An American Conversion One Man's Discovery of Beauty and Truth in Times of Crisis

by Hudson, Deal Wyatt

• ISBN13: 9780824521264
• ISBN10: 0824521269
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Crossroad

Summary

The publisher and editor of the influential "Crisis" magazine tells for the first time his story of how his conservative upbringing led him to convert to Roman Catholicism.

Author Biography

Deal Hudson is one of the most influential voices in American Catholicism. A scholar by training (Ph.D., Emory), he now serves as publisher of Crisis magazine. Hudson has written for countless major media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New Republic, and The Los Angeles Times. He has also appeared on several major television programs, including NBC Nightly News, CNN's Inside Politics, The Beltway Boys, and Mother Angelica Live. The show he hosts on EWTN is now in its seventh season

Table of Contents

Telling the Story	p. 11
No Time for Beauty	p. 16
Tangoing with Baptists	p. 24
Away from Fundamentalism	p. 30
The Relief of Objectivity	p. 38
Starting with Sophocles	p. 46
Some Disconnects	p. 53
Defending Woman	p. 61
Teaching the Absolute	p. 66
The Bird Sings	p. 77
My Nun Story	p. 84
A Letter from St. Louis	p. 92
Learning to Dance	p. 103
Not an Angel	p. 111
Beauty and Conversion	p. 122
Beauty Will Save the World	p. 130
Catholic Novels	p. 134
Contrasting Aesthetics	p. 144
Julian Green	p. 152
Meeting Maritain	p. 161
Quick-Ey'd Love	p. 174
Photo Credits	p. 186
Index of Names	p. 187
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