David A. King, Ph.D. News & Columns
David A. King, Ph.D., is associate professor of English and Film Studies at Kennesaw State University and director of adult education at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta.
David A. King, Ph.D.
“The Universal Prayer of Pope Clement XI”
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I am surprised that so few people seem to know the Universal Prayer, for it really covers nearly every aspect of the challenges we face in keeping faith. The prayer was clearly conceived by a man who knew the difficulties inherent in religious discipline. I
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Ethel Waters and ‘His Eye is on the Sparrow’
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St. Teresa, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Thanksgiving
The cultural problem of Halloween for Catholics
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