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Why Formation in Charity Matters in the Face of Nihilism

Thanks to John Addleman, for inviting me to be a part of this conversation. I am Joe Creech, and it’s my privilege to serve as the executive director of the Lilly Network of Church-­Related Colleges and Universities. John asked me to say just a word about what that organization is. Since 1991, the Lilly Network—formerly…
Joe Creech
August 24, 2026
Review Symposium

Why Formation in Charity Matters in the Face of Nihilism

Thanks to John Addleman, for inviting me to be a part of this conversation. I am Joe Creech, and it’s my privilege to serve as the executive director of the Lilly Network of Church-­Related Colleges and Universities. John asked me to say just a word about what that organization is. Since 1991, the Lilly Network—formerly…
Joe Creech
August 24, 2026
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Not Quite Exiles nor Never Much of an Eden: The Meaning of Vocation for the Professorate Thirty Years after the Publication of Mark Schwehn’s Exiles from Eden

The early 1990s saw a rash of books on religion and higher education, and Mark Schwehn’s 1993 Exiles From Eden: Religion and the Academic Vocation in America was a book unlike any of the rest. It begins with two memorable illustrations of the central problem Schwehn addresses. The first recalls a faculty get-­together at the…
Joe Creech
December 5, 2024
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Not Quite Exiles nor Never Much of an Eden: The Meaning of Vocation for the Professorate Thirty Years after the Publication of Mark Schwehn’s Exiles from Eden

The early 1990s saw a rash of books on religion and higher education, and Mark Schwehn’s 1993 Exiles From Eden: Religion and the Academic Vocation in America was a book unlike any of the rest. It begins with two memorable illustrations of the central problem Schwehn addresses. The first recalls a faculty get-­together at the…
Joe Creech
November 6, 2024