Dr. Christopher S. Morrissey
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Redeemer Pacific College
Specialist in Philosophical Theology
Including the Medieval Latin Philosophy of Thomas
Aquinas and His Commentatorial Tradition
[Research Interests] [Academic
Publications] [Papers and Presentations] [Mimetic
Theory] [Biography]
[Latin]
[Twitter] [Contact]
Most Recent Publications:
2012 (forthcoming)
- "Thomas Aquinas on Providence, Prudence, and Natural Law", in
Gabriel R. Ricci (ed.),
Politics in Theology (Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers,
2012). ISBN 978-1-4128-4300-3.
- "A Model for the Many Senses of Scripture",
Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture 19 (2012): 231–248.
- "Solesmes Old and New: Modeling Systems Theory and Gregorian Semiology"
- "'The Great Visible God': Socrates, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas on
the Way from Nature to Nature's God"
2011
- "How
Agent Intellect Enables a Syntactic Interior Word: Aquinas's Contribution
Within Neoplatonism",
Quaestiones Disputatae: A Journal of Philosophical Inquiry and Discussion
1.2 (Spring 2011): 164–183. [PDF]
- "Aquinas's Third Way as a Reply to Stephen Hawking's Cosmological Hypothesis",
Études maritainiennes - Maritain Studies XXVII (2011): 99–121.
ISSN 0826-9920.
[PDF]
- Review of Ryan Topping, Augustine (Continuum Library of Educational
Thought, Vol. 17),
in Études maritainiennes - Maritain Studies XXVII (2011): 159–162.
ISSN 0826-9920.
- "Aristotle's 'Natural Slaves' and Colossae's Unnatural 'Scythians':
A Generative Exegesis of Colossians 3:11",
in Ann W. Astell and Sandor Goodhart (eds.), Sacrifice,
Scripture, and Substitution:
Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity, Christianity and Judaism
in Antiquity Series, Volume 18
(Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2011), 410–423.
ISBN 0268020388.
[UND Press] [PDF
excerpt]
- "Can We Prove God Exists?", Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer
Pacific College 6 (2011): 89–100. ISSN 1718-9446.
- "Capitalism needs Catholicism to succeed",
in The B.C. Catholic (Nov 7, 2011), 7. [HTML
version]
- "Do you take unfair cream & sugar with your
'fair trade' coffee?", in The B.C. Catholic (Sep 19, 2011), 7.
[HTML
version]
- "Is Fair Trade really a poverty solution?",
in The B.C. Catholic (Sep 12, 2011), 7. [HTML
version]
- "Theology intertwines with science — Part
2", in The B.C. Catholic (Aug 22, 2011), 7. [HTML
version]
[corrected sentence (substitute for the sentence at the end of the ninth paragraph):
"Ideoscopic science thus presupposes and cannot be founded on anything
other than cenoscopic experience."]
- "Theology intertwines with science",
in The B.C. Catholic (Jul 25, 2011), 7. [HTML
version]
[to be read with a caveat (from John Deely's Four Ages) on
"What
to Do with Common Sense?"]
- "'Fair trade' fails to live up to its message",
in The B.C. Catholic (Jul 11, 2011), 7. [HTML
version]
- "Meditations impart insight on education",
review of Ryan Topping, Augustine
(Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Vol. 17), in The B.C. Catholic
(Jun 6, 2011), 7.
- "Carpe diem: Stick
to today", translation of Horace, Odes i.11, with Micah
Towery,
in Loaded Bicycle: Journal of Poetry, Art, and Translation <http://www.loadedbicycle.com/horace1.html>.
- In the news: "Do good, avoid evil: unwritten
law", The B.C. Catholic (May 2, 2011), 3–13.
- "Bottling up discontent over water issues",
The B.C. Catholic (Feb 28, 2011), 7.
[my reply to the proponents
of a one-size-fits-all solution]
- "Redeemer Pacific explores bishops'
letter on chastity:
Lecture tackled questions surrounding 'authentic Christian chastity' and why
it's important today", The B.C. Catholic (Feb 14, 2011), 3.
- "The right to water, 'an essential element':
Human connectivity can be enabled by 'a network of economic institutions,'
Pope Benedict writes", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 24, 2011), 7.
[HTML
version]
[my reply to the enthusiasts
of the bottled water crusade]
- "'Great authors can illuminate a culture':
Catholic students operate an online literary lighthouse showcasing Catholic
culture in Canada", The B.C. Catholic (Jan 17, 2011), 3. [HTML
version]
[interview with Catherine Nolan, the Editor-in-Chief of The
Alexandrian: Journal of Catholic Culture in Canada]
2010
- "Did
the Latin Age Really Begin with Augustine?" in Leonard G. Sbrocchi
et al. (eds.), Semiotics 2009: The Semiotics of Time (New York: Legas,
2010), 296–303. ISBN 1897493193.
- "Facing the crusade against bottled water",
The B.C. Catholic (Dec 13, 2010), 7. [HTML
version]
[my comment on why the
bottled water crusade is misguided (see Nov 22 issue, page 7)]
- "Fr. Spitzer is antidote to faulty logic",
The B.C. Catholic (Oct 4, 2010): 6.
[print version of the Web publication listed below]
- "Father
Spitzer: the antidote to Stephen Hawking's faulty logic", www.bccatholic.org
(Sep 12, 2010).
[my comment on the M-theory
controversy: the laws of gravity and quantum theory are not unconditioned]
- "A Twitch Upon the Thread: Aquinas on Elicited Natural Desire for God",
Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 5 (2010): 131–158.
ISSN 1718-9446.
- "Benedict's preacher deserves better",
The B.C. Catholic (Apr 12, 2010), 8.
[my comment on the firestorm over an example
to illustrate mimetic theory]
- "He paved road to understanding Aquinas",
The B.C. Catholic (Mar 22, 2010), 12.
[my obituary for Ralph McInerny: requiescat in pace]
2009
- "A Catholic take on the vampire vogue", The
B.C. Catholic (Dec 21, 2009), 17.
- "The Luminosity of Existence",
an essay on David Walsh's The Modern Philosophical Revolution (Cambridge
University Press, 2008), in Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College
4 (2009): 77–96. ISSN 1718-9446.
- "A Common Ground for Global
Culture", Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College
4 (2009): 113–119. ISSN 1718-9446.
- "Has Notre Dame University lost its faith?", The
B.C. Catholic (May 18, 2009), 8.
- "Render Unto Obama? Needed: A Faith-and-Reason University", CatholicOnline.com
(May 16, 2009).
- "The
Via Romana", Review of Paula Fredriksen, Augustine and the Jews,
in The Globe and Mail (Apr 11, 2009), F13.
- "Obama nation", The
B.C. Catholic (Mar 16, 2009), 14.
- "For
the love of Latin": Interview with Maggi Hall, Mars' Hill
(Volume 13, Issue 10).
- "President Visits Canada", CatholicOnline.com
(Feb 19, 2009).
- "Who's your neighbour?", The
B.C. Catholic (Feb 16, 2009), 9.
- "What does Obama's inauguration augur?",
The B.C. Catholic (Jan 26, 2009), 4.
- "The
Obama Economy: With Charity toward None?", CatholicOnline.com
(Jan 22, 2009).
- "Archbishop
Miller addresses Redeemer Pacific College", CatholicOnline.com
(Jan 16, 2009).
2008
- "Dialectic and Demonstration in the Philosophy of Nature," Études
maritainiennes - Maritain Studies XXIII (2007): 64–75. ISSN
0826-9920 [View
item].
- "Transfiguring Heidegger: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Philosopher
Friend," Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 3 (2008):
121–136. ISSN 1718-9446 [View
item].
- "Can you get what you want? Catholic mind at work," Review of
James V. Schall, The Mind that is Catholic: Philosophical and Political
Essays (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2008),
in The B.C. Catholic (Dec 8, 2008), 11. [View
item].
- "Greek Bible now available in a new translation," The B.C.
Catholic (Oct 6, 2008), 20. [View item].
- "What if? Thomas Aquinas, Political Pundit," CatholicOnline.com
(Sep 17, 2008). [View
item].
- "Order of Canada now a threat to liberty," The B.C. Catholic
(Sept 1, 2008), 8. [View item].
- "René Girard's Accusation: Intellectuals are the Castrators
of Meaning," An interview with Giulio Meotti in Il Foglio (March
20, 2007); Translation by Paul N. Faraone and Christopher S. Morrissey in
Modern Age (Spring 2008): 180–185. [View
item].
- "Vatican Latin reboots education for true freedom," The B.C.
Catholic (July 28, 2008), 7. [View item].
- "Catholic university is 'our heritage': Archbishop Miller speaks to Redeemer
Pacific College on 'the greatness of the Catholic intellectual tradition',"
The B.C. Catholic (June 23, 2008), 9. [View
item].
- "Order must be 'already built in': Catholic physicist speaks at TWU on harmony
of modern physics and ancient faith," The B.C. Catholic (Apr 21, 2008),
2. [View item].
- "Faith, reason, and the university," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 31, 2008),
4 and 16. [View item].
- "Canada has unique religious political history: priest," The B.C. Catholic
(Mar 31, 2008), 4. [View item].
- "'Fair looks and a kind heart' not enough," The B.C. Catholic (Mar
17, 2008), 14. [View item].
- "Students take on the ogres of Spiderwick," The B.C. Catholic (Mar
3, 2008), 10. [View item].
- "Blessings and blood," The Globe and Mail: Books (Feb 23, 2008),
D8. [View
item].
- "Catholic students 'Meet the Spartans'," The B.C. Catholic (Feb 11,
2008), 7. [View item].
2007
- "The Analogy of Being: Three Misunderstandings, Three Clarifications",
Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 2 (2007): 103–129.
ISSN 1718-9446 [View
item].
- "Pope Benedict contemplates truth," The B.C. Catholic (Dec 17, 2007),
25. [View item].
- "Pope proposes a new 'solidarity' against utopian ideologies," Catholic
Ezine (November 2007). [View
item].
- Review of Rémi Brague, The Law of God in Bryn Mawr
Classical Review 2007.09.46. [View
item].
- "Original Sin and Generative Anthropology," Anthropoetics 13.2 (2007).
ISSN 1083-7264 [View
item].
- "The Epigenetic Evolution of the Immaterial Intellect on the Originary Scene,"
in Adam Katz (ed.) The Originary Hypothesis: a Minimal Proposal for Humanistic
Inquiry, Critical Series in the Humanities (Aurora, Colorado: Davies Group,
2007), 75–99. [View
item].
- "Reading between the Vatican's lines," The Globe and Mail (July 23,
2007), A13. [View
item].
- "Document on one, true Church advances ecumenism," The B.C. Catholic
(July 23, 2007), 12. [View item].
- "Redeemer Pacific College: New life for Catholic higher education in Canada,"
Catholic Insight (May 2007): 33–34. [View
item].
Recent Publications by C.S. Morrissey
