Harriet Murphy

Harriet Murphy writes from Berlin. Her latest book The Abolition of (Wo)man will appear in the Fall from Angelico Press. She earned her D.Phil. from Oxford University and taught modern languages and literature at the National University of Ireland and the University of Warwick in England.

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A Challenge to St. Paul on Women and a Reply to Fr. Scanlon

Editor’s note: The following essay by Dr. Harriet Murphy is a response to a column published in Crisis on July 27, 2016 by Fr. Regis Scanlon OFM Cap on the possibility of a female deaconate. Fr. Scanlon’s response to Dr. Murphy’s critique may be read here. Cultural historians of the future may well say that Fr. … Read more

An Academic Feminist Tries to Square the Circle

With personal endorsements from Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington and Melinda Gates, the Princeton professor, Anne-Marie Slaughter, is well-connected. With reviews of her recent book Unfinished Business in The Financial Times, The Observer, The Economist, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, The Telegraph and The Guardian, she must be saying something interesting. She is a professor … Read more

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