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Christopher O. Blum serves as academic dean at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where he teaches courses in humanities, philosophy, and natural science. In recent essays on “Newman’s Collegiate Ideal” (Pro Ecclesia) and “The Studiousness of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet” (Nova et Vetera), he has been exploring the virtues and practices of the Catholic intellectual life. He is the editor and translator of two volumes of Catholic social theory, most recently a selection of the writings of Louis de Bonald titled The True and Only Wealth of Nations: Essays on Family, Economy, and Society (Sapientia Press).
Ken Colston is the codirector of admissions and chairman of the English department at Thomas Jefferson School, a classical preparatory school in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his BA in English and French from Northern Kentucky University in 1978. From there he earned three master’s degrees: the first in English and comparative literature from Columbia University, the second in writing from the Johns Hopkins University, and the third in liberal arts from the Graduate Institute at St. John’s College, Annapolis. In addition, he studied classics at the University of Rouen, France, and theology and philosophy at the Paul VI Pontifical Institute in St. Louis. He teaches English, French, and Latin and has been contributing articles to newspapers, magazines, and journals for the past twenty-five years. [End Page 176]
Philip Mcdonagh was born in 1952 and attended Jesuit schools in Copenhagen and Dublin, followed by university studies in classics at Balliol College, Oxford. An Irish diplomat, he has served as Ireland’s ambassador to, in turn, India, the Holy See, Finland, and Russia, where he is currently on posting with his wife Ana and two daughters. His most recent poetry collection, The Song the Oriole Sang, was published by Dedalus Press, Dublin, in May 2010. His previous article for Logos, concerning the encyclical Deus caritas est, appeared in Winter 2007.
Terence Nichols is professor of theology and former chair of the theology department at the University of St. Thomas, where he also is codirector of the Muslim Christian Dialogue Center. He teaches courses in Christian theology, science and theology, and death and afterlife. His book, Death and Afterlife: a Theological Introduction, was published in March 2010 by Brazos Press. He is the author of two previous books: The Sacred Cosmos (Brazos Press, 2003), and That All May Be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the Church (Liturgical Press, 1989), as well as a number of journal articles.
Michael S. Sherwin, OP, is associate professor of fundamental moral theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He has also taught at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, where he received his initial formation as a Dominican and was ordained a priest in 1991. Fr. Sherwin is director of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Institute for Theology and Culture and of the Pinckaers Archives. His monograph, By Knowledge and By Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press, 2005) was awarded the Journet Prize from the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal.
Christopher Toner is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas. His research focuses on moral theory, medieval [End Page 177] philosophy, and military ethics. He has published in a variety of journals on such topics as virtue ethics, just war theory, and the thought of Aquinas, Scotus, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap, is currently the executive director of the secretariat for doctrine at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. He was formerly(1991–2004) the Warden of Greyfriars Hall in Oxford, England, and taught history and doctrine at the University of Oxford. He has written and edited sixteen books specializing in christology, the Trinity, salvation, God and suffering, Thomas Aquinas, and the Fathers of the Church. He has also published many essays in edited volumes and scholarly journals as well as numerous articles in popular magazines. He has lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He obtained his doctorate in historical theology from King’s College, University of London. His work has appeared several times in the...
