Position Papers – Review of books
George Weigel. Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Kody W. Cooper is UC Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law (University of Notre Dame Press, 2018). This article is reprinted from wordonfire.org.
Richard G. DeClue, Jr., S.Th.D. is the Professor of Theology at the Word on Fire Institute. This article first appeared on
www.wordonfire.org.
James Bradshaw writes on topics including history, culture, film and literature. This is the second of a two-part article, based on a lecture delivered at the conference on the “Human Person” which took place in St Mary’s Church in Cork city on 27 January 2024. The day-long conference was organised by the Dominican Order in honour of St Thomas Aquinas.
Dr Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at the Word on Fire Institute. He is also Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of sixteen books, including Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. This article is reprinted from the website www.wordonfire.org
James Bradshaw writes on topics including history, culture, film and literature. This is the first of a two-part article, based on a lecture delivered at the conference on the “Human Person” which took place in St. Mary’s Church in Cork city on January 27th. The day-long conference was organised by the Dominican Order in honour of St. Thomas Aquinas.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies at Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Richard Clements is the author of The Meaning of the World Is Love: Selected Texts from Hans Urs von Balthasar with Commentary (Ignatius Press, 2022) and The Book of Love: Brief Meditations (En Route Books, 2023). He has a PhD in clinical psychology from Purdue University and a certificate in lay ecclesial ministry, and he has taught psychology at several universities.
This article first appeared at: www.wordonfire.org and has been reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.
Margaret Hickey is a regular contributor to Position Papers. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney.