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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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John Seel Aug 8, 2012

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Contemporary functional Gnosticism cannot be corrected by merely addressing the worldview of classical Gnosticism as an apologetic problem.

John Seel Aug 31, 2011

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Evangelicals’ failure to seriously consider the truth of embodiment and the incarnation has made them open to practices that weaken the reality of embodiment Anderson’s book offers a first step toward a corrective.

John Seel Mar 12, 2010

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Feel like a leader

Management is less a science about objects than an art about people. It involves fostering human flourishing, and it starts with empathy.

John Seel Feb 19, 2010

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The Undying Life

There was grace in my mother’s promotion, for she had learned to breathe meaning and significance well before her last breath.

John Seel Aug 14, 2009

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Looking in the same direction

The importance of… marriage building. Marriage is a partnership in purpose, and it demands intention—including intentionally sharing leisure hours. Sailing feeds this author’s marriage; what feeds yours?

John Seel May 1, 2009

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Facing up to dumbness

What has happened to our K-12 education? We prefer sameness over distinction, and mediocrity is the inevitable result. We don’t hold students accountable to high standards. Instead, we rescue, drug, track and eventually pass unqualified students.
We don’t live in a fail-proof world. Reality is harsh; easy street is over. It’s time to hold students accountable, and let people fail, American Idol-style.

John Seel Jan 11, 2008

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Q&A with John Seel, Cultural Change Agent (Walden Media)

My resume says that I am a “moral entrepreneur, educational reformer, and cultural change agent.” It sounds pretty complicated and grandiose when stated this way, but it’s a good summary of what I have done in my life. I’m a visionary: rarely satisfied with what is, always longing for what can be.