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Religion and the election in Pennsylvania

John Fea   |  October 29, 2024

Ivey DeJesus of the Harrisburg Patriot-News and Peter Smith of the Associated Press are covering Christianity and the 2024 presidential election in Pennsylvania. I was happy to help them with their stories. Here is a taste of DeJesus’s piece, “Some […]

The Author’s Corner with David M. Emmons

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 29, 2024

David M. Emmons is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Montana. This interview is based on his new book, History’s Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Richard L. Kagan

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 16, 2024

Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeremy Beer

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 18, 2024

Jeremy Beer is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of AmPhil. This interview is based on his new book, Beyond the Devil’s Road: Francisco GarcĂ©s and the Spanish Encounter with the American Southwest (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Mark Richard

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 15, 2024

Mark Richard is Professor of History and Canadian Studies at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. This interview is based on his new book, Catholics Across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the North Country, Plattsburgh, New York, 1850-1950 (State […]

The Author’s Corner with William Cossen

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 22, 2023

William Cossen is a teacher in the Social Studies Department at The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology​. This interview is based on his new book, Making Catholic America: Religious Nationalism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (Cornell University […]

The Author’s Corner with Leah Mickens

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 15, 2022

Leah Mickens is August Wilson Project Archivist at the University of Pittsburgh. This interview is based on her new book, In the Shadow of Ebenezer: A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II (NYU Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeroen Dewulf

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 19, 2022

Jeroen Dewulf is Queen Beatrix Professor in the Department of German & Dutch Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. This interview is based on his new book, Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022). […]

The Author’s Corner with S. Karly Kehoe

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 15, 2022

S. Karly Kehoe is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities at Saint Mary’s University. This interview is based on her new book, Empire and Emancipation: Scottish and Irish Catholics at the Atlantic Fringe, 1780-1850 […]

Unlike Evangelicals, Catholics have a high vaccination rate

John Fea   |  April 28, 2021

A significant number of evangelicals do not want to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Catholics, on the other hand, have a high vaccination rate. Here is Robert David Sullivan at America: In an attempt to more closely examine the link between […]