Author Archives: Bookworm
A poet’s Magnum Opus
Epitaphs for the Journey, a new collection by award-winning poet and University Professor of English Paul Mariani, offers the best of his long and distinguished career: it brings together new poetry, revisits his extensive body of work which spans four … Continue reading
God and humanity
Theologian Dominic F. Doyle, an associate professor of systematic theology in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, has published a new book that, according to the publisher, “shows how the Christian virtue of hope breathes new life into … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, School of Theology and Ministry
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Transformation of a Jewish curse
A new book by Rabbi Ruth Langer, a professor of theology and associate director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, has been hailed as “masterful” by Jewish Ideas Daily. Rabbi Langer is an expert in Jewish tradition … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian-Jewish Learning, Jewish, prayer, Theology Dept.
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Vatican II & the Magisterium
Richard R. Gaillardetz, Joseph McCarthy Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College and president-elect of the Catholic Theological Society of America, has co-authored (with Catherine Clifford) a book that offers an accessible take on the vision of the Second … Continue reading
Discovering Joyce’s Dublin
The Dublin of 1904, explored by Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s Ulysses, is now accessible to the tech-savvy inhabitants of the 21st century thanks to JoyceWays, a multimedia virtual tour created by Boston College undergraduates with the help of BC … Continue reading
How Effective Is Deportation?
Law Professor Daniel Kanstroom, associate director of Boston College’s Center for Human Rights and International Justice, has written a new book Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora, which questions the effectiveness of deportation as an immigration policy. He … Continue reading
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Tagged deportation, immigration, Law School, politics, US domestic policy
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World History Association Book Prize
Professor of History Prasannan Parthasarathi has won the 2012 World History Association Book Prize for his work, Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850. The WHA, considered the foremost organization for the promotion of world history … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Europe, History Department, world history
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Transforming teaching
Lynch School of Education Thomas More Brennan Professor Andy Hargreaves and his co-author Michael Fullan have been selected as education authors of the month by Routledge Press, the British publisher of their new book, Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Lynch School of Education, policymakers
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Inaugural Chautauqua Prize winner
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program faculty member Andrew Krivak’s novel The Sojourn, already a 2011 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, has been named the inaugural winner of the Chautauqua Prize, a new national literary prize that celebrates … Continue reading
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Tagged A&S Honors Program, Europe, family saga, World War I
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