“It’s the crisis of the University. Period.”: Theology, Political Power, and Staying Human in an Age of Technocracy

In this episode, Prof Massimo Faggiolli, prominent Church historian and Professor in Ecclesiology at Villanova University, Philadelphia (on sabbatical at the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin) explores Catholic Higher Education, the University, and the important place, role, and contribution of theology to the common good in the wake of emergent American political theologies accentuated by the Trumpian politics and the dehumanising effects of neo-liberal technocratic educational paradigms, its “priesthood of the managerial class,” and the permeation of Generative Artificial Intelligence at all levels of the educational enterprise and society.⁠Click Here⁠ to View Professor Massimo Faggiolli’s Professional ProfileClick Here for further information about the book discussed in this episode ‘Theology and Catholic Higher Education: Beyond Our Identity Crisis’ (Orbis, 2024) by Massimo Faggiolli.