The Holy Spirit on the move: On the growing religious participation of Gen Z
Any revival might play out over a long period, just as the decline did. Our job is to accompany young adults who are hungry for faith.
Review: Three books on the confusing, complex world of American politics
Three authors explore the American political landscape and offer provocative ideas on how to fix it—and if it is worth saving.
Review: A descent into the soul
Andrew Krivak’s latest novel, Mule Boy, invites readers on a descent into the soul as they descend with the narrator, Ondro Prach, the 13-year-old son of Slovak immigrants living and enduring in northeast Pennsylvania, into the mines, where he tends the mule that hauls the coal carts.
Review: Confronting the Christian classics
Rebecca Bratten Weiss’s ‘The Books That Made Us’ is timely in its exploration of questions that underlie any cancellation-esque conversations: What are we to do when we realize the art that formed us is, perhaps, problematic? How do we revisit works that formed us when we ourselves have changed? Are we to throw out the good of a work when anything bad or harmful is present? Is it possible or good to separate the art from the artist?
Review: Christopher Beha’s journey of belief
Christopher Beha’s ‘Why I Am Not an Atheist’ is a memoir of his journey from cradle Catholic through painful departure, followed by intellectual wandering and wondering while trying on varieties of atheism, only to find—much to his own surprise—his way back to faith and the church.
How my Catholic faith informs my environmental advocacy
In each of the conversations I had on the hike, I could feel the Holy Spirit moving. Each person shared their different experiences with religion, and I was able to share how my Catholic faith is what inspired me to care for the earth.
What visiting a relic of St. Thérèse taught me about my faith
After a long day, a saint’s bones lead to a moment of hope
What A.I. has to do with poverty and human dignity
The advancement of artificial intelligence poses many difficult questions. What does it mean for a machine to be “intelligent”? Will these technologies stay within human control? Will jobs disappear, and if so, which ones, and how fast? What laws and policies should govern the development of A.I.? Are our political, social and civil society institutions up to the task?And are we about to face an A.I. apocalypse? A utopia? Or something in between?
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