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Articles by Anne Hendershott

About Anne Hendershott
Anne Hendershott is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH
The Dispatch

A beautiful, enchanting children’s book about “the good thief”

March 20, 2021 Anne Hendershott 2

Creating a children’s book about forgiveness and redemption is not an easy task. And illustrating a children’s picture book with images of the crucifixion and the promise of eternal salvation is even harder. But bestselling […]

Analysis

From transgender to transhuman: The expanding culture of death

February 12, 2021 Anne Hendershott 37

Most faithful Catholics have viewed the burgeoning transgender industry as encouraging a misguided belief that individuals—including even pre-school children—can change their God-given identity. However, the truth is that this rejection of human nature and natural […]

Analysis

Double standards for gatherings in San Francisco a source of growing frustration

September 4, 2020 Anne Hendershott 23

Earlier this week, the Most Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, released a statement calling on the city’s Mayor London Breed; Director of Public Health Dr. Grant Colfax; and San Francisco Health Officer Dr. […]

Essay

Can horror give hope in a horrifying world?

August 31, 2020 Daniel Kempton, Anne Hendershott 6

The anxiety and fear that many are experiencing in these days of pandemic and urban rioting have emerged from a sense that things are falling apart. New data released by Mental Health America reveal that […]

Books

A disturbing guide to the devilish Karl Marx

August 17, 2020 Anne Hendershott 26

Winston Churchill, in a speech before the House of Commons on October 22, 1945, said that “the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings, the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal […]

The Dispatch

The attack on Catholic images may just be the beginning

June 26, 2020 Anne Hendershott 22

While Catholics have watched the desecration and destruction of war memorials and secular statues in our public spaces, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist has encouraged his followers to destroy statues, stained glass, and icons […]

The Dispatch

Same-sex “marriages” can never be “better” than real matrimony

March 4, 2020 Anne Hendershott 17

Courtesy of an essay titled “How to Make Your Marriage Gayer” (Feb. 13, 2020) readers of the New York Times were informed that if straight couples want more satisfying marriages they need to “take a few lessons […]

Analysis

Envy, hate, and the increase in violent anti-Semitism

January 16, 2020 Anne Hendershott 4

While the New York Times continues to maintain that the Black Hebrew Israelites, a religious group that has been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Leadership Center, is “not known for committing mass […]

The Dispatch

Cause of the clergy abuse scandal—A scholarly examination may be on the way

August 19, 2019 Anne Hendershott 31

In an effort to understand the origins of the clerical sex abuse scandal that have plagued the American Church, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned studies of the crisis from the John Jay […]

The Dispatch

Pope Francis and the “religion of humanity’

June 20, 2019 Anne Hendershott 41

As individuals move away from organized religion, they begin to search elsewhere for meaning in their lives. Some turn to relationships, to work, or to politics. In doing so, they become creatures not of God […]

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