tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post3552528385592085210..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Catholic ConservativismPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-80328093260657609112012-09-04T09:45:15.501-06:002012-09-04T09:45:15.501-06:00One of the challenges of "documenting" a...One of the challenges of "documenting" a movement is the ability one has in getting access to the documents. Well, you don't have to look far, but you do have to look. For starters, Notre Dame and Catholic University have great collections, but they are not strictly "left" or "right." However, the Franciscan University of Steubenville has an enormous trove of what might be considered "conservative Catholic" material thanks in part to the large number of faculty who self-identified as such or were members of organizations (think Fellowship of Catholic Scholars) who proclaimed themselves as being a haven for more "traditional" Catholics. To my knowledge, no one has tapped that resource to create a picture of what a "conservative Catholic" movement might look like. But someone should. pjhayesphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06500171375408062399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-2416321372659670392012-09-04T00:11:55.891-06:002012-09-04T00:11:55.891-06:00As a 'Catholic Conservative' I think that ...As a 'Catholic Conservative' I think that part of it is that the 'Catholic Liberals' are so well documented and represented. As a result people lazily assume that all Catholics are represented by the 'Catholic Liberals'.<br /><br />That said the liberal/conservative fault line in Catholicism is very quirky and doesn't easily line up with the widely understood political/cultural version. That makes it very difficult to really documentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-52685315010928213652012-09-03T22:44:33.295-06:002012-09-03T22:44:33.295-06:00What interests me, having first-hand experience, i...What interests me, having first-hand experience, is the splintering that has occurred since the 1960's, and the emergence of traditionalists, who express varying degrees of conservatism. I wonder how the "sedevacantists" feel about the current Pope? Another interesting thing I heard about is the link with the bishops of Vietnam, who at a crucial point were given approval to ordain bishops outside of Vatican approval, due to their missionary status. Traditionalist movements have relied on this legal gray area.Peter S. Fredricknoreply@blogger.com