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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).

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The French Revolution and American Catholicism: Five questions with Mitchell Oxford

Published: May 19, 2020

Author: Peter Cajka

Oxford received a Research Travel Grant in 2019 for research contributing to his dissertation. 

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William Cossen on lived religion among Catholics in the Civil War

Published: September 20, 2019

Author: Peter Cajka

Cossen received a 2019 Research Travel Grant for a project examining devotional practices and spirituality among Catholic soldiers in the Civil War.

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Book review: Karen Johnson's One in Christ

Published: March 21, 2019

Author: Peter Cajka

Peter Cajka reviews Karen Johnson's One in Christ: Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice.

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The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus at 50

Published: February 26, 2019

Author: Peter Cajka

On November 7, 2019, Father Clarence Williams, C.PP.S., spoke at Rare Books and Special Collections in Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library, reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus.

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Ruán O'Donnell on America and the Irish Revolution, 1916–1922

Published: January 30, 2019

Author: Peter Cajka

O'Donnell delivered the annual Hibernian Lecture in September 2018. 

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Catholic missionary education among the Potawatomi: Five questions with Issac Akande

Published: November 27, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Akande (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) received a Research Travel Grant to visit the Notre Dame Archives for research for his dissertation.

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The Spanish language in the U.S. Catholic Church: A conversation with Antonio Medina-Rivera

Published: August 14, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Medina-Rivera visited the Notre Dame Archives in June 2018 to research Spanish language usage in the U.S. Catholic Church during the 20th century.

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Patricio Flores and liberation theology: A conversation with Gabriela Perez

Published: July 30, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Research Travel Grant recipient Gabriela Perez recently visited the Notre Dame Archives to study the life and work of Archbishop Patricio Flores.

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Conversations and conversions: The Bob Pelton interviews

Published: March 21, 2018

Author: Peter Cajka

Peter Cajka reflects on five interviews he conducted with Father Bob Pelton, C.S.C., from October 2017 to January 2018.

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Ian McBride on Catholics under the penal laws

Published: December 04, 2017

Author: Peter Cajka

For the 2017 Hibernian Lecture, Ian McBride shared new sources and insights on both immediate and long-term effects of Ireland's penal laws.

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Land O’Lakes and its legacy: A lecture and panel on Catholic higher education

Published: October 12, 2017

Author: Peter Cajka

In September, the Cushwa Center sponsored a lecture and discussion commemorating a landmark document for Catholic university life.

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