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Catholicism and Modernity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2014

Daniel C. Maguire*
Affiliation:
Marquette University

Abstract

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Editorial Symposium
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Copyright © The College Theology Society 1986

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42 It adds something to the message of this essay to note that it was originally given as a lecture at Boston College on March 12, 1986. In the summer of 1985 four Catholic universities (colleges) cancelled agreements with me to give lectures or classes because of my views on abortion. The four were: Boston College, Villanova University, St. Scholastica (Duluth), and St. Martin's (Lacey, Washington). In no case was I scheduled to speak on abortion and yet in each case abortion was cited as the cause of my disinvitation. The Faculty Senate at Boston College then invited me to speak on any topic of my choosing in order to demonstrate academic freedom on that campus. The four cancellations illustrate the interiorization of oppression that I spoke of in this essay.