Molly Worthen

1 week ago | ministrywatch.com | Bill Wichterman |Molly Worthen |Deborah Fallows |Warren Smith

Editor’s Note:  Most Saturdays we feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will offer his opinion on stories in the week’s news or, sometimes, offer a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we do what we do. However, once a quarter (or so), we use the ‘Notebook” for Warren Smith’s list of books either released in the past quarter, or those he just got around to reading this quarter. To read last quarter’s list, published in November, click here.

Dec 11, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Molly Worthen

America’s most watched bishop, Robert Barron, is scouting out a new future for Christianity.

Sep 25, 2024 | arcmag.org | Molly Worthen

The average Sunday in the sanctuary at Mile Hi Church, just west of Denver, is at first glance indistinguishable from a service at an evangelical megachurch. Onstage, a rock band plays under pastel stage lights. Congregants wander past the control booth, where a black-clad techie fiddles with the sound board. They hug friends, ask about kids and weekend plans, and find a spot in the theater-style auditorium. On either side of the stage, two giant LED screens advertise upcoming events.

Sep 12, 2024 | firstthings.com | Molly Worthen

Machen's Hope:The Transformation of a Modernist in the New Princetonby richard e. burnetteerdmans, 638 pages, $45.99 Every year, in a course I teach on American history, I make my students read J. Gresham Machen. If you want a taste of early-twentieth-century Protestant fundamentalism—and have no patience for stereotypes of red-faced Bible thumpers ranting about monkey trials—you could do a lot worse than this conservative Presbyterian scholar.

Jun 8, 2023 | khaleejtimes.com | Molly Worthen

As it becomes abundantly clear that texting and chatbotting are making students miserable right now, what they may actually need is a taste of the monk’s life By Molly Worthen Published: Fri 9 Jun 2023, 1:20 AM Nery Rodriguez just graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in economics, but one of the most significant courses she took there had nothing to do with marginal utility or game theory. When she registered last fall for the seminar known around campus as “the monk...