John Seel

 

Dr. John Seel is the former director of cultural engagement at the John Templeton Foundation. He is currently principal at John Seel Consulting LLC, a cultural impact consulting firm specializing on millennials. He, and his wife Kathryn, attend Cresheim Valley Church and live in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.

Seel is a cultural renewal entrepreneur -- putting legs on visions that foster human flourishing and the common good. John's career combines business, education, theology, and cultural sociology. He was actively involved in founding The Williamsburg Charter, The Trinity Forum, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, The Cambridge School of Dallas, and the Council on Educational Standards & Accountability. He is a fellow of cultural engagement at the Windrider Institute at the Sundance Film Festival and is a senior advisor to the Wedgwood Circle, an angel investment firm investing in art and entertainment.

John has a B.A. in history, business, and philosophy from Austin College; an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary; and a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland at College Park.

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Writings

Band-Aids for Cancer
Aug 8, 2012
Comment Article
America Is Not The Greatest
Jul 19, 2012
Convivium Article
A Heterosexual Problem
May 23, 2012
Convivium Article
When Reality Overwhelms Satire: What The Hunger Games Reveals
Apr 20, 2012
Convivium Article
Religion Can Make You Worse: GCB and Media Bias
Mar 21, 2012
Convivium Article
Avatars, Tattoos, and Yoga
Aug 31, 2011
Comment Article
Faith Without Fanaticism
Jun 15, 2011
Comment Article
Security and Significance: A Common Life Picture
Apr 29, 2011
Comment Article
The Big Fix: "Inside Job" and Immoral Collusion
Dec 10, 2010
Comment Article
Civil Religion: Caution is Advised
Sep 17, 2010
Comment Article
Sustenance: Coffee that fights slavery
Jul 9, 2010
Comment Article
Feel like a leader
Mar 12, 2010
Comment Article
The Undying Life
Feb 19, 2010
Comment Article
Notes From a Scandal: What Tiger Teaches
Jan 1, 2010
Comment Article
The missing manual
Sep 1, 2009
Comment Article
Looking in the same direction
Aug 14, 2009
Comment Article
System thinking and a Big Picture gospel
Jul 3, 2009
Comment Article
Facing up to dumbness
May 1, 2009
Comment Article
The opening of the evangelical mind: an interview with Dr. Timothy Shah
May 16, 2008
Comment Article
Culture for Dummies 2.0
Mar 1, 2008
Comment Article
Being there: The emergence of an evangelical power elite
Feb 22, 2008
Comment Article
Q&A with John Seel, Cultural Change Agent (Walden Media)
Jan 11, 2008
Comment Article
The California Table: Connecting Education and Culture
Dec 7, 2007
Research Report
Making the most of college: Recovering the lost logic of church
Sep 1, 2007
Comment Article
It's the Culture, Stupid: The Challenge of Cultural Renewal
Sep 1, 2007
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