O Rare Ralph McInerny
Stories and Reflections about a Legendary Notre Dame Professor
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During more than a half century at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Ralph McInerny's legendary achievements include writing more than 50 non-fiction books in philosophy, medieval studies, and theology, as well as more than 90 novels, including the Father Dowling Murder Mystery series. This volume offers personal reflections on the man himself and what he meant to so many over his rich life of teaching, writing, and contributing to the life of the mind.
Alasdair MacIntyre, Cardinal Francis George, Ralph's brother D.Q. McInerny, Michael Novak, John Haldane, Joseph Bottum, Thomas De Konick, Jude P. Dougherty, Gerard V. Bradley, Fr. Marvin O'Connell, and many others (see below) aim to capture some of the 'more' that was McInerny, a more that cannot be captured by any curriculum vitae, even one as impressive as Ralph's. The stories, anecdotes, and reflections in this volume give us various snapshots of the man that cannot be found in news accounts, press releases, or academic evaluations. A person as great as Ralph should not live merely in memory, so some record such as this volume written his friends, colleagues, and former students becomes appropriate.
Also included is a full list of all the books - fiction and non-fiction - authored by McInerny as well as enumeration of his forty-eight doctoral students and their dissertations completed under his direction. Finally, the collection is rounded out by five contributions by McInerny himself: a poem about his late wife Connie, a scholarly article "Why I Am a Thomist," a popular essay, "Mementoes Never Die," an early Roger Knight mystery entitled "Dust Abhors a Vacuum," as well as his last written words.
Christopher Kaczor
Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute, a professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, and a visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame.
Kaczor graduated from the Honors Program at Boston College and earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. A Fulbright Scholar, he completed postdoctoral work as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne. He was appointed a corresponding member of Vatican City's Pontifical Academy for Life, a fellow of the Center for Christian Thought at Biola University, and a William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University.
Kaczor, the winner of a John Templeton Foundation grant, has published more than 120 scholarly articles and book chapters. An award-winning author of seventeen books, Kaczor has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, The Today Show, and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast.
Kaczor lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California.
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