Dr Michael Lamb - A Commonwealth of Hope

In this episode, Joshua speaks with Dr. Lamb, who is the F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Oxford Character Project. He holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University, a B.A. in political science from Rhodes College, and a second B.A. in philosophy and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Michael’s research focuses on the ethics of citizenship and the role of virtues in public life. He is a co-editor of Cultivating Virtue in the University (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and the Practices of Ordinary Life (Georgetown University Press, 2019). His work has been published in a number of edited volumes and academic journals, including the American Political Science Review, Review of Politics, Journal of Religious Ethics, Journal of Moral Education, and Journal of Character Education. Today I have the honor of speaking with him about his brand new book, A common wealth of hope,, which offers a novel interpretation of Augustine’s political thought and recovers his virtue of hope to inform contemporary politics Buy the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691226330/a-commonwealth-of-hope