Author Archives: Bookworm
Campus voices against violence
In Voices of Campus Sexual Violence Activists (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023), BC Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor Ana M. Martínez-Alemán and co-author Susan B. Marine share the stories and strategies of college student activists fighting to … Continue reading
Formative Theological Education
A new book from faculty members in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry offers a guide to the art of theological education from the perspective of formative education sensibilities and commitments. Formative Theological Education (Paulist Press, 2023), co-edited … Continue reading
Beautiful noise
John Cage was a pioneering, inspiring composer who believed all sound—from the crash of a slamming door to the whir of a blender to the whoosh of the wind—was music. Boston College graduate Lisa Rogers introduces youngsters to Cage in … Continue reading
Disability justice
Persons with disability make up at least 15 percent of the global population, yet disability justice is an underdeveloped area of theological ethics, according to School of Theology and Ministry Professor of Moral Theology Mary Jo Iozzio, author of the … Continue reading
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Theological Book of the Year
Ligita Ryliškytė, SJE, a visiting assistant professor of systematic theology in the BC Theology Department, was awarded Theological Book of the Year by the European Society for Catholic Theology. She was honored for her book, Why the Cross? Divine Friendship … Continue reading
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Boston Ball
In his latest book, Boston Ball (University of Nebraska Press, 2023), Boston College graduate Clayton Trutor tells the story of how Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams—who collectively won six national championships and reached … Continue reading
Political Heaney
Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole, an award-winning journalist, author, and leading public intellectual, will present “Political Heaney” at Boston College on November 16 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. O’Toole was recently appointed official biographer of the late … Continue reading
In the air and on the sea, pollution goes under the radar
International shipping and aviation stand as two major sources of global greenhouse gas emissions not governed by national inventories and the U.N. Paris Climate agreement. Since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, regulating greenhouse gas emissions from these two industries has … Continue reading
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American Roulette
Eight authors have collaborated on a new novel that tells a story about gun violence and its aftermath in a unique way. American Roulette (Milford House/Sunbury Press, 2023) opens on one unremarkable day in an average U.S. town where a … Continue reading
Lisa Genova
Bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova will present “How Art and Science Collaborate in Illuminating What It Is Like to Live With Alzheimer’s Disease” on November 2 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Genova, who holds a Ph.D. … Continue reading
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