O'Connell, Marvin R(ichard)

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O'CONNELL, Marvin R(ichard)

O'CONNELL, Marvin R(ichard). American, b. 1930. Genres: Theology/ Religion, History. Career: Ordained Roman Catholic priest. College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, instructor, 1958-59, assistant professor, 1959-63, associate professor of history, 1963-72; University of Notre Dame, associate professor, 1972-77, professor of history, 1977-, chairman of department, 1974-80; director, Notre Dame Undergraduate programme in London, 1993- 95. Publications: Thomas Stapleton and the Counter Reformation, 1964; The Oxford Conspirators: A History of the Oxford Movement, 1833-45, 1969; The Counter Reformation, 1559-1610, 1974; McElroy (novel), 1980; John Ireland and the American Catholic Church, 1988; Critics on Trial: An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis, 1994; Blaise Pascal: Reasons of the Heart, 1997. Address: Department of History, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, U.S.A.

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