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Book SynopsisThe complete bibliography of the writings of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. (1918-2008), with essays pertaining to the last year of his life.
Trade Review"For anyone who studied under Avery Dulles, cherished his writing, or simply admired his patient influence on American Catholicism, this collection is a small treasure. Intended as a companion volume to Church and Society, Cardinal Dulles's Lawrence J. McGinley lectures from 1988 to 2007, the book includes a complete bibliography of his books, articles, and occasional pieces and then a series of papers clustered around Dulles's last public lecture and his death. Throughout, the only American theologian to be named a cardinal comes modestly and vividly to life." -- -Father Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. President Emeritus, Georgetown University "In this companion volume to Church and Society, the editors have provided the great service of presenting the most comprehensive bibliographical guide available to the breadth and richness of the thought of Avery Cardinal Dulles. What is more, the volume offers indispensible sources of insight into his final days, bearing witness to a man whose thinking bore fruit in life and in death, a very good fruit born of a lifelong unity of purpose and desire to be conformed to Life Itself given in the Person of Christ, the True Head of the Church, and the whole of the human family. One could not imagine a more fitting memorial to the life of this exemplary Jesuit priest and traveler on the Way charted for us by the Lord Jesus." -- -Gary Culpepper Providence College "This collection of bibliography, homilies, and reflections on Avery Dulles fills out the extraordinary legacy of American Catholicism's most accomplished theologian. It also reminds admirers of the Cardinal's work that the vocation of theology can be a path of holiness and highest intellectual rigor." -- -Father James Massa United States Conference of Catholic Bishops "Like the work of Dulles himself, this volume's primary appeal may not be as much in its purely original content as in the way it creatively organizes, edits, and presents material that can be difficult to grasp at first." -First Thoughts "... A fitting memorial to this great man..." -The Chesterton Review "This work serves as a companion to the previous volume of McGinley Lectures, published as Church and Society (Fordham 2008), and also provides an independent research guide for scholars, theologians, and anyone interested in American Catholicism in the decades immediately before and following the Second Vatican Council." -American Catholic Studies Newsletter
