Wheatley in the News
The latest articles featuring Wheatley Institute or Wheatley fellows.
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For Love Or Money: 2 Ways Materialism Harms Marriage And How To Avoid The Trap
What does research tell us about materialism and marriage? Nothing positive, says Jason Carroll, Family Initiative Director at Wheatley Institute. "Materialism harms marriages in two distinct ways—one obvious, one far less so—and understanding both is essential for any couple or family navigating the financial realities of modern life."
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'Can’t Buy Me Love': Materialism And Marriage
Materialism in teenagers is at a fifty year high and "is now an equally shared life ambition for high school boys and girls". Jason Carroll, Family Initiative Director at Wheatley Institute, thinks that's a major problem.
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A Third Way: How Faith Communities Can Help Overcome Public Education Inequality
"What role, if any, should religion play in the operation of public schools? While this question is legally significant, it is the wrong question for improving educational outcomes and fostering upward mobility and civic engagement for American students, " Wheatley researchers argue. ""By focusing on control... the current debate obscures an urgent matter: how religion can be a resource that enables public schools to expand opportunity and bridge social divides."
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Making Space: The Value of Religious Pluralism in the Workplace
Paul Lambert, Wheatley Religion Initiative Director, and Sumreen Ahmad, the Global Change Management Lead at Accenture, sat down for a discussion about religious pluralism, its value in the workplace, and how they both became involved in the field.
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A Latter-day Saint Perspective on Religious Liberty
In a recent interview, Interfaith America asked Wheatley Religion Initiative Director Paul Lambert to share some of his own faith community's experiences with religious liberty and pluralism.
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In Defense of the Independent Judiciary
Wheatley Fellow Thomas Griffith, former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, writes on the constitutional responsibilities of the judiciary and the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Barbara.
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The Case for Mercy
As America celebrates its 250 year-old legacy, Wheatley Fellow Shima Baughman makes a case for the future: "whether liberty endures will depend on whether we remain a people capable of mercy".
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Revisiting the Fourth of July
Does the Fourth of July belong to all of us? "Fredrick Douglass today would emphatically answer: Yes, it [does]," Wheatley Fellow Bradley Reberio states. "The better question to ask, then, is whether we are living up to what the Declaration demands of us today."
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Conscience, Unity, and the US Constitution
Can the US Constitution heal a fractured country?
Wheatley Fellows Justin Collings and Thomas Griffith examine the question in their new op-ed, "A republic of neighbors: How moral agency and community can heal our divided nation".
Wheatley Fellows Justin Collings and Thomas Griffith examine the question in their new op-ed, "A republic of neighbors: How moral agency and community can heal our divided nation".
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As America Turns 250, It’s Time to Strengthen Our Civic Muscles
Director Paul Edwards Authors Op-Ed in Deseret News
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Reviving the Pursuit of Happiness
America is experiencing a "happiness crash". Brad Wilcox and James Lynch from the Institute for Family Studies argue that strengthening the family is the remedy.
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The Religion and Social Health Connection
Over the past several decades, religion has moved from the center of American public life toward the margins. Most Americans now say religion is losing influence, and participation has declined across much of the developed world. At the same time, many Americans have shifted sources of identity and moral meaning away from religious commitments toward politics, popular culture, science, or some combination of the three. As this shift continues, it invites closer examination of how changes in religious involvement relate to individual well-being— including mental and physical health— as well as to family relationships and broader social life.
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