Anthroposophy and Social Engagement
Jan 11, 2026 2:00PM—4:00PM
Location
ONLINE: Eastern Time (USA, Canada)
Cost $30 - $100 (sliding scale)
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Categories Eastern Region US, Education-Waldorf-Steiner, ONLINE, Workshop
JANUARY PUBLIC ONLINE BOOK READING AND WORKSHOP WITH CHRISTOPHER SCHAEFER
How have your social interests and spiritual commitments influenced each other? To what degree do you experience anthroposophy as a path of peace, justice, and social reform in your life? Rudolf Steiner suggested that anthroposophy kindles the love of humanity “and grows creative in moral impulses to action, and in the practice of a truly social life.”
In this workshop, Christopher Schaefer will offer a brief reading from his forthcoming book Moved by Destiny: Life Stories of Social Engagement, featuring 22 essays by individuals whose lives have been shaped by both anthroposophy and social reform efforts.
Participants will then reflect on these themes in small groups, exploring how they resonate in their own lives, before coming together for a concluding whole-group conversation. The workshop invites participants to inspire and encourage one another during these challenging and uncertain times by sharing their efforts to contribute to a better world.
Christopher Schaefer is a retired adult educator, having taught for many years at both Emerson College in England and at Sunbridge College in Chestnut Ridge, NY. He has been a founding member of the Social Science Section work in the US, and has consulted internationally with many Waldorf schools and other institutions inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s work.
He is the coauthor of Vision in Action: Working with Soul and Spirit in Small Organizations (with Tijno Voors), and the author of Partnerships of Hope: Building Waldorf School Communities, Re-Imaging America: Finding Hope in Difficult Times and the editor of Moved by Destiny: Life Stories of Social Engagement.
He lives with his wife Signe Eklund Schaefer in the Berkshires.