Thompson examines the meaning of success in religious life in Global Sisters Report

October 16, 2019

Global Sisters Report

Margaret Susan Thompson

History Department

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Religion

United States

Global Sisters Report

Margaret Susan Thompson

"So as we look ahead to where religious life is going," writes Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, "can we overcome an unfortunate and perhaps even unconscious obsession with size and numbers and instead focus on the inspiration that should be central to our understanding of "success," even — or especially — in religious life?" Thompson's article, "'Success' in religious life: What is it?," was published in Global Sisters Report. 10/16/19