Robert Royal (b. December 21, 1949 "Robert Royal 1949-"
Library of Congress card catalog.) is a Catholic author and the president of the Faith & Reason Institute based in

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Early life and education

Robert Royal was born in Connecticut and received his BA in English and MA in Italian Studies from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

and his PhD in Comparative Literature from

The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution ...

. He was a Fulbright Scholar."Profile: Robert Royal"
''Catholic Distance University'', accessed May 13, 2022.

Career

Robert Royal has taught at Brown University,

Rhode Island College Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Providence, Rhode Island. The college was established in 1854 as the Rhode Island State Normal School, making it the second oldest institution of higher education in Rhode Island after Brown Uni ...

, and The Catholic University of America. From 1980 to 1982 he was editor-in-chief of ''Prospect'' magazine, a publication of the conservative Concerned Alumni of Princeton. From 1986 to 1999 he served as vice president of the

Ethics and Public Policy Center The Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) is a conservative, Washington, D.C.-based think tank and advocacy group. Founded in 1976, the group describes itself as "dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of pub ...

, along with president

George Weigel George Weigel (born 1951) is a Catholic neoconservative American author, political analyst, and social activist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the ...

from 1989 to 1996. He is editor-in-chief of ''The Catholic Thing ()'', an online publication he launched with

Michael Novak Michael John Novak Jr. (September 9, 1933 – February 17, 2017) was an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. The author of more than forty books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known ...

in 2008 and published by the Faith & Reason Institute. In 2020, he was named the first St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies at

Thomas More College of Liberal Arts The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Merrimack, New Hampshire. It emphasizes classical education in the Catholic intellectual tradition and is named after Saint Thomas More. It is accredite ...

in Merrimack NH."Dr. Robert Royal Appointed St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies"
Thomas More College news. September 2020. Royal has served as a commentator for

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Views

Royal is generally

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

and a critic of secularism. In his words, "We don't hold up the Bible, we make arguments," where the purpose is "to reconnect to the Catholic tradition".

Bibliography

* ''1492 And All That: Political Manipulations of History'', 1992 * ''Reinventing the American People: Unity and Diversity Today'', 1995 * ''The Virgin and the Dynamo: Use and Abuse of Religion in Environmental Debates'', 1999 * ''Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy, Divine Spirituality'', 1999 * ''The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive Global History'', 2000 * ''The Pope's Army: 500 Years of the Papal Swiss Guard'', 2006 * ''The God that Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West'', 2006 * ''A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century'', 2015 * ''Columbus and the Crisis of the West'' (2020)

References

External links

The Faith & Reason Institute

The Catholic Thing

Robert Royal's articles
at ''Crisis Magazine'' * (Ethics and Public Policy Center) * (Faith & Reason Institute) {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal, Robert Roman Catholic writers Brown University alumni Catholic University of America alumni Living people Catholic University of America faculty Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Year of birth missing (living people) Conservatism in the United States