BIBLIOGRAPHY
1954-2000
James V.
Schall, S. J.
August
2000
Curriculum
Vitae
James
V. Schall
Index:
Page
Curriculum Vitae 2
Books 4
Chapters in Books 7
Periodical Essays 10
Book Reviews
32
Letters to Editors 44
Journalism Articles 47
"Sense and Nonsense" Columns in
Crisis 49
Columns in Canadian Catholic Register 56
Columns from San Francisco Monitor 56
Schall on Chesterton in Midwest
Chesterton News 62
Schall on Chesterton in Gilbert! 65
Schall on Belloc in Generally
Speaking 66
Columns in National Catholic Register 68
Columns Wit and Wonder in Excelsis 69
Columns On Essays and Letters, in University
Bookman 69
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, Carlsbad, California.
Sister: Mrs. Jerome
Vertin, San Marcos, 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
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:
Redeeming the Time New
York: Sheed & Ward, 1968. 244 pp.
[Spanish Edition, Redimiendo el Tiempo (Santander: Sal Terrae, 1969). 203 pp].
Play On:
From Games to Celebrations
(Philadelphia: Fortress Press,
1971). 95 pp.
Human Dignity and Human Numbers
(Staten Island, N. Y.: Alba House,
1971). 222 pp.
Far Too Easily Pleased: A Theology of Play, Contemplation, and
Festivity (Los Angeles:
Benziger-Macmillan, 1976). 117
pp.
Welcome Number 4,000,000,000 (Canfield,
Ohio: Alba Books, 1977). 152 pp.
The Sixth Paul (Canfield,
Ohio: Alba Books, 1977). 165 pp.
The Praise of 'Sons of Bitches': On the Worship of God by Fallen Men
(Slough, England: St. Paul
Publications, 1978). 192 pp.
The Whole Truth about Man: John Paul II to University Faculties and
Students, Selected with an Introduction, (Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981). 354 pp.
Christianity and Politics
(Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981). 342 pp.
Christianity and Life (San
Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1981). 133 pp.
The Church, the State, and Society in the
Thought of John Paul II (Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1982).
202 pp.
Liberation Theology
(San Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1982). 402 pp.
The Distinctiveness of Christianity (San
Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1982). 298 pp.
Sacred in All Its Forms: John Paul II on Human Life,
Selected with an Introduction, (Boston:
St. Paul Editions, 1984). 482
pp.
The Politics of Heaven and Hell: Christian Themes from Classical, Medieval,
and Modern Political Philosophy (Lanham,
Md.: University Press of America,
1984). 341 pp.
Unexpected Meditations Late in the XXth Century
(Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1985).
142 pp.
Studies in Religion and Politics,
Edited with a Contribution, with Jerome Hanus (Lanham, MD.: University Press of America, 1986). 113 pp.
Reason, Revelation, and the Foundations of
Political Philosophy (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987). 254 pp.
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).
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.
Religion, Wealth and Poverty
(Vancouver, B. C.: Fraser Institute,
1990). 202 pp.
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.)
Idylls and Rambles: Lighter Christian Essays (San
Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1994). 240 pp.
Does Catholicism Still Exist?
(Staten Island, N. Y.: Alba House,
1994). 260 pp.
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.
Jacques Maritain: The Philosopher in Society (Lanham, MD.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). 241 pp.
Schall on Chesterton: Timely Essays on Timeless
Paradoxes (Washington: The Catholic University of America
Press, 2000). 296 pp.
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Jose Gualberto I. Villasis, “Christian Political Philosophy
in the Thought of James Vincent Schall,” Dissertatio ad Laurean in Facultate
Philosophiae, Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a S. Thoma Aquino in Urbe, Rev.
Fr. Aldred Wilder, O. P., Moderator, Romae, 1999, 379 pp.
Mark Guerra, Editor, Reason, Revelation, and Human
Affairs: Selected Writings of James V. Schall (Lanham, MD.:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).
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PAMPHLET:
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.
CHAPTERS
IN BOOKS:
"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.
"Golden and Detestable Ages: The Christian and the Human Lot," Proceedings of the
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1978, (Kansas City), pp. 6-12.
"Religion and the Demise of Capitalism," in The
Denigration of Capitalism, Edited by Michael Novak, (Washington: American Enterprise Institute, 1979). pp. 32-38.
"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.
"The Reach of Finite Intellect," The Patenting
of Recombinant DNA, ITEST Conference, St. Louis, March, 198l. pp. 20-34.
"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.
"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.
"On Imitating the Creator," in Papal Economics,
Edited by Philip F. Lawler, (Washington:
Heritage Foundation, 1982). pp.
18-28.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Les libertés protégées et l'iniative personnelle
calculable," Droits de l'Homme:
Approche Chrétienne, (Roma:
Herder, 1984). pp. 125-52.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Newness That Is Not New," A New Worldly Order,
Edited by George Weigel (Washington:
Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1992), pp. 143-48.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
“Introduction: Justice, Pleasure, Right, Duty, and Beyond,” Ethics
and Economics (Grand Rapids, MI.: Acton Institute, 1998), pp. ix-xviii.
“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.
“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.
“On the Reality of Fantasy,” Tolkien: A Celebration,
Edited by Joseph Pearce (London:
Fount/HarperCollins, 1999), pp. 67-72.
“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.
“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.
PERIODICAL
ESSAYS:
"The Necessity of Government," The Commonweal,
LXI (November 29, 1954). pp. 215-17.
"The Future of Distributism," The Commonweal,
LXII (May 6, 1955). pp. 123-25.
"Defending the Electoral College," Social Order,
6 (September 1956). pp. 23-25.
"The Totality of Society: From Justice to Friendship," The Thomist, XX
(January, 1957). pp. 1-26.
"Some Philosophic Aspects of Religion and
Culture," The New Scholasticism, XXXI (April, 1957). pp. 209-36.
"Buber and Huxley:
Some Recent Developments in Philosophy," The Month,
(London), N. S., V. 19 (February, 1958).
pp. 97-101.
"The Political Philosophy of Reinhold Niebuhr," Thought,
XXXIII (Spring, 1958). pp. 62-80.
"Generalization and Concrete Activity in Natural Law
Theory," Archiv fÜr Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, (Mainz), XLV
(Mai, 1959). pp. 161-92.
"On the Beach: The Limits of Mortality," The
Catholic World, 191 (May, 1960).
pp. 80-85.
"Theory in American Politics," Modern Age,
4 (Spring, 1960). pp. 150-59.
"The Resurrection Today," America, CV (April 1, 1981). pp. 10-13.
"Government Without Bother," Thought, XXXVI
(Summer, 1961). pp. 277-88.
"The Post-Modern World," The Commonweal,
February 23, 1962.
"Cartesianism and Political Theory," Review of
Politics, 24 (April, 1962). pp.
260-82.
"Mr. Buckley at Santa Clara," The Catholic
World, 195 (August, 1962). pp.
275-80.
"The Abiding Significance of Gnosticism," American
Ecclesiastical Review, CXLVII (September, 1962). pp. 164-73.
"The Responsibilities of Christians to the World,"
Social Order, 12 (October, 1962).
pp. 367-75.
"The Significance of Post-Aristotelian Thought in
Political Theory," Cithara, 3 (November, 1963). pp. 56-79.
"The Problem of Poverty," World Justice,
(Louvain), V (December, 1963). pp.
197-207.
"Christmas and the World," The Commonweal,
LXXIX (December 27, 1963). pp. 389-92.
"Penance: The
Redemption of Sins," Worship, XXXVIII (February, 1964). pp. 133-41.
"The Meaning of Man: the Hominization of the
Universe," Washington, National Council of Catholic Women, November, 1964.
"The Crisis of Redemption in Modern Literature," Religion-in-Life,
37 (Autumn, 1964). pp. 617-30.
"Protestantism and Atheism," Thought, XXXIX
(December, 1964). pp. 531-58.
"Ethics and International Relations," World
Justice, (Louvain), VI (July, 1965).
pp. 462-75.
"Science and the Scriptural View of the Universe,"
The Catholic World, 202 (January, 1966). pp. 233-37.
"Censorship in the Church," XXXIII The
Commonweal, (February 24, 1966).
pp. 601-03.
"The Secular City and God," The Catholic World,
199 (October, 1966). pp. 20-31.
"Religion and War," The Commonweal, LXXXV
(November 18, 1966). pp. 193-96.
"'Wars Will Cease When ...," Worldview, 10
(May, 1967). pp. 9-11.
"The Beginnings of World War III?" America,
117 (July 1, 1967). pp. 14-17.
"Christian Political Approaches to Population
Problems," World Justice, (Louvain), (#3, l966-67). pp. 301-23.
"The Revolutionary Hypothesis," The Downside
Review, (England), 85 (October, 1967).
pp. 419-27.
"America and the Future," America, (March
23, 1968).
"The Modern Church and the Totalitarian State," Studies,
(Dublin), LVII (Summer, 1968). pp.
113-27.
"What Is at Stake?" The Month, (London), N.
S., V. 40 (October, 1968). pp. 245-51.
"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.
"The Contemporary Crisis and the Will of America,"
Worldview, 11 (April, 1968). pp.
11-14.
"The University, Revolution, and Freedom," Studies,
(Dublin), LVIII (Summer, 1969). pp.
115-26.
"The University and the Unhinging of Society," Worldview,
12 (June, 1969). pp. 13-17.
"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).
"War and the Balance of Power," Vital Speeches,
XXXVI (January 15, 1970). pp. 211-17.
"Peace and 'Hair'," The Month, N. S. 1 (London), (Fe