Leon J. Podles is an American author.
Podles attended Calvert Hall. He graduated from Providence College with a BA and received a PhD in medieval English and Icelandic literature from the University of Virginia.
In 2001, Podles and his wife Mary Elizabeth, donated more than $1.5 million to endow the Kennedy Smith Chair in Catholic Studies at McGill University in memory of Mary Elizabeth's father.
Books
- The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity (1999)
- Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (Crossland Foundation Press, 2007)
- Losing the Good Portion: Why Men Are Alienated from Christianity (St. Augustines Press, 2020)
References
- Dreher, Rod (October 23, 2018). "Leon Podles Was Right". The American Conservative.
- "L.J. Podles Fiancé Of Maidie Smith". The New York Times. April 22, 1979 – via NYTimes.com.
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- "Separation Anxiety | Daniel P. Moloney". First Things. October 1, 1999.
- "The Church Impotent: The Feminization of". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 208063473.
- "Why aren't more Christian men occupying church". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 426334032.
- "New and noteworthy: Christianity and culture". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 212006587.
- "Clerical Sexual Abuse: How the Crisis Changed". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 1732761620.
- "Literal Testosterone to Figurative Estrogen".