Category: Religion in Society
There is No Vocations Crisis All across the country parishes are merging, Masses are split between different times at multiple sites, vocations directors are expressing alarm, bishops are restructuring diocesan ministries, and there are thousands of parishes without a resident...
Every generation must decide whom it will follow. In our time, the kings we serve are often unseen—algorithms, trends, and screens that subtly shape what we value. In a world where social media defines so much of our identity, it...
In recent days, the polarization and hostility that is dividing even the Body of Christ has been stunning. We at Where Peter Is have witnessed it on our personal social media accounts and on the threads of Smart Catholics, where...
[This is Part 3 of the series “Religion in Society.” Click for Part 1 and Part 2.] What could the Church possibly have to learn from a 19th century radical novel that inspired Lenin and Xi Jinpeng? Well… it’s complicated....
Click here to read the first part of Paul Chu’s series on the Role of Religion in Contemporary Society. In 1896, the great American psychologist and philosopher William James gave a talk to a collection of philosophically-minded Ivy Leaguers, young...
Much of everyday modern humanity takes the most basic value of religion to be its truth value, such that exposing a religion as false should be decisive. This is largely due to Christianity, and it has long been the position...
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