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Dr. Arthur M. Hippler

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<p>Arthur Hippler is chairman of the religion department of the Upper School of Providence Academy in Minnesota. He has served as an adjunct professor for the Institute of Pastoral Theology of Ave Maria University and the St. Paul School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas. This is a condensed version of a lecture Dr. Hippler delivered recently at Wyoming Catholic College.</p>

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