Can theology cross the divide between church and state?—”America This Week,” June 7, 2017

Summary: This week’s guest is Nichole M. Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia and contributing writer at America. She recently wrote an article for America titled “<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/05/12/jeffersons-shadow-can-catholic-theology-thrive-public-university">In Jefferson’s Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university?</a>,” which explored the challenge of teaching theology at a university founded by Thomas Jefferson, who once famously called for a “wall of separation” between church and state.