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American Priest
- The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame's Father Ted Hesburgh
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 20 h y 8 m
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A provocative new biography probes deeply into the storied life of Father Ted Hesburgh, the well-loved but often controversial president of Notre Dame University.
Considered for many decades to be the most influential priest in America, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh played what many consider pivotal roles in higher education, the Catholic Church, and national and international affairs. American Priest examines his life and his many and varied engagements - from the university he led for 35 years to his associations with the Vatican and the White House - and evaluates the extent and importance of his legacy.
Author and Notre Dame priest-professor Wilson D. Miscamble tracks how Hesburgh transformed Catholic higher education in the postwar era and explores how he became a much-celebrated voice in America at large. Yet, beyond the hagiography that often surrounds Hesburgh’s legacy lies another more complex and challenging story. What exactly were his contributions to higher learning; what was his involvement in the civil rights movement; and what was the nature of his role as advisor to popes and presidents?
Understanding Hesburgh’s life and work illuminates the journey that the Catholic Church traversed over the second half of the 20th century. Exploring and evaluating Hesburgh’s importance, then, contributes not only to the colorful history of Notre Dame but also to comprehending the American Catholic experience.
Praise for American Priest
“An excellent, engaging biography...[Miscamble] deftly captures the ‘whole Hesburgh’ in a fair and thorough portrait.” (Catholic Philly)
“Excellent...the story that Father Miscamble tells is an all-American story - the rise of a Catholic of relatively modest background, close to his immigrant roots, to a place of prominence among the nation’s elite.” (Public Discourse)
Reseñas de la Crítica
"Very few men, clergy or lay, have shaped the American Catholic experience of the last century more powerfully than Notre Dame’s Theodore Hesburgh. Priest, religious, educator, visionary, builder, emissary, celebrity - he inhabited all these roles with exceptional passion, skill, and commensurate ambition. The author captures the complicated genius, and the equally complex times, of Hesburgh the man with exactly the right balance of admiring and critical eye. This is a deep, rich, superbly engaging biography of a force of nature on the post-conciliar American Catholic scene." (Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia)
"Fr. Wilson Miscamble is uniquely qualified to tell the story of the legendary Fr. Hesburgh. Balanced, thorough, and gracefully written, this remarkable biography will be of interest to anyone who wants more fully to understand American Catholicism in the 20th century." (Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and author of To Light a Fire on the Earth)
"An incisive portrait of Theodore Hesburgh as the influential embodiment of one way of being Catholic and American in the last half of the 20th century." (George Weigel, author of The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II - The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy)
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- 10-07-19
Fans and detractors, will find something
Fr. Hesburgh's life connects with many of the big names that were major players through his long life. The prestiege in the area of academia and gaining acclaim for Notre Dame are discussed in detail. The perspectives of those who lauded and those who were greatly concerned, by his theology are examined. This is an INCREDIBILY balanced book. If you have an opinion of him as a fan or not; you're likely to find things you like and things you do not in this book.
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Fascinating and judicious
Fascinating and judicious history not only of Hesburgh but of the transformation of Catholic higher education. Well told and well read.
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- DonnaBell
- 08-30-19
Eye opening
I know of the legacy of Fr. Hesburgh. The author treats him very fairly. He describes him accurately, warts and all. Fr. Hesburgh was instrumental in taking the Catholic part out of Notre Dame. The story is well told with no detail left out to the point of tediousness. I can appreciate that someone who went to ND would enjoy it however.
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- 05-23-19
Great Story
Anyone who is interested in Catholic History or Notre Dame will enjoy this book. Very thorough I learned a lot. The author’s analysis of the pros and cons of Hesburghs leadership and it’s impact on catholic education in the US is fair and necessary for us to understand.
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Balanced, detailed, thoughtful
Fr. Hesburgh was the president of the University of Notre Dame (ND) during the long and controversial years of its transformation from a small Catholic school with a good football team to a massive, internationally recognized, but largely secular research institution. Besides being president of ND, Hesburgh also was one of the most well-connected and influential Americans (certainly American priests) in the second half of the twentieth century, taking on countless roles—diplomat, trustee, advisor, etc.—for countless people and institutions in his many active years of public service.
Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C. asked the permission of Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C. to write this biography back in the 90s. They were friends and the biography was based in part on the extensive interviews conducted by Miscamble before Hesburgh's death. The book begins with a chronological overview of Hesburgh's life and then provides a series of thematic overviews of his life—his relation to the football team / coaches, his role in the civil rights movement, his role working for various presidents, etc.
All of this is fascinating in its own right and gives insight into a wildly influential American priest. Miscamble is an excellent author for this book as he is both a serious historian and a Catholic priest familiar with the dynamics of late twentieth-century Catholicism. He does not support the secular trajectory taken by ND in the twentieth century and is openly critical of Hesburgh's legacy. Despite his criticism, he is eminently fair. This book is neither a hit piece / conspiracy theory nor a hagiography. As Miscamble notes, not other non-hagiographic biography had been written of Hesburgh up to this point. As such, this book fills an important hole in the literature on the history of ND.
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