Deal W. Hudson
American publisher
Deal Wyatt Hudson (born November 20, 1949) is an American conservative political activist.
Hudson is the former publisher and editor of Crisis Magazine and InsideCatholic.com. He is currently president of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture. Hudson also hosts the radio show Church and Culture on Ave Maria Radio and serves as publisher and editor of The Christian Review.
Hudson is the former Chairman and founder of Catholic Advocate. In September, 2020, Hudson was named a Senior Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Institute in Sacramento, California.
Biography
Hudson was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended the University of Texas-Austin and converted to Catholicism in 1984. He discusses this conversion in his memoir, An American Conversion.
In 1980, Hudson became an Associate Professor in philosophy at Mercer University.
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