Contributor Notes

John Berkman is Director of Moral Theology in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America. He has published numerous articles, primarily in the areas of biomedical ethics and fundamental moral theology.

William A. Frankis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas and Program Director at the university's Rome Campus. He has published on John Duns Scotus, Catholic education, and Fides et Ratio.

Ron Hansen is Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University. His novels include Mariette in Ecstasy, Atticus, Hitler's Niece, and, most recently, Isn't It Romantic? Atticus was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for Nebraska, a collection of short fiction. His essays on faith and fiction are collected in A Stay against Confusion.

Patrick Henry is Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He is Editor Emeritus of the journal Philosophy and Literature and a speaker for the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous in New York (www.jfr.org). He currently is working on a book about the rescuers of Jews in France during the Holocaust.

Edward J. O'Boyle is Senior Research Associate at Mayo Research Institute. His principal area of interest is the articulation of a new economic way of thinking around the premise of the person and the philosophy of personalism.

Glenn W. Olsen is Professor of History at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. He specializes in medieval intellectual and ecclesiastical history and has published extensively on modern and historical topics in theology, intellectual history, and political thought.

Christopher Ruddy is Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas. His theological interests include ecclesiology, ecumenism, spirituality, and the relationship of Christianity and culture. His writing has appeared in America, the Christian Century, and Commonweal.

Rafael E. Tarragóis Librarian for General and World History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is author of several articles on Catholic themes in European history and has been published in journals such as the annual Catholic Social Science Review.

Michael Torre is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. His main interest is in diverse aspects of Aquinas's natural theology. He has published various articles and edited Freedom in the Modern World: Jacques Maritain, Yves R. Simon, Mortimer J. Adler (1989) for the American Maritain Association.