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About Matthew R. Petrusek, Ph.D.
Matthew R. Petrusek, Ph.D. is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity, The Search for a Meaningful Life; Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries; and Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity. Petrusek lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.
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Pondering the progressive Catholic media meltdown

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TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome, has become a popular way of explaining why progressives, who presumably want to gain and retain power, exhibit inexplicable behavior like disproportionately temperamental, negative, knee-jerk responses to actions and policies […]

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