A month before this Independence Day, a group of 100 scholars warned about “the recent deterioration of U.S. democracy.” America has been covering this topic from all angles; here are highlights from our archives.
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From 1990: Doctoral programs in theology at U.S. Catholic universities
In 1990, Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., addressed the need for Catholic university faculties of adequate number and quality as well as the problem of educating Roman Catholics in schools largely separate from the numerous Catholic areas and traditions.
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From 1990: Will there be Catholic theology in the United States?
The Rev. Matthew Lamb argues that if the education of theologians is the foundation of Catholic education, hiring trends in Catholic universities suggest an ongoing “Protestantization” of religious education at Catholic colleges and universities.
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From 1993: The Flight to and from Thika
In this 1993 piece, James Martin reflects on the realities of refugees he met in Thika, Kenya.
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From 1996: James Martin, SJ, on the stories of East African refugees
From 1996: After two years of work in East Africa, it’s not my own experiences that I remember most vividly—it’s the stories I heard from refugees.
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John F. Kennedy on the Algerian crisis
John F. Kennedy wrote for America on the brewing crisis between France and Algeria in 1957. Algeria gained independence from France in July 1962.
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A world united by economic devastation: The view from 1931
In this article from the Dec. 5, 1931, issue of America, J. Desmond Gleeson laments the economic devastation of the Great Depression, noting that it came about without warning.
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An American Jesuit on James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’: obscene, blasphemous and ‘against the natural law’
From 1934: An America editor waited 14 years for his chance, but then he came out swinging against James Joyce.
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From 1918: Army Chaplains and the Epidemic
Catholic chaplains fighting a different battle in World War I: the fight against Spanish influenza
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James B. Donovan on the famous U-2 case and Soviet criminal justice
James B. Donovan closely followed the spy trial of Francis Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in May 1960, and was interviewed by America.