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William T. Cavanaugh
William T. Cavanaugh teaches at DePaul University and is author of The Myth of Religious Violence and Migrations of the Holy.
I had to learn to love the church
Then I had to learn to love God.
June 7, 2021
Healing from the ground up: The church as field hospital
The church I dream of goes out onto the field of battle—not to kill and maim on either side's behalf, but to bind up wounds.
March 1, 2016
Taking exception: When torture becomes thinkable
Torture seems to have become a tool of state for the U.S. Why? If torture is not unplanned, what purpose does it serve?...
January 25, 2005
Can’t we just argue? Hauerwas troubles the waters: hauerwas troubles the waters
Stanley Hauerwas talks about Catholics like Jane Goodall talks about chimpanzees: he spent many years among them as an outsider, came to appreciate their strange practices and rituals, and grew to ...
August 1, 2001
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