Lectures tagged "Catholicism"

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Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, 1945-1970
Andrew Moore
August 1, 2007
00:49:11
Andrew Moore discusses his book, The South's Tolerable Alien: Roman Catholics in Alabama and Georgia, 1945-1970. Moore explores the roles of Catholics in post-World War II Dixie, particularly in Alabama and Georgia.
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Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America
Peter Steinfels
October 21, 2003
01:19:52
Peter Steinfels examines the Roman Catholic Church's responses to changing understandings of sexuality, women's roles, and the priesthood, as well as its struggles to renew worship and religious education.
Homosexuality in a Catholic Context
Andrew Sullivan
April 28, 2003
01:44:22
Authors Andrew Sullivan and David Morrison discuss homosexuality in Catholic culture. Sullivan argues that there is no scriptural substantiation for the Church's stance against homosexuality, while Morrison promotes chastity for those who are attracted to persons of the same sex.
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Poems of Francis Thompson and Gerard Manley Hopkins
J. Robert Barth
April 1, 2003
00:05:48
J. Robert Barth reads the poetry of Francis Thompson and Gerard Manley Hopkins, in selections from a CD produced to support the John J. Burns Library at Boston College.
Courage to Be Catholic: What Future?
George Weigel
December 3, 2002
01:16:07
George Weigel argues that the current crisis in the Church is the direct result of a post-Vatican II relaxation of traditional Catholic mores.
Crucial Endeavor: Catholic-Jewish Relations
Walter Kasper
November 6, 2002
01:04:01
German theologian Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, seeks to clarify the Church's position on several controversial issues.
Catholic Tradition: Revision or Conservatism?
Garry Wills
October 30, 2002
01:03:36
Catholic philosopher and historian Garry Wills argues that revision, not conservatism, is the historical norm of the Roman Catholic Church.