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Leon Podles

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Leon J. Podles is an American author.[1]

Podles attended Calvert Hall. He graduated from Providence College with a BA and received a PhD in medieval English and Icelandic literature from the University of Virginia.[2]

In 2001, Podles and his wife Mary Elizabeth, donated more than $1.5 million to endow the Kennedy Smith Chair in Catholic Studies at McGill University in memory of Mary Elizabeth's father.[3][4]

Books

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  • The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity (1999)[5][6][7][8][9]
  • Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (Crossland Foundation Press, 2007)[10]
  • Losing the Good Portion: Why Men Are Alienated from Christianity (St. Augustines Press, 2020)[11]

References

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  1. ^ Dreher, Rod (October 23, 2018). "Leon Podles Was Right". The American Conservative.
  2. ^ "L.J. Podles Fiancé Of Maidie Smith". The New York Times. April 22, 1979 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ www.proquest.com https://www.proquest.com/docview/359081922. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ www.proquest.com https://www.proquest.com/docview/349259507. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "The Church Impotent, by Leon J. Podles (Book Review) - ProQuest". www.proquest.com.
  6. ^ "Separation Anxiety | Daniel P. Moloney". First Things. October 1, 1999.
  7. ^ "The Church Impotent: The Feminization of". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 208063473.
  8. ^ "Why aren't more Christian men occupying church". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 426334032.
  9. ^ "New and noteworthy: Christianity and culture". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 212006587.
  10. ^ "Clerical Sexual Abuse: How the Crisis Changed". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 1732761620.
  11. ^ "Literal Testosterone to Figurative Estrogen".
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