Contributors

Contributors Margaret D. Bauer is Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina State University and is the editor of die North Carolina Literary Review. She has published in such journals as Studies in Short Fiction, Southern LiteraryJournal, and College Language Association Journal. She also has essays in Critical Essays on Kate Chopin and Ellen Glasgow: New Perspectives. Kathleen Burk Henderson is Professor of English at die University of Dallas. John F. Crosby is Professor and Chair of die Department of Philosophy at Franciscan University—Steubenville. His book Selfhood ofthe Human Person was published in 1996 by die Catholic University of America Press. He has also written papers on the thought ofJohn Henry Newman. John F. Desmond, Professor of English atWhitman College, is the author ofAt the Crossroads: Ethical and Religious Themes in the Writings ofWalker Percy and Risen Sons: Flannery O'Connor's Vision ofHistory. He has also published articles on Faulkner, Malamud, Twain, Greene, and Heaney. He is die founder and president of The Walker Percy Society. H. Wendell Howard is Professor of English at St. John Fisher University. He has published dozens of articles in a wide range of journals on literary and artistic topics, including popular culture. Jan Michael Joncas, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, is Assistant Professor of Theology at St.Thomas. He holds a doctorate in liturgical studies from die Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. His most recent book is From Sacred Song to Ritual Music: Twentieth Century Understandings ofRoman Catholic Worship Music. He is die composer of numerous pieces of liturgical music and is co-editor of the hymnal Gather. Adam Schwartz holds die Ph.D. in modern intellectual history from Northwestern University. He has given papers and published articles on G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Graham Greene, David Jones, and Christopher Dawson. He is working on a book on Cadiolic intellectuals in 20tii century Great Britain. Kathleen Scullin is Associate Professor and Chair of English at Mt. Mary College. She has given papers on Percy's philosophical kinship with Gabriel Marcel and on his fun- 207 damental dispute with jean Paul Sartre. She has published articles on Lancelot and The Thanatos Syndrome. Her most recent article, "Transforming Violence in O'Connor's The Violent Rear It Away," appears in Wagering on Transcendence. Mary R. Reichardt, Associate Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, has published three books on Mary Wilkins Freeman and has given numerous conference papers on a wide range of topics. She is currently working on a book on Catholic women writers of the twentieth centurv. ...