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Happiness and Its History – Part II
In 2003, I delivered a series of five lectures to the Wyoming School of Theology on happiness. They were based upon by book, Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction (1996, Rowman & Littlefield), but I added quite a bit of material not previously discussed.
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Happiness and Its History – Part I
In 2003, I delivered a series of five lectures to the Wyoming School of Theology on happiness. They were based upon by book, Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction (1996, Rowman & Littlefield), but I added quite a bit of material not previously discussed.
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The Problem With the Bishop’s View of “Faithful Citizenship”
Every four years the Catholic bishops publish a document entitled “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” No substantial edits have been made to this document since the 2008 version. The 2008 version of “Faithful Citizenship” contained several passages (Sections 34-37) that are capable of overly broad interpretation. Groups like Catholics United and Catholic Democrats cherry-picked the following passage…
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10 Ways Catholics Can Elect the Next President
Deal W. Hudson The 2016 election will be decisive for the future of our nation. Eight more years of leadership such as we have witnessed under Obama will stamp our culture so deeply it would take a century to undo the damage. What damage, you ask? Eight more years will bring an end to religious…
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Did the Bishops Punish Archbishop Burke?
Deal W. Hudson Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Archbishop Raymond Burke (St. Louis) lost an election at the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops last week. Over the past three years, Burke has assumed the mantle of the late Cardinal John O’Connor in pro-life matters, challenging fellow bishops to take stronger stances…
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Closing Ranks on Canon 915
Deal W. Hudson Gov. Kathleen Sebelius received some good news last week when abortionist Dr. George Tiller was found not guilty of breaking state laws regulating late-term abortion. The relationship between Tiller and Sebelius would surely have played a role in her upcoming confirmation hearings had he been found guilty. But Governor Sebelius got some…
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Audiobooks, The Word Spoken
By Deal W. Hudson Homer, the first great poet of the West, wasn’t a writer but a performer, with the dining halls of ancient Greece as his stage. Before the advent of written literature, the medium of poetry was dramatic utterance and song. Eyes were no more necessary to the enjoyment of words than they…
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Catholic Opinion by the Numbers: A Revealing New Poll
By Deal W. Hudson Nanci Pelosi calls herself a conservative Catholic. Sure, she may be in favor of abortion, women priests, and homosexual marriages, but according to the House minority leader, that has no bearing on her life as a Catholic. How does she define “conservative Catholic”? In a January interview with the National Catholic…
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How Catholic Universities Fool Their Donors
By Deal W. Hudson During my eight years at Crisis, the conversation that most often reoccurs is the one about the fate of the Catholic university and college. It begins inevitably with an alumnus complaining about the latest anti-Catholic outbreak on the hallowed grounds of their former college campus and ends with their asking me…
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Passion, Not Prejudice-Mel Gibson’s Christ
By Deal W. Hudson Mel Gibson’s Passion is finally in movie theaters. Now people can see for themselves what all the hubbub is about. Most, I believe, will leave the theater shaken to the core by the terrible beauty of Gibson’s masterpiece. The media-driven expectation of an anti-Semitic portrayal of the Jews will be swept…
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