Converting the Blue Devils: Becoming Catholic at Duke

Converting the Blue Devils presents the stories of nine friends and colleagues who studied at Duke Divinity School and eventually converted or reverted to the Catholic faith. While each man tells the story of his own unique journey, they all arrive at the same destination: the conviction that the fullness of the Christian truth, goodness, beauty, and unity they long for is found in the Catholic Church.

What was it that made Duke during these years so amenable to Catholicism? This volume attempts an answer, and in so doing it sheds light on a wider movement of young, orthodox, intellectually-motivated Christians who are turning to the truth that flows from the Tiber.

D. Hayden Hagerman is a doctoral candidate in historical theology at Marquette University and a humanities teacher at Chesterton Academy of Milwaukee. He is currently writing a dissertation on the Virgin Mary in the patristic era. He holds a Master of Divinity from Duke University (2018) and a Bachelor of Arts from Cincinnati Christian University (2014). He is married to Abigail and has three children.

Joshua Miller is a doctoral candidate in historical theology at Marquette University and a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary. His research is focused on Christology and the ecumenical councils in the fifth and sixth centuries. He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School (2017) and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity International University (2015).