In this Book
- The Legacy of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.: His Words and His Witness
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Fordham University Press
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In his nearly 50-year career teaching philosophy and theology at Fordham and other
distinguished universities, Cardinal Avery Dulles wrote and traveled extensively,
writing 25 books and more than 800 articles, book reviews, forewords, introductions,
and letters to the editor, translated into at least 14 languages and distributed
worldwide. This work serves as a companion to the previous volume of McGinley
Lectures, published as Church and Society(Fordham, 2008), and also provides an
independent research guide for scholars, theologians, and anyone interested in
American Catholicism in the decades immediately before and following the Second
Vatican Council.From his poems and reflections composed in prep school where he
first crossed paths with John Fitzgerald Kennedy (with whom he would graduate from
Harvard in 1940) to a private meeting in his last days arranged at Pope Benedict
XVI's personal request, the book explores a theological topography that includes
truly monumentalfigures and events of the modern era. As the product of perhaps the
most influential American Catholic theologian in history, Dulles's writings continue
to inspire and shape the way theology has been studied and practiced in academic
institutions throughout the United States and the world.Having worked closely with
Cardinal Dulles, the editors have compiled an exhaustive bibliography of his works
and have included a series of essays that shed light on the twilight of his life,
one that intersects with ecclesiastical, theological, philosophical, and political
leaders of every stripe and worldview. Contributions include Dulles's farewell
lecture as McGinley Professor of Religion and Society with a stirring response by
Robert Imbelli; a reflection on the Cardinal's last days by longtime research
assistant Anne-Marie Kirmse, O.P.; and the moving homily given at his funeral by
Edward Cardinal Egan.The book also chronicles Cardinal Dulles's relationship with
Fordham University, where he began his academic career as a Jesuit regent, teaching
philosophy (1951 53), and where, for the last twenty years of his life, he held an
endowed chair named in honor of a former president of Fordham, Laurence J. McGinley,
S.J. This text will serve as a liminal passageway into the splendid mansion of
Dulles's thought for theologians, scholars, believers, and all thinking men and
women of goodwill.
Table of Contents
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- Choate School Writings
- pp. 3-4
- Articles and Essays
- pp. 12-64
- Reviews and Letters to the Editor
- pp. 65-82
- Lecture to Sodality Alumni
- pp. 89-95
- Farewell Address as McGinley Professor
- pp. 96-102
- Response to Farewell Address
- pp. 103-110
- The Last Days of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.
- pp. 111-123
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823249503
Related ISBN(s)
9780823239603
MARC Record
OCLC
821725669
Pages
152
Launched on MUSE
2012-08-22
Language
English
Open Access
No