“Connected World,” by Father Philip Larrey, a philosophy professor at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, studies the impact and long-term consequences of increasingly advanced technology and the rise of artificial intelligence on society.
Cardinal Pell talks technology, Trump, Brexit at book presentation
Misunderstanding of Catholic scholarship mars book on Bible’s influence
Kenneth Briggs has been a religion reporter for Newsday, The New York Times and National Catholic Reporter. His Methodist background deeply influences his story of mainline Protestant and evangelical readers of the Bible in “The Invisible Bestseller.
In new book, archbishop describes how he believes America lost its way
In his new book “Strangers in A Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World,” Archbishop Chaput, 72, draws a contrast between contemporary society and the simpler America he knew in his childhood during the 1940s and 1950s.
Slain Jesuit inspires another Salvadoran archbishop and an ode to martyrs
Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande has been credited with inspiring Blessed Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, toward a journey of defending the poor that led to his martyrdom in 1980.
Friar-turned-lawyer writes novels about lawyer-turned-friar
Even though William Brodrick gave up the monastic life in the Augustinian order, just before priestly ordination, to be a lawyer, another call also had been tugging at him.
Author maintains that Muslims have influenced America for centuries
Author recounts historical examples reflecting that Muslims have always been a part of the history of the United States, starting long before the country gained its independence from Great Britain.
Examination of Mencken’s writings on religion has lessons for today
Hart, a visiting assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College in Michigan, examines Mencken’s life and career from his birth until after his death and establishes the influence of Mencken’s family upon H.L.’s religious attitudes and pro-German feelings that were to shape his thinking.
Author offers guidance for those on journeys of spiritual renewal
“Interior Journey” is a brief book, easily read in a few hours which approaches spirituality under four headings: change; simplicity; solitude and friendship; and gratitude.