We are delighted to have David Foley on our blog to discuss his book Peter Comestor’s Lectures on the Glossed Gospel of John: A Study with a Critical Edition and Translation. Peter Comestor (1100-1178) was a twelfth-century French theological writer and university teacher. David Foley has a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Medieval Studies and is a translator for Angelus Press, Saskatoon, Canada. Q: Can you speak a little bit about the influence of Peter Comestor?  A: Since the renaissance of medieval scholarship in the early twentieth century, scholars of medieval theology h ..read more

In this blog post, we are taking a look at what CUA Press is reading this May! Featured in this staff bookshelf we have a lovely variety of genres, some of which include fantasy, ConLang (constructed language) linguistics, spirituality, historical fiction, and even murder mystery! John I recently re-read (on audio) I Am the Messenger, a slightly vulgar and weirdly uplifting Australian novel by Markus Zuzak, better known for The Book Thief. Although I had remembered a couple of key points of the book from previously, I had forgotten enough that it was still gripping ..read more

Excerpt of From the Dust of the Earth: Benedict XVI, the Bible, and the Theory of Evolution by Matthew J. Ramage ON (NOT) SEEING THE PROBLEM The claim that evolution undermines Christianity—that it renders the “God hypothesis” unnecessary—is standard fare in our culture these days. It is an assertion that I encounter often in my work as a Catholic educator, typically in the context of trying to help students who come to me struggling because somewhere along the line they had been told that the theory of evolution is incompatible with their faith. Sometimes, the challenge takes the form of the ..read more

We are delighted to have William H. Marshner join us on the blog to discuss his newly released translation of Cardinal Cajetan’s Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae: Prima Pars. The translation is divided into three separate free-standing volumes. William H. Marshner is Professor Emeritus of Theology, Christendom College, and the editor and translator of Defending the Faith: An Anti-Modernist Anthology (CUA Press).   Q: Cajetan’s commentary has never been translated in its entirety.  Why not and how important is this? A: My transla ..read more

We are exceptionally pleased to have our author Jonathan R. Heaps discuss his book The Ambiguity of Being on our blog. Jonathan R. Heaps is Director of the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute at Seton Hall University. Q: Can you talk a little about how your book discusses our need to engage with Bernard Lonergan in a more detailed way? A: Someone interested in either the controversy over the supernatural from the 1940s or its anglophone revival at the beginning of this century, one might only have glancing encounters with the work of the Canadian Jesuit Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984). In 1949, Lonerg ..read more

Excerpt from Trinitarian Ecclesiology: Charles Journet, the Divine Missions, and the Mystery of the Church— by John F. O’Neill and foreword by John Baptist Ku Introduction Venerable Fulton Sheen once famously said that “there are not one hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church,  but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be—which is, of course, quite a different thing.” This is true for people of every nation of the world throughout history  since the Church’s founding by Christ. Although the Catholic Church  ..read more

We are delighted to have Matt Hover on our blog to discuss his book Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game. Matt Hoven is an associate professor and Kule Chair at St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Q: How did you first become aware of Fr. Bauer and what drew you to wanting to write this book about him? A: I first heard of Father Bauer as a child in grade school. My brother explained to me how a priest organized the Canadian ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics. I can remember feeling disoriented at the news: how could a p ..read more

We are pleased to have John Meinert on our blog to discuss his book Peace in The Thought of Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics. John Meinert is associate professor of theology at Benedictine College. Q: One of the blurbers for your book mentions that it is astonishing that we have never had a full volume on Aquinas and peace. Why do you think that was and can you talk a bit about how your volume fills that gap? A: That’s a great question! At this point, I don’t have a good answer. In fact, I’m researching the very question now and working on a paper that I see as a historical s ..read more

We are welcoming the warmer weather here at the Press, alongside new reads and new faces—including Journals Coordinator, Rachel Daley! Featured in this staff bookshelf we have a lovely variety of genres, some of which include sports, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, theology, romance, and more! Trevor L I am reading J.L. Carr’s masterful “How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup”. According to The Guardian,  “It is one of the greatest football novels ever and a penetrating report card from a world where fiction rarely lingers,  at once a comic masterpi ..read more

We are delighted to have James Matthew Wilson on our blog to discuss his book Catholic Modernism and the Irish “Avant-Garde.” James Matthew Wilson is Cullen Foundation Chair in English Literature and the Founding Director of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston and the author of The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition. Q: Can you talk a bit about what “Catholic Modernism” means in the book? A: When a philosopher or theologian hears the term “Catholic modernism,” he will immediately think of Geo ..read more