BIBLIOGRAPHY
1954-2005
James V. Schall, S. J.
1) Curriculum Vitae:
JAMES V. SCHALL
Family:
Born: Pocahontas, Iowa. January 20, 1928.
Parents: Lawrence Nicholas and Grace Shimon
Schall. Father deceased, 1966;
Mother, 1937. Step-Mother: Mary E. Schall, deceased, 1992.
Brothers: John J. Schall, deceased, 1995; Jerome
T. Schall, Winchester, California.
Sister:
Mrs. Jerome Vertin, Winchester, California. Step-Sisters, Mrs. Mary Jo
Hughes, Clarksville, Tennessee; Mrs. Jeanne L. McConville, Diamond Springs,
California.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Public
schools in Iowa. Graduated from Knoxville High School, 1945. University of Santa Clara, 1945,
1947-48. U. S. Army, 1946-47. Entered the California Province of the
Society of Jesus at Los Gatos, California in 1948.
B.
A., Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, 1954; M. A., Philosophy,
1955. Instructor, University of
San Francisco, 1955-56. Doctorate,
Political Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., 1960. Dissertation: "Immortality and the Foundations of Political
Theory," Director: Professor
Heinrich Rommen. Master's in
Sacred Theology, Alma College of University of Santa Clara, 1964.
Ordained
to the Priesthood, San Francisco, 1963.
Studies in the Jesuit House in Drongen, Belgium, 1964-65. Assistant Professor, Istituto Sociale,
Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, from 1965-77. Fall Semesters, 1968-77, Associate Professor, Department of
Government, University of San Francisco; Spring Semesters, Gregorian
University. From Spring Semester,
1978, Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington,
D. C., 20057. Tenure granted,
Spring, 1983. Full Professorship,
August, 1988.
Member,
Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace, 1977-82. Member of American Political Science Association. Member of Catholic Commission on
Intellectual and Cultural Affairs.
Member American Maritain Association. Member Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.
Presidential
Appointment to National Council on the Humanities, of the National Endowment
for the Humanities, 1984-90.
Web Sites: www.moreC.com/schall/ – www.georgetown.edu/schall
E-Mail: schallj@georgetown.edu
2) BOOKS:
Co-Author,
with Donald Wolf, American Society and Politics (Boston:
Allyn and Bacon, 1964).
Co-Editor
and Contributor, with Donald Wolf, Current Trends in Theology, (Garden
City, N. Y.: Doubleday,
1966). 274 pp.
Co-Editor
with John J. Schrems, On the Intelligibility of Political Philosophy: Essays of Charles N. R. McCoy (Washington: The Catholic University of America
Press, 1989). 306 pp.
AUTHOR:
1) Redeeming the Time. New York:
Sheed & Ward, 1968. 244
pp. [Spanish Edition, Redimiendo
el Tiempo (Santander: Sal Terrae, 1969). 203 pp].
2) Play On: From Games
to Celebrations. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.
95 pp.
3) Human Dignity and Human Numbers. Staten
Island, N. Y.: Alba House,
1971. 222 pp.
4) Far Too Easily Pleased: A Theology of Play, Contemplation, and
Festivity. Los Angeles:
Benziger-Macmillan, 1976.
117 pp.
5) Welcome Number 4,000,000,000. Canfield,
Ohio: Alba Books, 1977. 152 pp.
6) The Sixth Paul. Canfield, Ohio:
Alba Books, 1977. 165 pp.
7) The Praise of 'Sons of
Bitches': On the Worship of God by
Fallen Men. Slough, England: St. Paul Publications, 1978. 192 pp.
8) Christianity and Politics. Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981. 342 pp.
9) Christianity and Life.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1981. 133 pp.
10) The Church, the State, and
Society in the Thought of John Paul II. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1982. 202 pp.
11) Liberation Theology. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1982. 402 pp.
12) The Distinctiveness of Christianity. San
Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1982. 298 pp.
13) The Politics of Heaven and
Hell: Christian Themes from
Classical, Medieval, and Modern Political Philosophy. Lanham,
Md.: University Press of America,
1984. 341 pp.
14) Unexpected Meditations Late
in the XXth Century. Chicago:
Franciscan Herald Press, 1985. 142
pp.
15) Reason, Revelation, and the
Foundations of Political Philosophy. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. 254 pp.
16) Another Sort of
Learning: Selected Contrary Essays
on How Finally to Acquire an Education While Still in College or Anywhere
Else: Containing Some Belated
Advice about How to Employ Your Leisure Time When Ultimate Questions Remain
Perplexing in Spite of Your Highest Earned Academic Degree, Together with
Sundry Book Lists Nowhere Else in Captivity To Be Found. San
Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1988. 299 pp.
17) Religion, Wealth and Poverty. Vancouver, B. C.: Fraser Institute, 1990. 202 pp.
18) What Is God Like?
Collegeville, MI.: Michael
Glazer/Liturgical Press, 1992. 250
PP. (What Is God Like? Manila,
P. I.: St. Paul's, 1995. 250 pp.)
19) Idylls and Rambles: Lighter Christian Essays. San
Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1994. 240 pp.
20) Does Catholicism Still Exist? Staten Island, N.
Y.: Alba House, 1994. 260 pp.
21) At the Limits of Political
Philosophy: From the
"Brilliant Errors" to the Things of Uncommon Importance.
Washington, D. C.: The
Catholic University of America Press, 1996. 272 pp.
22) Jacques Maritain: The Philosopher in Society. Lanham,
MD.: Rowman & Littlefield,
1998. 241 pp.
23) Schall on Chesterton:
Timely Essays on Timeless Paradoxes. Washington: The Catholic University of
America Press, 2000. 296 pp.
24) Reason, Revelation, and
Human Affairs: Selected Writings of James V. Schall. Edited
with an Introduction by Marc Guerra.
Lanham, MD.: Lexington Books, 2001. 188 pp.
25) The Unseriousness of Human
Affairs: Teaching, Writing, Playing, Believing, Lecturing, Philosophizing,
Singing, Dancing. Wilmington, DE.: ISI Books, 2001. 189 pp.
26) Roman Catholic Political Philosophy. Lanham,
MD.: Lexington Books, 2004. 207
pp.
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Jose
Gualberto I. Villasis, “Christian Political Philosophy in the Thought of James
Vincent Schall,” Dissertatio ad Lauream in Facultate Philosophiae, Pontificia
Studiorum Universitas a S. Thoma Aquino in Urbe, Rev. Fr. Aldred Wilder, O. P.,
Moderator, Romae, 1999, 379 pp.
Marc
Guerra, “James V. Schall on Politics and the Problem of Faith and Reason,” Gregorianum, (Rome), 82 (#2, 2001), 357-383.
“The
James V. Schall, S. J. Collection,” in Special Collections Division, Lauinger
Library, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., 20057-1200
“In
Schall’s Sanctum,” The Washington Times, September 6, 2001, A2.
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PAMPHLETS:
Journey
through Lent (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1979). 24 pp.
The
Catechism of the Catholic Church
(Leesburg, VA.: Catholic Home
Studies Institute, 1993). 22 pp.
A
Student's Guide to Liberal Learning (Wilmington,
DE.: Intercollegiate Studies
Institute, 1997), 66 pp.
3) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
1)
"Some Intellectual Origins of Population-Environment Theories," in Population
in Perspective, A New Zealand Viewpoint, Proceedings of the Guild of
St. Luke, SS Cosmas and Damian Conference, Wairakei, New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand, The Tablet
Publishers, 1971. pp. 128-43.
2)
"Golden and Detestable Ages:
The Christian and the Human Lot," Proceedings of the Fellowship of
Catholic Scholars, 1978, (Kansas City), pp. 6-12.
3)
"Religion and the Demise of Capitalism," in The Denigration of
Capitalism, Edited by Michael Novak,
(Washington: American Enterprise
Institute, 1979). pp. 32-38.
4)
"The Changing Political Scene," in Christianity and Politics: Catholic and Protestant Perspectives, Edited by Carol F. Griffith, (Washington: Ethics and Public Policy Center,
1981). pp. 19-38.
5)
"The Reach of Finite Intellect," The Patenting of Recombinant DNA, ITEST Conference, St. Louis, March, 198l. pp. 20-34.
6)
The Whole Truth about Man: John
Paul II to University Faculties and Students, Selected with an Introduction, (Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981). 354 pp.
7)
"Catholicism, Business, and Human Priorities," in The
Judaeo-Christian Vision and the
Modern Corporation, Edited by Oliver
Williams and John Houck, (Notre Dame:
University of Notre Dame Press, 1982). pp. 107-40.
8)
"The American Press Views Puebla," in The Pope and Revolution, Edited by Quentin L. Quade, (Washington: Ethics and Public Policy Center,
1982). pp. 86-96.
9)
"On Imitating the Creator," in Papal Economics, Edited by Philip F. Lawler, (Washington: Heritage Foundation, 1982). pp. 18-28.
10)
"The Intellectual Origins of the Peace Movement," in Justice and
War in the Nuclear Age, Edited by Philip F. Lawler, (Washington: University Press of America,
1983). pp. 37-59.
11)
"On the Disappearance of Mercy from Political Theory: The Significance of Dives
in Misericordia, in Catholic Social Thought and the Teachings of
John Paul II, Edited by Paul L.
Williams, (Scranton, Pa.:
Northeast Books, 1983). pp.
39-52.
12)
"Reason, Religion, and Virtue," Free Enterprise: 15 Commentaries, Edited by Bert Elwert, (Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago,
College of Business Administration, 1983). pp. 55-60.
13)
"Les libertés protégées et l'iniative personnelle calculable," Droits
de l'Homme: Approche Chrétienne, (Roma:
Herder, 1984). pp. 125-52.
14)
Sacred in All Its Forms: John Paul
II on Human Life, Selected with an
Introduction, (Boston: St. Paul
Editions, 1984). 482 pp.
15)
Out of Justice, Peace, French and
German Bishops' Pastoral Letters on War, Edited with an Introduction,
"Risk, Dissuasion, and Political Prudence," pp. 9-32, (San
Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1984). 124 pp.
16)
Essays on Christianity and Political Philosophy, Edited by George W. Carey and James V. Schall, with
a Contribution by James V. Schall, "Political Theory: The Place of Christianity," pp. 93-106,
(Lanham, Md.: University Press of
America, 1984). 136 pp.
17)
"Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis," in Theology, Third
World Development, and Economic
Justice, Edited by Walter Block and Donald Shaw, (Vancouver, B.
C.: Fraser Institute, 1985). pp. 83-87.
18)
"The Altar as the Throne," in Churches on the Wrong Road, Edited by Stanley Atkins and Theodore McConnell,
(Chicago: Gateway-Regnery, 1986).
pp. 193-238.
19)
"Truth and the Open Society," in Order, Freedom, and the
Polity: Critical Essays on the Open Society, Edited by George W. Carey, (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1986), pp. 71-90.
20)
Studies in Religion and Politics,
Edited with a Contribution, with Jerome Hanus (Lanham, MD.: University Press of America, 1986). 113 pp.
21)
"Strange to Reason: Political
Philosophy and the Crisis of the American Catholic Mind," in American
Capitalism: The Catholic Challenge, Edited by Philip F. Lawler, (Washington: The American Catholic Conference,
1986). pp. 49-66.
22)
"Catholicism and the American Experience," in The Best of 'THIS
WORLD', Edited by Michael Scully
(Lanham, MD. University Press of
America, 1986), pp. 1-13. Reprint.
23)
"From Catholic 'Social Doctrine' to the 'Kingdom of God on Earth',"
in Readings in Moral Theology, No. 5:
Official Catholic Social Teaching,
Edited by Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick (New York: Paulist Press, 1986), pp. 313-30. Reprint.
24)
G. K. Chesterton: Collected
Works, Vol. IV: What's Wrong with the World et al., Edited with an Introduction, "On Things Worth
Doing Badly," (San Francisco:
Ignatius Press, 1987).
25)
"Political Theory: The Place
of Christianity," in Modern Age:
The First Twenty-Five Years:
A Selection, Edited by George
A. Panichas, (Indianapolis:
Liberty Press, 1988), pp. 495-503.
Reprint.
26)
"Introduction: Calvary or the
Slaughterhouse," From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of Jacques Maritain, Edited by Peter A. Redpath (South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press-Maritain
Association, 1990), pp. 1-16.
27)
"Newness That Is Not New," A New Worldly Order, Edited by George Weigel (Washington: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1992),
pp. 143-48.
28)
"The Mystery of the 'Mystery of Israel'," in Jacques Maritain and
the Jews, Edited by Robert Royal
(South Bend: University of Notre
Dame Press-Maritain Association, 1994), pp. 51-71.
29)
"A Latitude for Statesmanship:
Strauss on St. Thomas," Leo Strauss: Political Philosopher and Jewish Thinker, Edited by Kenneth L. Deutsch and Walter Nicgorski
(Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), pp. 211-30.
30)
"A Catholic Response," Caesar's Coin Revisited: Christians and the Limits of Government, Edited by Michael Cromartie (Washington: Ethics and Public Policy, 1996), pp.
23-29.
31)
"On Post-Modernism and the 'Silence of St. Thomas'," Post-Modernism
and Christian Philosophy, Edited by
Roman T. Ciapalo (Washington: The
Catholic University of America Press/American Maritain Society, 1997), pp.
218-29.
32)
“Introduction: Justice, Pleasure, Right, Duty, and Beyond,” Ethics and
Economics (Grand Rapids, MI.: Acton
Institute, 1998), pp. ix-xviii.
33)
“Immanent in the Souls of Men,” “Introduction” to Acquaintance with the
Absolute: The Philosophy of Yves
Simon, Edited by Anthony Simon (New
York: Fordham University Press, 1998), pp. 1-16.
34)
“On the Joys and Travails of Thinking,” New Foreword to 1998 Edition of A. C.
Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, and Methods
[1923] (Washington: The Catholic
University of America Press, 1998), pp. vii-xvi.
35)
“On the Reality of Fantasy,” Tolkien: A Celebration, Edited by Joseph Pearce (London: Fount/HarperCollins, 1999), pp. 67-72.
36)
“On the Education of Young Men and Women,” The Common Things: Essays on
Thomism and Education, Edited by
Daniel McInerny (Washington: American Maritain Association/The Catholic
University of America Press, 1999), pp. 128-42.
37)
“Was Maritain a Crypto-Machiavellian?” The Failure of Modernism: The Cartesian
Legacy and Contemporary Pluralism,
Edited by Brendan Sweetman (Washington: American Maritain Association/The
Catholic University of America Press, 1999), pp. 87-100.
38)
“Person and Society: John Paul II on Substance and Relation,” Prophecy and
Diplomacy: The Moral Doctrine of John Paul II: A Jesuit Symposium, Edited by John Conley and Joseph Koterski (New York:
Fordham University Press, 1999), 3-20.
39)
“The Natural Restoration of the Angels in the Depths of Evil,” in Faith,
Scholarship, and Culture in the 21st Century, edited by Alice Ramos and Marie George (Washington:
American Maritain Society/The Catholic University of America Press, 2002),
251-68.
40)
G. K. Chesterton: Collected
Works edited with an Introduction,
“The Home, the Crown, and the Cross: On Explaining Humanity to Itself” [pp.
13-32] (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2001). Vol. XX, 642 pp.
41)
“Introduction: ‘The Very Graciousness of Being,’” John Hittinger, Liberty,
Wisdom, and Grace (Lanham, MD.:
Lexington Books, 2002), ix-xx.
42)
“On Merely Being Intelligent: Canavan’s Views and Reviews,” in A Moral
Enterprise: Politics, Reason, and
the Human Good: Essays in Honor of
Francis Canavan, edited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt (Wilmington:
ISI Books, 2002), 321-37.
43)
“Possessed of Both a Reason and a Revelation,” in A Thomistic Tepestry:
Essays in Memory of Etienne Gilson,
edited by Peter A. Redpath (Value Book Series; Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002),
177-81.
44)
“What Are the Liberal Arts?” in A Student’s Guide to the Liberal Arts, edited by Wilburn T. Stancil (Kansas City: Rockhurst
University Press, 2003), 1-19.
45)
“From Curiosity to Pride: On the Experience of Our Own Existence,” in Faith
& the Life of the Intellect,
edited by Curtis L. Hancock & Brendan Sweetman (Washington: The Catholic
University of America Press, 2003), 187-209.
46)
“On the Prospect of Peace on Earth: Maritain on Action and Contemplation,” in Truth,
Matters: Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain. Edited by John G.
Trapani, Jr. Washington: American Maritain Association/The
Catholic University of America Press, 2004. 12-25.
4) PERIODICAL ESSAYS:
1)
"The Necessity of Government," The Commonweal, LXI (November
29, 1954). pp. 215-17.
2)
"The Future of Distributism," The Commonweal, LXII (May 6,
1955). pp. 123-25.
3)
"Defending the Electoral College," Social Order, 6 (September
1956). pp. 23-25.
4)
"The Totality of Society:
From Justice to Friendship," The Thomist, XX (January,
1957). pp. 1-26.
5)
"Some Philosophic Aspects of Religion and Culture," The New
Scholasticism, XXXI (April, 1957).
pp. 209-36.
6)
"Buber and Huxley: Some
Recent Developments in Philosophy," The Month, (London), N. S., V.
19 (February, 1958). pp. 97-101.
7)
"The Political Philosophy of Reinhold Niebuhr," Thought,
XXXIII (Spring, 1958). pp. 62-80.
8)
"Generalization and Concrete Activity in Natural Law Theory," Archiv
fÜr Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, (Mainz), XLV
(Mai, 1959). pp. 161-92.
9)
"On the Beach: The Limits of Mortality," The Catholic World,
191 (May, 1960). pp. 80-85.
10)
"Theory in American Politics," Modern Age, 4 (Spring,
1960). pp. 150-59.
11)
"The Resurrection Today," America, CV (April 1, 1981).
pp. 10-13.
12)
"Government Without Bother," Thought, XXXVI (Summer,
1961). pp. 277-88.
13)
"The Post-Modern World," The Commonweal, February 23, 1962.
14)
"Cartesianism and Political Theory," Review of Politics, 24
(April, 1962). pp. 260-82.
15)
"Mr. Buckley at Santa Clara," The Catholic World, 195 (August, 1962). pp. 275-80.
16)
"The Abiding Significance of Gnosticism," American Ecclesiastical
Review, CXLVII (September,
1962). pp. 164-73.
17)
"The Responsibilities of Christians to the World," Social Order, 12 (October, 1962). pp. 367-75.
18)
"The Significance of Post-Aristotelian Thought in Political Theory," Cithara, 3 (November, 1963). pp. 56-79.
19)
"The Problem of Poverty," World Justice, (Louvain), V (December, 1963). pp. 197-207.
20)
"Christmas and the World," The Commonweal, LXXIX (December 27, 1963). pp. 389-92.
21)
"Penance: The Redemption of
Sins," Worship, XXXVIII (February, 1964). pp. 133-41.
22)
"The Meaning of Man: the Hominization of the Universe," Washington,
National Council of Catholic Women, November, 1964.
23)
"The Crisis of Redemption in Modern Literature," Religion-in-Life, 37 (Autumn, 1964). pp. 617-30.
24)
"Protestantism and Atheism," Thought, XXXIX (December, 1964). pp. 531-58.
25)
"Ethics and International Relations," World Justice, (Louvain), VI (July, 1965). pp. 462-75.
26)
"Science and the Scriptural View of the Universe," The Catholic
World, 202 (January, 1966). pp. 233-37.
27)
"Censorship in the Church," XXXIII The Commonweal, (February 24, 1966). pp. 601-03.
28)
"The Secular City and God," The Catholic World, 199 (October, 1966). pp. 20-31.
29)
"Religion and War," The Commonweal, LXXXV (November 18, 1966). pp. 193-96.
30)
"'Wars Will Cease When ...," Worldview, 10 (May, 1967). pp. 9-11.
31)
"The Beginnings of World War III?" America, 117 (July 1,
1967). pp. 14-17.
32)
"Christian Political Approaches to Population Problems," World
Justice, (Louvain), (#3, l966-67).
pp. 301-23.
33)
"The Revolutionary Hypothesis," The Downside Review, (England),
85 (October, 1967). pp. 419-27.
34)
"America and the Future," America, (March 23, 1968).
35)
"The Modern Church and the Totalitarian State," Studies,
(Dublin), LVII (Summer, 1968). pp.
113-27.
36)
"What Is at Stake?" The Month, (London), N. S., V. 40
(October, 1968). pp. 245-51.
37)
"The Shift to the East:
Reflections on the Long-Range Trends in the World Balance of
Power," World Justice, (Louvain), X (#1, 1968). pp. 29-53.
38)
"The Contemporary Crisis and the Will of America," Worldview,
11 (April, 1968). pp. 11-14.
39)
"The University, Revolution, and Freedom," Studies, (Dublin),
LVIII (Summer, 1969). pp. 115-26.
40)
"The University and the Unhinging of Society," Worldview, 12
(June, 1969). pp. 13-17.
41)
"The Papacy and Humor," The Month, (London), N. S., V. 42
(September, 1969). pp.
110-20. (Reprinted in The
Catholic Mind, LXVII (December, 1969). pp. 19-28).
42)
"War and the Balance of Power," Vital Speeches, XXXVI (January
15, 1970). pp. 211-17.
43)
"Peace and 'Hair'," The Month, N. S. 1 (London), (February,
1970). pp. 102-07.
44)
"Caesar as God," The Commonweal, XLI (February 6, 1970). pp. 505-10.
45)
"The Urgency and the Waiting," World Justice, (Louvain), XI
(#4, 1969-70). pp. 435-59.
46)
"Back to the Real World," America, 123 (July 11, 1970). pp. 8-10.
47)
"Spirituality and Politics," Worldview, 13 (July-August,
1970). pp. 12-16.
48)
"Aspects of a Theology of Play," The Catholic World, 212
(November, 1970). pp. 69-73.
49)
"On Building Cathedrals and Tearing Them Down," The Catholic World,
212 (March, 1971), pp. 301-06.
50)
"The Blackening and Bluing of America," Worldview, 14
(February, 1971. pp. 13-15.
51)
"Ecology: An American
Heresy?" America, 124 (March 27, 1971). pp. 308-11.
(Summarized in Time, August 23, 1971. pp. 29-30).
52)
Interviewed by Desmond O'Grady, "Warning: To Be Up-to-Date Is To Be Out-of-Date," U. S.
Catholic, XXXVI (August, 197l).
pp. 19-25.
53)
"The End of Sadness and History," The Catholic World, 213
(February, 1971). pp. 222-26.
54)
"Does the Bell Toll for the Nation-State?" America, 125
(August 7, 1971). pp. 59-63.
55)
"Of Letters and Encyclicals," Worldview, 14 (July-August,
1971). pp. 5-8.
56) "The Conditions of Freedom Revisited," <