Deal Wyatt Hudson (born November 20, 1949) is an American

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. Hudson is the former publisher and editor of ''Crisis Magazine'' and InsideCatholic.com. He is currently president of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture. Hudson also hosts the radio show ''Church and Culture'' on

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and serves as publisher and editor of ''The Christian Review.'' Hudson is the former Chairman and founder of Catholic Advocate. In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute in

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Life

Hudson was born in

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. college at the

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, but converted to Catholicism in 1984.von Hildebrand, Alice (January 2004)
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''. Retrieved 4/16/09. He discusses this conversion in his memoir, ''An American Conversion''. In 1980, Hudson became a lecturer in philosophy at

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. Raised as a Protestant, Hudson became a

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while attending college, converted to Catholicism in 1984. In 1989, Hudson became a professor at

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. In 1994, Cara Poppas accused Hudson of initiating a sexual encounter with her when she was an 18 year old Freshman at Fordham. Hudson admitted his guilt and resigned from his tenured position at Fordham. In 1996 he paid a $30,000 settlement with Poppas to end a lawsuit. In 1995 Hudson became publisher of the conservative Roman Catholic magazine, ''Crisis''. Johnson also served as director of Catholic Outreach for

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's 2000 and 2004 US presidential campaigns. Hudson has written, edited or contributed to several books. In 2004, he wrote the online guide "How to Vote Catholic". Hudson has written for the ''

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.'' Among Hudson's activities outside politics is his sponsorship of an annual poetry luncheon at the beginning of

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each Christmas season. Hudson is credited with creating an outreach to Catholic voters in the

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of Donald Trump.

Publications

*''Understanding Maritain'' (ed. with Matthew J. Mancini). Mercer University Press, 1987 *''The Future of Thomism: The Maritain Sequence'' (ed. with Dennis William Moran). University of Notre Dame Press, 1992 *''Sigrid Undset: On Saints and Sinners'' (ed.) Ignatius Press, 1994 *''Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 1995 ; PB *''Public Catholicism: The Challenge of Living the Faith in a Secular American Culture'' (contributor). Our Sunday Visitor, 1996 *''An American Conversion: One Man's Discovery of Beauty and Truth in Times of Crisis''. Crossroad, 2003 *''Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States''. Simon & Schuster, 2008 ; PB, 2010 *"Issues for Catholic Voters, 2012 Edition". Coauthored with Matt Smith. Amazon Digital Services, 2012 ASIN: B0076RXG42 *How to Keep From Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically to Resist Cultural Indoctrination. TAN Books, 2019, HB, ; E-Book, 978-1505113525. *365 Days of Catholic Wisdom: A Treasure of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. TAN Books, 2020, HB, October 8, 2020 https://tanbooks.com/catholic-tradition/church-teachings/365-days-of-catholic-wisdom-a-treasury-of-truth-beauty-and-goodness/ref> *The Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture Mod and Reclaiming One Nation Under God. Co-authored with Matt Schlapp. TAN Book, 2022, HB, February 22, 2022 https://tanbooks.com/contemporary-issues/social-issues/the-desecrators-defeating-the-cancel-culture-mob-and-reclaiming-one-nation-under-god//ref>

References

External links

The Christian Review home pageChurch and Culture home pageDozens of Hudson's articles archived on CatholiCity.comPersonal homepage
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