With the Tabernacle Choir @publicroad nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/…
Disallowing DOD officials and other military leaders from participating in *all* think tank conversations isn't leadership---it's asininity: politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
@CCamosy and Mariele Courtois wrote recently for @TheAtlantic on @Pontifex updating the teaching of the Vatican on AI and why it could be the most lasting and enduring part of his papacy theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Thanks Tim! And bravo (as always) to @publicroad
The quality of this piece reflects a broader trend of huge improvements in the coverage of religion by periodicals like @nytimes, due in no small part to the work of @faithangleforum
Our weekend listen from The Wisdom of Crowds (@WCrowdsLive) @dmarusic and @xsantiagoramos on @Paul_R_Elie’s latest , ‘The Last Supper’ tells the story of artists like U2 & Warhol in the 1980s who grappled with religious ideas & stirred up controversy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pau…
Several years ago the late David Gergen (1942-2025) spoke generously -- and compellingly -- to our @faithangleforum journalists. A charge "to go into the arena, to engage the passions of your time, that your hearts might be touched with fire..." youtu.be/nJL4Jo4iHSo
HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
Could contemporary film, TV, and journalism cover religion more accurately? Of course. Hope you’ll join us this evening @ 6:00pm ET on LinkedIn for a virtual conversation with 9 scholar-practitioners on emerging opportunities for better storytelling. 👇 linkedin.com/video/event/ur…
A 2024 Pew poll finds that “only 32% of young adults believe that it is extremely or very important for the US to take an active role in the world, compared to 74% of those aged 65 and more,” writes @DaliborRohac 👇 …icans-dont-care-about-europe.tiiny.co
Horrifying. Under darkness of night, the catastrophic floods early July 4 killed at least 51 people, incl. 15 children, at Camp Mystic and elsewhere along the banks of the Guadalupe River, in central Texas: nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/…
Really great session. Keep any eye out for the recording… 👇
A beautiful morning in Aspen. If you’re interested in the intersection of religion, science, & society, and at @aspenideas, stop by our panel discussion today with @kristatippett, @rabbishira, & Father Greg Boyle to join the conversation.
“In difficult times, optimism isn’t the precursor to action; action is the precursor to optimism.” @aspenideas
I have been critical of Donald Trump for nearly a decade now. But when he does the right thing, I am going to say so. My latest @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Catch the podcast episode "What's Next for DEI?" 👇 faithangle.podbean.com/e/whats-next-f…
I know this sounds crazy. But hear me out. The Iranian diplomat might be, ya know, lying.
When I asked Deputy Foreign Minister @TakhtRavanchi whether Iran is on the verge of making a nuclear bomb, he repeated what his government has said for decades: “We do not believe in nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons have no place in our defensive doctrine.”
“The 20th century really was the consummate ‘I - we - I’ century,” says Shaylyn Romney Garrett. Many of us have seen this chart before, but it really is amazing to see the impact of the social gospel and uptick in social capital over several generations. “We could do it again.”
