Fr. Richard Schenk, DSPT Professor of Philosophy and Theology, published quite a few articles in 2008 that are now available! His article, “What does Trinity ‘Add’ to the Reality of the Covenants?” appears in Love Alone is Credible: Hans Urs von Bathasar as Interpreter of the Catholic Tradition, volume 1, edited by David L. Schindler (Eerdmans, 2008). The essays in this volume come from a 2005 conference that gathered together scholars to engage the fundamental questions of faith and reason in light of von Bathasar’s influential contribution to Catholic theology. The volume explores a wide range of topics, including metaphysics and causality, the nature of rationality, the relationship between God and the world, and the meaning of the body. Another article, “The Life of Study and the Common Good,” appeared in the second volume of Dominican Studies (2008) and is available online. Finally, Fr. Schenk was the guest editor for the Fall 2008 volume of Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture. The topic, St. Albert the Great and Dominican Teaching, and the articles in the volume came from DSPT’s Fall 2007 symposium on Dominican teaching.
Fr. Michael Sweeney’s recent article, “In the Eucharist is found the evidence and renewal of hope,” appeared in the December 15 issue of The Catholic Voice (vol. 46, no. 21) and is also available online.
A recent work of historical fiction, Mindful, by Sr. Barbara Green is now available on Amazon.com. She tells the story of exiles returning to a homeland they’ve never seen, opening in the year 535 BCE and following Tizkor and her three children as they journey home from exile in Babylon to make a fresh start. Their long journey allows them to reflect on their past hardships, present struggles, and their dreams for the future. Borrowing beloved language from biblical Deuteronomy, each character shapes his or her own experience through that language, enriching it with the insight gained through hardship.
