"The Leprosy of Lynch Law": A Jesuit Exchange in La Civiltà Cattolica

In 1891-1892, the Roman Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica published three texts addressing the morality of lynching in the United States – an exchange prompted by the lynching of eleven Italians/Italian Americans in New Orleans. While reflecting the traditional restriction of capital punishment to...

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Main Author: Fleming, Julia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University 2020
In: Journal of religion & society. Supplement
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Pages: 44-62
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