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Molly Worthen

The Joe Rogan of American Catholicism

John Fea   |  December 12, 2024

Check out Molly Worthen’s fascinating piece on Robert Barron, the bishop of Winona-Rochester (MN) and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Here is a taste: Now is an unlikely time for a Catholic ministry to grow. Fewer and fewer […]

Should universities be more like monasteries?

John Fea   |  May 26, 2023

Here is a taste of Molly Worthen’s piece at The New York Times: Colleges should offer a radically low-tech first-year program for students who want to apply: a secular monastery within the modern university, with a curated set of courses […]

Historian Molly Worthen talks with The Gospel Coalition about her conversion to evangelical Christianity

John Fea   |  May 9, 2023

I love every minute of this interview. Here is Collin Hanson of The Gospel Coalition interviewing University of North Carolina historian Molly Worthen: Some highlights: What a beautiful and joyful conversation.

Do you believe in miracles?

John Fea   |  December 26, 2022

No, this is not an Olympic hockey post. Check out Molly Worthen‘s piece at The New York Times, “How Would You Prove That God Performed a Miracle.” The essay features Indiana University professors Josh Brown (neuroscience) and Candy Gunther Brown […]

What I learned this weekend

John Fea   |  June 14, 2021

It was good to get back to conferences this weekend. I forgot how much there is to learn through attending conferences and how much face-to-face engagement is so much more effective at stimulating thinking than ZOOM events. On Thursday I […]