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The Strong Women Podcast

32. Do Families Matter? with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Using both personal stories and professional research as an economist, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, president of the Ruth Institute, discusses with Erin and Sarah the irreplaceable importance that families have in establishing and maintaining a thriving society.

 

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse Show Notes: 

The Ruth Institute: http://www.ruthinstitute.org/ 

“The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self” Carl Trueman: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Triumph-Modern-Self-Individualism/dp/1433556332  

“The End of Democracy” collection of essays from First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/11/the-end-of-democracy-the-judicial-usurpation-of-politics 

Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/ 

The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  

Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/ 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,

0:07.0

value, intellect, and creativity of women. I'm your host, Erin Kunkel. And I'm your co-host, Sarah Stone Street.

0:15.0

Today on the podcast, we have the great honor of having Dr. Jennifer Roback Morris as our guest.

0:30.5

And Dr. Morris is the founder of the Ruth Institute.

0:34.2

And if you haven't heard of the Ruth Institute, we're going to talk about it a little bit.

0:38.0

And I know you're going to be excited to learn about it if you haven't heard of it before.

0:43.3

Dr. Morris is a PhD in economics.

0:46.8

She's taught at Yale and George Mason University.

0:50.5

And she's also written and co-authored six books, including the book we're going to talk a lot about today, which is love and economics.

1:00.3

And she is a wife and a mother of two grown children, and she's also been a foster parent.

1:07.1

And you were living in San Diego.

1:09.5

I thought you were still living there, Dr. Morris, but you have moved to Louisiana.

1:14.1

Is that right?

1:14.9

That's right.

1:15.4

We moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2015.

1:18.8

So we no longer experienced wildfires, but we do have the occasional hurricane.

1:25.3

Yes.

1:26.1

But you haven't picked up the accent. I can tell that. No, no. No, I guess not.

1:33.4

Okay. Before we really jump into things, could you tell our listeners about the Ruth Institute and what kind of

1:39.7

work you guys are involved in there? So the Ruth Institute is an interfaith international coalition

1:45.8

to defend the family and build a civilization of love. And the way we do that is to produce

1:53.4

materials, including podcasts like this one, books, articles. We have our own video podcast called The Dr. Jay Show, which is where I

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