David Albertson

David Albertson is associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California and executive director of the Nova Forum for Catholic Thought.

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American Idols

“Catholics who advocate for the dignity of all human life still have a lot of work to do.”

July 13, 2022

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American Paganism

The debate is not whether modern paganism is real, but where it lives, how it appears, and what it does. In contemporary politics, it's cruelty and violence.

February 3, 2020

Secularism and Modernity

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