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'''Deal Wyatt Hudson''' (born November 20, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] [[Conservatism|conservative]] political [[Activism|activist]]. Former publisher and editor of Crisis Magazine and InsideCatholic.com from 1996-2011. Currently president of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture, Hudson also hosts the radio show "Church and Culture"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avemariaradio.net/program/church-and-culture/|title=Church and Culture|website=Ave Maria Radio|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> on the Ave Maria Radio Network and serves as publisher and editor of The Christian Review (www.thechristianreview.com). He is the former Chairman and founder of Catholic Advocate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholicadvocate.com/?page_id=1905|title=Catholic Advocate|website=catholicadvocate.com}}</ref> From January, 2019 to March, 2020, Hudson was Arts Editor of the Catholic Herald (UK).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/|title=Catholic Herald {{!}} Breaking news and opinion from the online edition of Britain's leading Catholic newspaper|website=Catholic Herald|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute and will be teaching a course on happiness.<ref>[https://magnusinstitute.org/members/dealhudson/profile/]</ref>
'''Deal Wyatt Hudson''' (born November 20, 1949) is an American [[Conservatism|conservative]] political [[Activism|activist]].

Hudson is the former publisher and editor of [[Crisis magazine|''Crisis Magazine'']] and InsideCatholic.com. He is currently president of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture. Hudson also hosts the radio show ''Church and Culture''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avemariaradio.net/program/church-and-culture/|title=Church and Culture|website=Ave Maria Radio|date=January 21, 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> on [[Ave Maria Radio]] and serves as publisher and editor of ''The Christian Review.''

Hudson is the former Chairman and founder of Catholic Advocate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholicadvocate.com/?page_id=1905|title=Catholic Advocate|website=catholicadvocate.com}}</ref> In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute in [[Sacramento, California]].<ref>https://magnusinstitute.org/members/dealhudson/profile/</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==
Hudson was born in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. Raised as a Protestant, Hudson became a Southern Baptist in college at the University of Texas-Austin before converting to Catholicism in 1984,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Varacalli | first=Joseph A. | author-link=Joseph A. Varacalli | title=Bright Promise, Failed Community: Catholics and the American Public Order | year=2001| publisher=Lexington Books | isbn=0-7391-0292-3 | page=45}}</ref><ref>von Hildebrand, Alice (January 2004). [http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0401revw.asp "Glorious Broadmindedness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303124401/http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0401revw.asp |date=March 3, 2009 }}, ''[[This Rock]]''. Retrieved 4/16/09.</ref> as detailed in his memoir ''An American Conversion''. He has written, edited or contributed to several other books, and in 2004 he wrote the online guide "How to Vote Catholic".<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (2004). [http://www.catholicity.com/vote/ "How to Vote Catholic"]</ref> Hudson has written as well for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (January 23, 2000).[http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/23/opinion/op-56703 "Catholics and the GOP: an Uneasy Fit"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', page M-5.</ref> and for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''.<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (April 1, 2005). [http://www.slate.com/id/2116083/entry/2116096/ "Contextual Conservatism"], ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''.</ref> as well as the Wall Street Journal and the Spectator.
Hudson was born in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. He attended the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas-Austin]] and converted to Catholicism in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book | last=Varacalli | first=Joseph A. | author-link=Joseph A. Varacalli | title=Bright Promise, Failed Community: Catholics and the American Public Order | year=2001| publisher=Lexington Books | isbn=0-7391-0292-3 | page=45}}</ref><ref name=":1">von Hildebrand, Alice (January 2004). [http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0401revw.asp "Glorious Broadmindedness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303124401/http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0401revw.asp |date=March 3, 2009 }}, ''[[This Rock]]''. Retrieved 4/16/09.</ref> He discusses this conversion in his memoir, ''An American Conversion''.

In 1980, Hudson became a lecturer in philosophy at [[Mercer University]]. Raised as a Protestant, Hudson became a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] while attending college, converted to Catholicism in 1984.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


In 1989, Hudson became a professor of Philosophy at [[Fordham University]], specializing in St. Thomas Aquinas and modern Thomism. In 1994, Hudson admitted a sexual encounter with a female student at Fordham. He resigned from his tenured position at Fordham in 1995.
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Hudson first taught philosophy at Mercer University Atlanta (1980–89) and at Fordham University (1989–1995). In 1995 he became publisher of the conservative Roman Catholic magazine, ''Crisis''. He also served as director of Catholic Outreach for [[George W. Bush]]'s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/08/party-faithful|title=Party Faithful|last=Boyer|first=Peter J.|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2008-09-01|access-date=2019-11-26|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref>


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In 1995 Hudson became publisher of the conservative Roman Catholic magazine, ''Crisis''. Hudson also served as director of Catholic Outreach for [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]]'s 2000 and 2004 US presidential campaigns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/08/party-faithful|title=Party Faithful|last=Boyer|first=Peter J.|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2008-09-01|access-date=2019-11-26|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
In August, 2004, it came to light that, in 1994, as a Fordham University philosophy professor Hudson had been accused of conducting a sexual relationship with one of his students, an 18-year-old freshman. Hudson, at the time, admitted his guilt and resigned from his tenured position at the Jesuit school, derailing a promising academic career. In 1996 he paid a $30,000 settlement to terminate the lawsuit which had resulted from the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/bnHOLD081904.htm|title=The Real Deal: How a Philosophy Professor With a Checkered Past Became the Most Influential Catholic Layman in George W. Bush's Washington|website=www.nationalcatholicreporter.org}}</ref>


Among Hudson's activities outside politics is his sponsorship of an annual poetry luncheon at the beginning of [[Advent]] each Christmas season.<ref>Salmon, Jacqueline L. (December 6, 2008). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120502815.html "Getting Into Christmas Spirit is Pure Poetry for Catholic Group"], ''The Washington Post'', p. B7.</ref>
Hudson has written, edited or contributed to several books. In 2004, he wrote the online guide "How to Vote Catholic".<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (2004). [http://www.catholicity.com/vote/ "How to Vote Catholic"]</ref> Hudson has written for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (January 23, 2000).[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-23-op-56703-story.html "Catholics and the GOP: an Uneasy Fit"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', page M-5.</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''.<ref>Hudson, Deal W. (April 1, 2005). [http://www.slate.com/id/2116083/entry/2116096/ "Contextual Conservatism"], ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''.</ref> T''he Wall Street Journal'' and the ''[[Spectator Magazine|Spectator]].'' Among Hudson's activities outside politics is his sponsorship of an annual poetry luncheon at the beginning of [[Advent]] each Christmas season.<ref>Salmon, Jacqueline L. (December 6, 2008). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120502815.html "Getting Into Christmas Spirit is Pure Poetry for Catholic Group"], ''The Washington Post'', p. B7.</ref>


Hudson is credited with creating an outreach to Catholic voters in the 2016 presidential campaign of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/12/19/catholic-surprise-another-way-trump-is-remaking-the-gop/) F.H. Buckley, "Catholic surprise: another way Trump is remaking the GOP"], "The New York Post", December 19, 2016.</ref>
Hudson is credited with fashioning an outreach to Catholic voters in the [[2016 presidential campaign]] of Donald Trump.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2016/12/19/catholic-surprise-another-way-trump-is-remaking-the-gop/) F.H. Buckley, "Catholic surprise: another way Trump is remaking the GOP"], "The New York Post", December 19, 2016.</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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*''Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States''. Simon & Schuster, 2008 {{ISBN|1-4165-2442-8}}; PB, 2010 {{ISBN|1-4165-2446-0}}
*''Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States''. Simon & Schuster, 2008 {{ISBN|1-4165-2442-8}}; PB, 2010 {{ISBN|1-4165-2446-0}}
*"Issues for Catholic Voters, 2012 Edition". Coauthored with Matt Smith. Amazon Digital Services, 2012 ASIN: B0076RXG42
*"Issues for Catholic Voters, 2012 Edition". Coauthored with Matt Smith. Amazon Digital Services, 2012 ASIN: B0076RXG42
*How to Keep From Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically to Resist Cultural Indoctrination. TAN Books, 2019, HB, {{ISBN|1505113520}}; E-Book, 978-1505113525.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-1505113525|title=How to Keep from Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically to Resist Cultural Indoctrination|last1=Hudson|first1=Deal W.|date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|isbn=978-1505113525|title=How to Keep from Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically to Resist Cultural Indoctrination|last1=Hudson|first1=Deal W.|date=September 9, 2019|publisher=TAN Books }}
*365 Days of Catholic Wisdom: A Treasure of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. TAN Books, 2020, HB, October 8, 2020 <ref>https://tanbooks.com/catholic-tradition/church-teachings/365-days-of-catholic-wisdom-a-treasury-of-truth-beauty-and-goodness/ref>
* {{cite book | last=Hudson | first=Deal W. | title=365 Days of Catholic Wisdom: A Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness | date=2020-10-08 | publisher=Tan Books | isbn=978-1-5051-1714-1}}
* {{cite book | last1=Schlapp | first1=Matt | last2=Hudson | first2=Deal W. | title=The Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God | date=2022-02-22 | publisher=TAN Books | isbn=978-1-5051-2009-7}}


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 03:41, 14 August 2024

Deal Wyatt Hudson (born November 20, 1949) is an American conservative political activist.

Hudson is the former publisher and editor of Crisis Magazine and InsideCatholic.com. He is currently president of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture. Hudson also hosts the radio show Church and Culture[1] on Ave Maria Radio and serves as publisher and editor of The Christian Review.

Hudson is the former Chairman and founder of Catholic Advocate.[2] In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute in Sacramento, California.[3]

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Hudson was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended the University of Texas-Austin and converted to Catholicism in 1984.[4][5] He discusses this conversion in his memoir, An American Conversion.

In 1980, Hudson became a lecturer in philosophy at Mercer University. Raised as a Protestant, Hudson became a Southern Baptist while attending college, converted to Catholicism in 1984.[4][5]

In 1989, Hudson became a professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, specializing in St. Thomas Aquinas and modern Thomism. In 1994, Hudson admitted a sexual encounter with a female student at Fordham. He resigned from his tenured position at Fordham in 1995.

In 1995 Hudson became publisher of the conservative Roman Catholic magazine, Crisis. Hudson also served as director of Catholic Outreach for President George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 US presidential campaigns.[6]

Hudson has written, edited or contributed to several books. In 2004, he wrote the online guide "How to Vote Catholic".[7] Hudson has written for the Los Angeles Times,[8] Slate.[9] The Wall Street Journal and the Spectator. Among Hudson's activities outside politics is his sponsorship of an annual poetry luncheon at the beginning of Advent each Christmas season.[10]

Hudson is credited with fashioning an outreach to Catholic voters in the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.[11]

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Publications

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  • Understanding Maritain (ed. with Matthew J. Mancini). Mercer University Press, 1987 ISBN 978-0-86554-279-2
  • The Future of Thomism: The Maritain Sequence (ed. with Dennis William Moran). University of Notre Dame Press, 1992 ISBN 0-268-00986-4
  • Sigrid Undset: On Saints and Sinners (ed.) Ignatius Press, 1994 ISBN 0-89870-483-9
  • Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction. Rowman & Littlefield, 1995 ISBN 0-8476-8139-4; PB ISBN 978-0-8476-8140-2
  • Public Catholicism: The Challenge of Living the Faith in a Secular American Culture (contributor). Our Sunday Visitor, 1996 ISBN 0-87973-754-9
  • An American Conversion: One Man's Discovery of Beauty and Truth in Times of Crisis. Crossroad, 2003 ISBN 0-8245-2126-9
  • Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States. Simon & Schuster, 2008 ISBN 1-4165-2442-8; PB, 2010 ISBN 1-4165-2446-0
  • "Issues for Catholic Voters, 2012 Edition". Coauthored with Matt Smith. Amazon Digital Services, 2012 ASIN: B0076RXG42
  • Hudson, Deal W. (September 9, 2019). How to Keep from Losing Your Mind: Educating Yourself Classically to Resist Cultural Indoctrination. TAN Books. ISBN 978-1505113525.
  • Hudson, Deal W. (October 8, 2020). 365 Days of Catholic Wisdom: A Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. Tan Books. ISBN 978-1-5051-1714-1.
  • Schlapp, Matt; Hudson, Deal W. (February 22, 2022). The Desecrators: Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God. TAN Books. ISBN 978-1-5051-2009-7.

References

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  1. ^ "Church and Culture". Ave Maria Radio. January 21, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Catholic Advocate". catholicadvocate.com.
  3. ^ https://magnusinstitute.org/members/dealhudson/profile/
  4. ^ a b Varacalli, Joseph A. (2001). Bright Promise, Failed Community: Catholics and the American Public Order. Lexington Books. p. 45. ISBN 0-7391-0292-3.
  5. ^ a b von Hildebrand, Alice (January 2004). "Glorious Broadmindedness" Archived March 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, This Rock. Retrieved 4/16/09.
  6. ^ Boyer, Peter J. (September 1, 2008). "Party Faithful". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Hudson, Deal W. (2004). "How to Vote Catholic"
  8. ^ Hudson, Deal W. (January 23, 2000)."Catholics and the GOP: an Uneasy Fit", Los Angeles Times, page M-5.
  9. ^ Hudson, Deal W. (April 1, 2005). "Contextual Conservatism", Slate.
  10. ^ Salmon, Jacqueline L. (December 6, 2008). "Getting Into Christmas Spirit is Pure Poetry for Catholic Group", The Washington Post, p. B7.
  11. ^ F.H. Buckley, "Catholic surprise: another way Trump is remaking the GOP", "The New York Post", December 19, 2016.
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