Catholic Responses to Poverty

Posted on November 13, 2014 in THR Web Features
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Shuttling between economics and political philosophy, public policy and theology, literature and ethics—the conference paraded the unique strength of the intellectual Catholicism today—no discipline out of bounds, no perspective non grata.
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The Millennials Are Coming, But Who Cares?

Posted on November 12, 2014 in Common Place
With 80 million—the largest generation ever—leaving home and descending into society, scholars, think tanks, and especially corporations are intent on understanding the inner life of a twenty something. Despite the attention that millennials are garnering, important questions surrounding community engagement are being let out.
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Here Comes the Potentiated Self

Posted on November 10, 2014 in Infernal Machine
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Raising the self to a higher power is grounded not in the liberating promises of technology but in the more mundane pursuit of excellent habits. Sometimes data can help. But only with coaches and teachers skilled enough to help us make sense of it, and help us learn how to practice.
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