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We Pathologized Masculinity and Created a Monster

The rise of incel culture and online misogyny is the predictable consequence of men receiving the message that their longing for connection is itself a form of harm
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Our Summer Trips Are Not Mission Trips
My students asked me a question in class this week, and I hedged. Here is the answer I should have given.
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Pepe Leo Calls for AI to be Disarmed
In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV does something no major world leader has done. He names the AI race itself, not just its outputs, as a form of…
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Did Pope Leo XIV Just Dismantle the Palantir Logic in His Long-Awaited Magnifica Humanitas?
In one of the most widely read sections of the document, Pope Leo XIV effectively deconstructs the business model of companies like Palantir.
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The Algorithm Doesn't Know What a Person Is. The Pope Just Wrote to Remind It.
Five popes. 135 years. One steadily widening answer to who counts as fully human. A short reflection on Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas as we prepare to…
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The City Promised Them Everything. The Data Say It Is Delivering Almost Nothing.
Young adults aged 18 to 24 are among the least city-satisfied groups on earth — in the very cities designed, marketed, and culturally narrated for them…
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Proximity Seeking: The 1st Step in Bonding with God
What does it mean to draw near to God — psychologically speaking?
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We Got the Order Wrong: How Christianity Traded Relationship for Religion
For generations, we have handed children doctrines before we gave them a living God to hold onto. The consequences are written in the data — and in the
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What does it really mean to bond with God in a way that transforms how we live, relate, and flourish?
In this special author discussion, Victor Counted sits down with Ward Davis and Corné Bekker to explore the intersection of attachment theory, faith…
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3 Patterns of Faith Attachment — Which One Is Yours?
How your attachment style shapes your relationship with God
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