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The author is a professor at a Catholic university, likely making them Catholic, and I never got the feeling the point of the piece was to be anti-Catholic. It

The author is a professor at a Catholic university, likely making them Catholic, and I never got the feeling the point of the piece was to be anti-Catholic. It seemed to criticize the CIA's co-opting of Catholicism, with even the Supreme Court bit being more about attacking the right-wing shift of Catholicism than Catholicism itself.

silent_cal 5y ago
You obviously don't know much about the typical American Catholic college.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago
  My experiences are limited to the one I attended, but I'd say most of the Humanities professors were Catholic. An English professor at a Catholic university writing about Catholicism is probably Catholic, or at least unlikely to be anti-Catholic. Particularly one that uses a phrase like "Damascene moment."
  - cardiffspaceman 5y ago
    > Particularly one that uses a phrase like "Damascene moment." More than likely a literate person of European or Christian background. The phrase references a key moment from the New Testament.
taxyz23 5y ago
Perhaps I misread his sentiment but the Catholic call outs are hard to justify otherwise. I don't know Mr. Barnhisel's religion but it's not at all a good assumption that since he teaches at a Catholic college that he is in fact Catholic, or if Catholic identifying, is faithful to its essential teachings. . Many if not most professors in large US Catholic colleges are not Catholic. Hires are made without regard to religion particularly outside of the theology and philosophy departments. And why not ? Most major US Catholic colleges have long-ago (at least since 1960s) abandoned any attempt to teach, explain, defend, or even in some cases, tolerate Catholicism, nor the practice of its theological or moral teachings except in a cafeteria style manner to support left-wing causes which may or may not be in line with Catholic teaching. [1][2] [1]https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791204576401930158962312.html https://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023047912045764... [2]https://www.city-journal.org/html/taking-catholic-out-catholic-universities-15495.html https://www.city-journal.org/html/taking-catholic-out-cathol...

silent_cal 5y ago

You obviously don't know much about the typical American Catholic college.

boomboomsubban 5y ago
My experiences are limited to the one I attended, but I'd say most of the Humanities professors were Catholic. An English professor at a Catholic university writing about Catholicism is probably Catholic, or at least unlikely to be anti-Catholic. Particularly one that uses a phrase like "Damascene moment."
- cardiffspaceman 5y ago
  > Particularly one that uses a phrase like "Damascene moment." More than likely a literate person of European or Christian background. The phrase references a key moment from the New Testament.

taxyz23 5y ago

Perhaps I misread his sentiment but the Catholic call outs are hard to justify otherwise. I don't know Mr. Barnhisel's religion but it's not at all a good assumption that since he teaches at a Catholic college that he is in fact Catholic, or if Catholic identifying, is faithful to its essential teachings. . Many if not most professors in large US Catholic colleges are not Catholic. Hires are made without regard to religion particularly outside of the theology and philosophy departments. And why not ? Most major US Catholic colleges have long-ago (at least since 1960s) abandoned any attempt to teach, explain, defend, or even in some cases, tolerate Catholicism, nor the practice of its theological or moral teachings except in a cafeteria style manner to support left-wing causes which may or may not be in line with Catholic teaching. [1][2] [1]https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791204576401930158962312.html https://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023047912045764... [2]https://www.city-journal.org/html/taking-catholic-out-catholic-universities-15495.html https://www.city-journal.org/html/taking-catholic-out-cathol...