How and why should the church use empirical evidence for ministry and discernment? Empirical data and engagement with the broader context of Catholicism can help us to better understand the life of the church.
Maureen K. Day
Maureen Day is Assistant Professor of Religion and Society at the Franciscan School of Theology. She is the author of Catholic Activism Today: Personal Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice (NYU Press 2020) and editor of Young Adult American Catholics (Paulist Press 2018).
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Pandemic pilgrimage: what a cross-country road trip taught me about hope
A summer road trip to reunite with friends around the country became a 10,000 mile hope-based pilgrimage to find unexpected grace in the ordinary.
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Review: When charity is not enough
Maureen Day is an assistant professor of religion and society at the Franciscan School of Theology and the author of Catholic Activism Today: Personal Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Negotiating tensions in a postsecular world
The Catholic Church needs to recognize that moved from a secular public sphere—marked by separate and specialized spheres of economy, science, faith and so forth that manage their own concerns in an insular way—to a postsecular public sphere, in which a multiplicity of voices and expertise are welcome to weigh in on an issue.
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This year, see the Easter candle through the eyes of an infant
Newness comes easily for infants, but a Lent practiced with intention provides newness for the rest of us.
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A Catholic’s guide to the cross-country family road trip
Three times zones, 17 states and 6,891 highway miles. Could be magic, could be tragic.
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A synod, not a solution: San Diego’s grassroots effort to respond to Amoris Laetitia
The laypeople were the experts—the ones who live the challenges of family life every day—at the San Diego synod responding to Pope Francis’ “Amoris Laetitia.”