Cushwa Center // University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to interpret the American Catholic experience.

Gender, Sex, and Power

A team of researchers are studying the history of clergy sex abuse.

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History of Women Religious

Cushwa sponsors conferences and research on Catholic vowed women.

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Research Grants and Awards

Apply by December 31 to one of Cushwa's five funding programs.

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American Catholic Studies Newsletter

47.2 (Fall 2020)

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Latest News

American Christianity and oil: A conversation with Darren Dochuk

Published: December 14, 2020

Author: Peter Cajka

Peter Cajka corresponded with Dochuk about his most recent book, Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America (Basic, 2019).

Holy Cross history: A conversation with James T. Connelly, C.S.C.

Published: December 10, 2020

Author: Todd C. Ream

Todd C. Ream (Taylor University) interviewed Father James T. Connelly, C.S.C., about the process of writing his latest book, The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross (Notre Dame Press, 2020).

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