Author Archives: Bookworm
The cost of racism
Economic and social policy expert Heather McGhee, author of the best-selling book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, will present a Lowell Humanities Series Lecture on October 26 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading
The centenary of the Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up to the establishment of an independent Ireland—has long persisted in the national Irish memory, despite efforts to downplay or outright erase it from official discourse. Irish historian Síobhra Aiken has written … Continue reading
Tragic dilemmas
Kate Jackson-Meyer, who graduated from Boston College with a Ph.D. in theological ethics, will discuss key themes from her new book, Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics (Georgetown University Press, 2022), at Boston College’s Boisi Center on October 21. [See link … Continue reading
Insights from an ambassador to the Holy See
Boston College graduate Kenneth Hackett looks back on his time as United States ambassador to the Holy See (2013-2017) in his new book, The Vatican Code: American Diplomacy in the Time of Francis (Paulist Press, 2022). The Vatican Code offers … Continue reading
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Ocean Vuong
The Lowell Humanities Series will host best-selling writer Ocean Vuong on October 19 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Vuong’s latest work is Time is a Mother, deeply intimate poetry collection in which Vuong searches for life among … Continue reading
Digital Mindset
The digital revolution is here, changing how work gets done, how industries are structured, and how people work, behave, and relate to each other, according to the co-writers of the new book The Digital Mindset (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022). … Continue reading
The future of priesthood and ministry
A fresh conversation is needed around the formation of priests in order for ordained ministry to flourish going forward, according to the new book Priestly Ministry and the People of God (Orbis Books), co-edited by Boston College theologians Richard Gaillardetz, … Continue reading
Shadows and Stars
Boston College graduate Chuck Abdella has published Shadows and Stars, a suspenseful, action-packed sequel to his fantasy novel The Sun and the Moon. In Shadows and Stars, high school sophomores Katelyn and Jena have a world to save—two worlds, to … Continue reading
Why Structural Racism Persists
Legal scholar Natsu Taylor Saito will talk about her book Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law: Why Structural Racism Persists on October 6 at 7 p.m. in Gasson, room 100. Saito is Regents’ Professor Emerita at Georgia State University’s College … Continue reading
Synodality
Pope Francis has described synodality as the new model of Church. He said that “a synodal Church is a Church that listens…in which everyone has something to learn.” In this model, bishops should listen to the people of God, and … Continue reading
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