Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship ... This goal excelleth every other goal, and this aspiration is the monarch of all aspirations. --Baha'i Scriptures

Michael Penn: On Hopelessness and Hope

Michael Penn: On Hopelessness and Hope

Sep 28, 2018-- Michael Penn's life abounds with uncommon stories. The son of a Cherokee father and an African American mother, he spent part of his childhood living in a converted school bus on land gifted to the family by his great grandmother who had been a slave. That humble beginning launched him into a lifetime of unaccountable twists of fate, including a miraculous encounter with the woman who would become his wife of 33 years, a near death experience, and an embrace of the Baha'i faith. Today he is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Franklin & Marshall College. His research interests and publications include works in the pathogenesis of hope and hopelessness, the relationship between culture and psychopathology, the epidemiology of gender-based violence, and human dignity and human rights. Poignant, wise, and deeply inspiring, this interview with Michael shines a light into the heart and mind of a remarkable human being. (3133 reads)


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