On Thursday, October 30, SBS welcomes sociologist Michael Lindsay as part of its Leadership Second Speaker Series. Lindsay teaches at Rice University, and is a specialist in American religion and politics.
Prior to teaching sociology at Rice, Lindsay worked with the Gallup Company, one of America's noted polling institutions and survey/data collection corporations. He also completed a Ph.D. in sociology at Princeton, studying under the noted sociologist Robert Wuthnow.
Some of Lindsay's recent sociological work involved interviewing over 300 elite corporate, business, political, academic, economic, and ministry leaders about how their evangelical faith influences and informs how they conduct business, do politics, etc. Much of this data, published in his book Faith in the Halls of Power ponders what it means to be a committed evangelical Christian and a "culture shaper" and servant leader in spheres of elite influence. Finally, Lindsay's work supports the idea that evangelicals can take their gifts into the world, the marketplace, etc., and live out their faith in many arenas and work for the "common good."
Read more about Dr. Lindsay here, and listen to him speak about his book here and about "cosmopolitan intelligence" here. Visit this site for an interesting interview about his book. Purchase his book Faith in the Halls of Power here and read selections from Google Books. Here's a link to the Christianity Today article we read in class.
Take a few minutes to acquaint yourself with Dr. Lindsay and his work, so you can take full advantage of this great opportunity for the SBS community.
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