Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Philosopher Maurice Blondel
A biography of French Catholic philosopher Maurice Blondel, authored by Boston College Professor of Philosophy Oliva Blanchette, has been honored with a first place 2011 Catholic Book Award in the category of biography by the Catholic Press Association (CPA) of … Continue reading
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Will There Be Faith?
These are enormously challenging times for faith on earth, according to Boston College School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas H. Groome, an internationally renowned authority on religious education and author of the new book Will There Be Faith? A … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, education, parents, religion, School of Theology and Ministry
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Building a world-class university
How do you build a world-class research university from scratch? A new book The Road to Academic Excellence: The Making of World-Class Research Universities examines the recent experience of 11 universities in 9 countries on 4 continents that have grappled … Continue reading
Alan Wolfe faces his critics
The new book Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It by acclaimed Boston College political scientist Alan Wolfe is a provocative challenge to widely held beliefs about genocide, intervention and the use of force to combat evil … Continue reading
Do we really have free choice?
In his new book The Myth of Choice: Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits (Yale University Press, October 2011), Boston College Law Professor Kent Greenfield shows that the so-called “choices” that confront us daily are often not choices at … Continue reading
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“Adulthood II”
Writer and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson, who is a visiting scholar at the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, was recently interviewed by the Boston Globe on her thoughts about post-retirement life, or what she dubs … Continue reading
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New take on Henry James
In Henry James and the Queerness of Style, Boston College Associate Professor of English Kevin Ohi asserts that to read Henry James—particularly the late texts—is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary … Continue reading
CPA award for student
Boston College History Department doctoral student Peter Cajka has been awarded a first place prize from the Catholic Press Association for his article “Riding with Saint Paul in the Passenger Side: The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Enters the Automobile Age, 1920-1965,” … Continue reading
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Tagged automotive history, Catholic, history
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Dark humor
As the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, a new book—A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America—illustrates through a series of essays how humor transformed 9/11 politics and how 9/11 … Continue reading
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