2 hrs 5 min
Ep. 5: Conversation with Jacob Torbeck Hanging Question Marks
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- Society & Culture
This episode is a conversation with Jacob Torbeck.
Jacob is a PhD candidate at Loyola University in Chicago's Integrated Studies in Ethics and Theology program. Jacob and I have crossed paths many times over the past 20 or so years, but have never gotten to know each other well. In this conversation, we talk a bit about his background, then turn to a host of other topics: Jesuits and liberation theology, the unity and diversity within Catholicism, Jake's faith and his reasons for pursuing theology as an academic discipline, teaching theology and ethics to college students, faith, and the relationships between faith and science, faith and institutions, and faith and today's party politics.
Enjoy.
Things to Check Out (shared by Jacob):
The Left Side of the Church (article published in Jacobin, available here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/church-liberation-theology-latin-america-left)
The Violence of Love: Quotations from Archbishop Romero (free book, available here: http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/homilies-and-writings/violence-love)
Silence by Shusaku Endo (book, available here: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Endo%20Silence&sts=t)
Book debunking the "skills gap" myth:
About halfway through our conversation, I got sidetracked talking about STEM and the myth of the "skills gap." If you're interested in that topic, check out the book Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It by Peter Cappelli (available here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-good-people-cant-get-jobs-peter-cappelli/1110912284)
Music for this episode: Good Night by Siobhan Dakay (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SiobhanD/60107 Ft: MyVanillaworld
Episode art: Photograph by yours truly.
This episode is a conversation with Jacob Torbeck.
Jacob is a PhD candidate at Loyola University in Chicago's Integrated Studies in Ethics and Theology program. Jacob and I have crossed paths many times over the past 20 or so years, but have never gotten to know each other well. In this conversation, we talk a bit about his background, then turn to a host of other topics: Jesuits and liberation theology, the unity and diversity within Catholicism, Jake's faith and his reasons for pursuing theology as an academic discipline, teaching theology and ethics to college students, faith, and the relationships between faith and science, faith and institutions, and faith and today's party politics.
Enjoy.
Things to Check Out (shared by Jacob):
The Left Side of the Church (article published in Jacobin, available here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/church-liberation-theology-latin-america-left)
The Violence of Love: Quotations from Archbishop Romero (free book, available here: http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/homilies-and-writings/violence-love)
Silence by Shusaku Endo (book, available here: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&kn=Endo%20Silence&sts=t)
Book debunking the "skills gap" myth:
About halfway through our conversation, I got sidetracked talking about STEM and the myth of the "skills gap." If you're interested in that topic, check out the book Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It by Peter Cappelli (available here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-good-people-cant-get-jobs-peter-cappelli/1110912284)
Music for this episode: Good Night by Siobhan Dakay (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SiobhanD/60107 Ft: MyVanillaworld
Episode art: Photograph by yours truly.
2 hrs 5 min