Professor to discuss history of American Catholicism

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will present Sarah Barringer Gordon, Arlin M. Adams professor of constitutional law and history professor at the University of Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, March 19, at Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit Church in Detroit.

The complimentary lecture, scheduled from 5-6 p.m., will be followed by a reception in the law school’s atrium.

The church is located at 629 E. Jefferson.

The event is part of the school’s McElroy Lecture Series.

Gordon will speak on “An American Heresy: Trusteeism and the Corporate Law of Religion in the Early National United States.” The lecture will address the history of American Catholicism
and its engagement in corporate law, especially in the early national period.

The annual McElroy Lecture is made possible through a gift from the estate of alumnus Philip J. McElroy.

To register, visit www.law.udmercy.edu.

Questions may be directed to UDM Law Assistant Dean Denise Hickey at hickeydp@udmercy.edu or 313-596-0202.
 

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