by David Yamane | Feb 10, 2023 | conversation, empathy, Gun Culture, Lutheran Ethicists' Network, My Experience, Sherry Turkle
Just as I was returning home from the promising Deseret Elevate gathering I recently described, I received an interesting invitation from some leaders of the Lutheran Ethicists’ Network (LEN). The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA – the liberal...
by David Yamane | Feb 3, 2023 | Deseret News, mass shootings, My Experience, Utah
I wrote recently about the challenge of finding a publisher for my book on American gun culture, and my chagrin that some acquisition editors think there is not a market for a “calm, thoughtful approach to the charged topic of gun ownership” (to quote one...
by David Yamane | Feb 3, 2023 | Deseret News, mass shootings, My Experience, Utah
I wrote recently about the challenge of finding a publisher for my book on American gun culture, and my chagrin that some acquisition editors think there is not a market for a “calm, thoughtful approach to the charged topic of gun ownership” (to quote one...
by David Yamane | Jan 31, 2023 | Books, Gun Culture, My Experience
Among the reasons for my recent hiatus from online activity in connection with my research on guns is frustration at my literary agent’s inability to find a publisher for my book, Gun Curious: Inside America’s Evolving Culture of Firearms. This is not due...
by David Yamane | Jan 30, 2023 | Jonathan Haidt, My Experience, Sherry Turkle, Social Media
New Year Greetings, faithful readers. Prior to this post, my last entry here was on 16 November 2022. This 10-week break was the longest in the nearly 4 years I have blogged here at Gun Curious (as well as 10+ years blogging at Gun Culture 2.0). I took a break both...
by David Yamane | Nov 16, 2022 | Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Saint Anselm College, scholarship
This video offers an overview of the 14 papers presented at a workshop on “The Ethics, Law, and Social Science of Firearms and Self-Defense” convened by the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Out of respect for the privacy of the...
