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The publisher and editor of the influential "Crisis" magazine tells for the first time his story of how his conservative upbringing led him to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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In An American Conversion, Deal Hudson, neoconservative publisher of the influential Crisis magazine, narrates his remarkable journey from conservative Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, and what his journey can teach us about religion, life, and the world around us. Hudson begins with his upbringing in the Baptist tradition, which recognized that scripture matters and religious belief cannot be treated as an isolated part of our lives. In university, Hudson begins to understand the importance of beauty in great drama, music, and literature; in the writings of Augustine and others, he discovers how brilliant theology can embrace and harmonize distinct branches of learning. Through the eyes of one convert, we come to see why Catholicism matters today more than ever.
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