Although most agree that the Land O’ Lakes statement has had a pervasive influence on Catholic higher education over the last 50 years, many have seen its influence as unconstructive or simply pernicious.
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‘A great and mysterious force’
Daniel J. Morrissey reviews “Sex and the Constitution” by Geoffrey R. Stone.
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‘Will’ explores the genesis of genius, and Shakespeare’s Catholic roots
The story of Shakespeare is eternally appealing, because we want to know what confluence of circumstances, or divine blessing, could produce such a towering figure.
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The man who fought papal infallibility
Largely forgotten today, Ignaz von Döllinger was one of the most widely respected Catholic intellectuals of his day.
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How ‘The Defender’ both reported and made history in the African-American community.
The Defender was an essential community institution that shaped black ideas, politics and social life.
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Trump firing of Comey possibly worse than Watergate, says former Nixon prosecutor
“It’s hard for me to credit that the president is now vigorously acting in Hillary Clinton’s interest,” says Philip Lacovara.
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What can WWII propaganda films teach us in the era of fake news?
The documentary series “Five Came Back” and the British film “Their Finest” have brought World War II propaganda films back into public consciousness.
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The literary genius of Cervantes
D. Scott Hendrickson reviews “The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World” by William Egginton
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Martin Luther: hero, but no saint
This is a book I have long needed to read. Martin Luther is in the top tier of 16th-century greats whose life, actions and works forever changed the landscape of Christianity and, therefore, all of Western civilization. Yet my knowledge of the man himself was scant and tainted. In Luther the Great, Lyndal Roper, Regius […]
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The Colonial Beginnings of North American Catholicism
Thomas J. Shelley reviews “Continental Ambitions” by