Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Synodality’s future
Now that the Synod on Synodality has ended, how can the Catholic Church continue to grow in a more synodal—more participatory, open-minded, inclusive, and spiritual—ecclesial style? The answer to that question is at the heart of a new book co-authored … Continue reading
Unjustly convicted
In his recently republished book, Justice Under God: How Faith, Hope, and Charity Freed an Innocent Man and Helped Save a Thousand Lives, Boston College Law School Adjunct Professor Christopher J. Muse, a retired Superior Court judge, chronicles his and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College Law School, justice, memoir
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Modernizing ‘Piers Plowman’
An experimental hybrid work, Cycle of Dreams (Punctum Books, 2024) by Boston College Professor of English Eric Weiskott pairs translation and original poetry. The translations, or adaptations, are of William Langland’s 14th-century dream vision, Piers Plowman, a politically radical English and Latin … Continue reading
Translating Kracht
BC Associate Professor of German Studies Daniel Bowles has written the English translation of Swiss author Christian Kracht’s novel Eurotrash (Liveright/W.W. Norton, 2024). The acclaimed novel, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was named one of the 12 … Continue reading
After the fighting
During the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, an estimated 20,000 children were forced to join the fighting where they were ordered to kill a friend, relative, or neighbor under threat of being killed themselves. Boston … Continue reading
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Money, marketing, and art
“Art is a central aspect of human societies, yet few people know how the art market functions. The most prominent aspects of the art world, including galleries, museums, media attention, and even critical acclaim, are actually shaped by buyers and … Continue reading
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Catholic women preaching
Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church (Orbis Books, 2024) is the third installment of a series of books featuring homilies offered by Catholic women from around the world on the Gospel readings for Sundays and holy days. The … Continue reading
The Boston game
On Boston Common stands a monument dedicated to the Oneida Football Club. It honors the site where, in the 1860s, 16 boys played what was then called the “Boston game”—an early version of football in the United States. In the … Continue reading
The book of love
Love: A History (Oxford University Press, 2024), edited by BC Moakley Professor of Political Science Ryan Patrick Hanley, traces the history of thinking about love from antiquity to the 20th century, and includes how various literary, cultural, and political representations … Continue reading
Navajo carver Clitso Dedman
Clitso Dedman, Navajo Carver (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books, 2023) by Boston College Professor Emerita Rebecca Valette is an illustrated biography of master wood carver Clitso Dedman, a remarkable and underrecognized 20th-century artist. A former blacksmith and builder, Dedman took up … Continue reading
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