Converting the Blue Devils presents the stories of nine friends and colleagues who studied at Duke Divinity School and eventually converted or reverted to the Catholic faith. While each man tells the story of his own unique journey, they all arrive at the same destination: the conviction that the fullness of the Christian truth, goodness, beauty, and unity they long for is found in the Catholic Church.
What was it that made Duke during these years so amenable to Catholicism? This volume attempts an answer, and in so doing it sheds light on a wider movement of young, orthodox, intellectually-motivated Christians who are turning to the truth that flows from the Tiber.
About the Authors
D. Hayden Hagerman is Associate Academic Editor at Word on Fire Academic, a PhD Candidate at Marquette University in historical theology, and Hank Center Fellow in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. He is a graduate of the divinity school at Duke University, and he is currently writing a dissertation on the Virgin Mary in the patristic period. He and his wife Abigail have three children.
Joshua Miller is a doctoral candidate in historical theology at Marquette University and a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary. His research is focused on Christology and the ecumenical councils in the fifth and sixth centuries. He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School (2017) and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity International University (2015).
