Festschrift in honor of Frs. Clifford and Harrington
School of Theology and Ministry colleagues Fr. Thomas Stegman, SJ, Christopher R. Matthews and Christopher Frechette have edited Biblical Essays in Honor of Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, and Richard J. Clifford, SJ (Paulist Press), a Festschrift in honor of the late STM Professor of New Testament Daniel Harrington, SJ and STM Founding Dean Richard J. Clifford, SJ, a professor of Old Testament. According to the editors, Biblical Essays not only honors the Jesuit scholars, but also illustrates an important interpretive phenomenon: the use and reuse of Scripture. The volume features essays from 18 scholars with personal and professional connections to the honorees, including the editors and Boston College Theology Professor Pheme Perkins. The book was unveiled at a special event held last month.
Event postponed
The talk by Boston College theologian Stephen J. Pope on“A Place for Everyone: Pastoral Challenges to the Family” scheduled for February 16 at 5:30 p.m in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons has been postponed. For more information, contact the Church in the 21st Century Center.
Pastoral Challenges to the Family
Boston College theologian Stephen J. Pope will present “A Place for Everyone: Pastoral Challenges to the Family” on February 16 at 5:30 p.m in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons. Pope is the author of The Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love (Georgetown, 1994) and Human Evolution and Christian Ethics (Cambridge, 2007). He is editor of Essays on the Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas (Georgetown, 2001). The event is co-sponsored by the Church in the 21st Century Center and the Theology Department. The event is free, but registration is requested.
Understanding Love and Responsibility
After years of counseling young adults and married couples, Father Karol Wojtyla (Saint John Paul II) published Love and Responsibility. This classic work is not an easy book to read as the language is often high and theoretical. Boston College Carroll School of Management Associate Professor of the Practice Richard Spinello has published Understanding Love and Responsibility (Pauline Books & Media, 2014), a companion piece that allows readers to better understand St. John Paul II’s rich, thought-provoking and challenging work. Based on the new English translation of Love and Responsibility, Spinello’s commentary will enable readers to discover the beauty of Saint John Paul II’s timeless work. Spinello is also the author of The Genius of John Paul II: The Great Pope’s Moral Wisdom and The Encyclicals of John Paul II: An Introduction and Commentary, along with numerous other books and articles on ethical theory and applied ethics. More on his book in this blog post from The Pilot.
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“Genius” in the house
MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner Alison Bechdel will give a talk at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 in Gasson Hall, room 100 under the sponsorship of the Lowell Humanities Series. Bechdel is a cartoonist best known for her comic strip “Dykes To Watch Out For,” which was self-syndicated from 1983 to 2008. Her memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, was named a Time magazine Best Book of the year, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award and was adapted into an award-winning musical that opened Off-Broadway in 2013. Her newest memoir is Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama. Bechdel is also the Marsh Professor at Large at the University of Vermont. NPR interview
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The Doctor, Undone
James Kyung-Jin Lee, author of Urban Triage: Race and the Fictions of Multiculturalism, will speak Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Stokes 195S. Lee is the chair of the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California-Irvine and an Episcopal priest. He co-edited a special issue of Amerasia Journal on “The State fo Illness and Disability in Asian America.” His talk will be on the rise of physician chaplaincy in Asian American medical narratives.
Boston Strong
Boston Magazine has published an exclusive excerpt from the new book Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph over Tragedy (ForeEdge/University Press of New England, 2015), co-written by Boston College alumnus Dave Wedge. In the book, Wedge and co-author Casey Sherman use their journalism skills to tell the inside story of the Boston Marathon bombing. The book is based on extensive interviews with first responders, detectives assigned to the Tsarnaev brothers manhunt, recovering victims and those who lost loved ones. A film based on the book is in development. Another Boston College alumnus, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, wrote the book’s foreword.
Fink appearance postponed
Due to the weather, the talk by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink scheduled for Jan. 28 has been postponed. Stay tuned to BC Humanities Series website for updates.
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