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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 12d

Also the conformism and idea policing in lib academia pales in comparison to what goes on in conservative academia.

Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 12d

Great Books education in service of this kind of ideology defeats the whole open inquiry it claims to represent. But very tempting to put it on display in an environment where it’s clear certain ideas wouldn’t go over well even being teased out.

Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 12d

Important piece about a phenomena that bears on Catholic higher ed:
open.substack.com/pub/awildlog...

The Metaphysics of MAGA

Evil in the Eyes of Stephen Miller and Larry Arnn

open.substack.com

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 16d

New episode of Cor Ecclesiae featuring guest Christopher White discussing his book on Pope Leo as well as the SHU/Great Blue poll about the Pope: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluj...

Cor Ecclesiae: SHU Poll Reveals Widespread Trust in Pope Leo (Episode 2) ft. Christopher White

YouTube video by Sacred Heart University

www.youtube.com

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 16d

More info about the poll: www.sacredheart.edu/news-room/ne...

A New Era Of Hope: Pope Leo XIV Captures America’s Heart

Sacred Heart University poll reveals widespread trust in Pope Leo and optimism for the future of the papacy

www.sacredheart.edu

Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 16d

New episode of Cor Ecclesiae featuring guest Christopher White discussing his book on Pope Leo as well as the SHU/Great Blue poll about the Pope: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluj...

Cor Ecclesiae: SHU Poll Reveals Widespread Trust in Pope Leo (Episode 2) ft. Christopher White

YouTube video by Sacred Heart University

www.youtube.com

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 18d

TFW you’re a serious outlet engaging questions of religion in public life.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 18d

Checking on the First Things journal:

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 18d

They used to land original Avery Dulles essays.

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 18d

TFW you’re a serious outlet engaging questions of religion in public life.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 18d

Checking on the First Things journal:

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 19d

My @commonweal.bsky.social review of Mark Massa SJ’s Catholic Fundamentalism book gets at some of the issues raised by Dolan’s recent comments: www.commonwealmagazine.org/rober-cathol...

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 19d

My @commonweal.bsky.social review of Mark Massa SJ’s Catholic Fundamentalism book gets at some of the issues raised by Dolan’s recent comments: www.commonwealmagazine.org/rober-cathol...

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · 29d

Go Rebuild My House has migrated to Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/gorebuil...

Go, Rebuild My House | Substack

Click to read Go, Rebuild My House, a Substack publication. Launched 9 days ago.

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Sep 6

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

@profdanrober.bsky.social on gun culture and the Church:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/annunciation...

Another Wake-Up Call

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Sep 9

Mark S. Massa’s latest book traces how Catholic fundamentalists, once marginal, have become a rising force in American politics.

@profdanrober.bsky.social reviews:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/rober-cathol...

Coalition of the Disaffected

Mark S. Massa’s latest book traces how Catholic fundamentalists, once marginal, have become a rising force in American politics.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Sep 4

My latest in @commonweal.bsky.social

Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Sep 4

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

@profdanrober.bsky.social on the shooting in Minneapolis:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/annunciation...

Another Wake-Up Call

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Sep 4

My latest in @commonweal.bsky.social

Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Sep 4

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

@profdanrober.bsky.social on the shooting in Minneapolis:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/annunciation...

Another Wake-Up Call

The tragedy at Annunciation should be a turning point. Catholic clergy and lay leadership must step up.

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

The distinction I draw between urban and rural Midwest (with the monasteries providing an interesting wrinkle) get at why this approach was immediately contested.

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

Andrew Greeley's memoir (which turned me on to Cardinal Meyer) is a great read on this.

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

The point here isn't so much about ideology as about regional specificity. Between the influence of the monasteries and the different ethnic mix you ended up with a less claustrophobic ecclesial atmosphere that left more room for new approaches (related to why Liturgical Movement thrived there).

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

Cardinal Meyer was archbishop of Milwaukee before he was in Chicago (succeeding Cardinal Stritch who had the same trajectory).

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🎃👻 Jonathan Creeps 💀🎃 @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · Jul 14

As a brutalism proponent & Catholic of Midwest origin (which is to say I was received in Milwaukee), I love this

Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

ICYMI my latest essay traces a "Midwest Modern" Catholicism in architecture (Marcel Breuer's chapel that inspired The Brutalist) and governance (Cardinals Meyer and Dearden) that has now come to Rome in Pope Leo: sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com/go_rebuild_m...

The Midwest Modern Comes to Rome

One of the best films of 2024, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, chronicling the story of a Holocaust-survivor architect from Hungary who comes to the United States, had a quiet Catholic inspiration. Corb...

sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

"The election of Pope Leo XIV has been commented on for many aspects of his Chicago upbringing, but the specificity of his pastoral style and governance deserves a place...Robert Prevost was born into the church of Cardinal Meyer and raised in the church of Vatican II."

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

ICYMI my latest essay traces a "Midwest Modern" Catholicism in architecture (Marcel Breuer's chapel that inspired The Brutalist) and governance (Cardinals Meyer and Dearden) that has now come to Rome in Pope Leo: sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com/go_rebuild_m...

The Midwest Modern Comes to Rome

One of the best films of 2024, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, chronicling the story of a Holocaust-survivor architect from Hungary who comes to the United States, had a quiet Catholic inspiration. Corb...

sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

"The election of Pope Leo XIV has been commented on for many aspects of his Chicago upbringing, but the specificity of his pastoral style and governance deserves a place...Robert Prevost was born into the church of Cardinal Meyer and raised in the church of Vatican II."

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Daniel Rober @profdanrober.bsky.social · Jul 14

ICYMI my latest essay traces a "Midwest Modern" Catholicism in architecture (Marcel Breuer's chapel that inspired The Brutalist) and governance (Cardinals Meyer and Dearden) that has now come to Rome in Pope Leo: sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com/go_rebuild_m...

The Midwest Modern Comes to Rome

One of the best films of 2024, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, chronicling the story of a Holocaust-survivor architect from Hungary who comes to the United States, had a quiet Catholic inspiration. Corb...

sacredheartuniversity.typepad.com

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