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By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine, Sept. 6, 2023

Darrick Taylor earned his PhD in History from the University of Kansas. He lives in Central Florida and teaches at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL. He also produces a podcast, Controversies in Church History, dealing with controversial episodes in the history of the Catholic Church.

 

Is it a good thing for a Catholic publication to promote the life of Robert E. Lee as an example to be imitated?

Darrick TaylorRecently, a respected Catholic publication ran an article that called for more rebellion among young Catholics. The article raised some eyebrows. It urged Catholics to reject “the world” in the form of “critical race theory” by, inter alia, admiring the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee, the author tells us, is the “perfect antidote” for young people to combat “materialist Marxism.” The author went so far as to characterize the subjects of Confederate monuments, now being removed from public places, as ideal exemplars of “Christian men.”

The author probably meant to be provocative by putting things this way. If so, he certainly succeeded. Is it a good thing for a Catholic publication to promote the life of Robert E. Lee as an example to be imitated? For some, the answer is obvious, though for different reasons. …

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