Kaya Oakes

Kaya Oakes is the author of four books, including The Nones Are Alright: A New Generation of Seekers, Believers and Those In-Between (Orbis Books, 2015), and Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church (Counterpoint Press, 2009). A contributing writer to America Magazine, Commonweal, and many other publications, she is also a contributing editor at the website Killing the Buddha. She teaches nonfiction writing at the University of California, Berkeley.

(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Featured, Kaya Oakes, StoriesJune 22, 2015

Encyclileaks: Was the ‘Laudato Si’ Leak a Sin or Just a Scoop?

By Kaya Oakes

In the days before the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudauto Si,…

(A)theologies, Archive, Featured, Kaya OakesMay 28, 2015

What the Numbers Don’t Tell Us: Religion Is a Lived, Shifting Experience

By Kaya Oakes

Having spent most of the last two years in conversation with Nones, seekers, doubters, and…

Archive, Culture, StoriesAugust 19, 2014

Calvary is Bleak, But Can it Kick?

By Kaya Oakes

Calvary posits that faith is mostly a fear of death, but in reality, like Gleeson’s performance, faith is a living, changing, malleable thing. His Father James helps us understand why people still need religion.