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The evening of life: The challenges of aging and dying well By PaulScherz, Joseph E.Davis, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. 2020. 214 pp.

The evening of life: The challenges of aging and dying well By PaulScherz, Joseph E.Davis, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. 2020. 214 pp.

John E.Thiel, Now and Forever: A Theological Aesthetics of Time. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023, 203pp. $50.00

John E.Thiel, Now and Forever: A Theological Aesthetics of Time. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023, 203pp. $50.00

Pope Francis and Mercy: A Dynamic Theological Hermeneutic. Gill K.Goulding. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. 264. $65.00.

Pope Francis and Mercy: A Dynamic Theological Hermeneutic. Gill K.Goulding. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. 264. $65.00.

Ann Hartle: What Happened to Civility: The Promise and Failure of Montaigne's Modern Project. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Pp. ix, 178.)

Ann Hartle: What Happened to Civility: The Promise and Failure of Montaigne's Modern Project. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Pp. ix, 178.)

Political History of the Peruvian Left - The Fate of Peruvian Democracy: Political Violence, Human Rights, and the Legal Left. By Tamara Feinstein. Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. 324. $65.00 cloth; $51.99 e-book.

Political History of the Peruvian Left - The Fate of Peruvian Democracy: Political Violence, Human Rights, and the Legal Left. By Tamara Feinstein. Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. 324. $65.00 cloth; $51.99 e-book.

Catholics without Rome. Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the reunion negotiations of the 1870s. By Bryn Geffert and LeRoy Boemeke. Pp. xxiv + 535 incl. 37 figs. Notre Dame, In: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. £119. 978 0 268 20242 2

Catholics without Rome. Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the reunion negotiations of the 1870s. By Bryn Geffert and LeRoy Boemeke. Pp. xxiv + 535 incl. 37 figs. Notre Dame, I<scp>n</scp>: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. £119. 978 0 268 20242 2

Ecclesial Boundaries and National Identity in the Orthodox Church by TamaraGrdzelidze (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), vii + 276 pp.

<i>Ecclesial Boundaries and National Identity in the Orthodox Church</i> by TamaraGrdzelidze (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), vii + 276 pp.

The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: ecumenism, feminism, and communal practice by Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. x+232. US$65 (hbk).

The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: ecumenism, feminism, and communal practice by Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Pp. x+232. US$65 (hbk).

The Bible and the Crisis of Modernism: Catholic Criticism in the Twentieth Century. By Tomáš Petráček. Translated by David Livingstone and Addison Hart. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. vii + 421 pp. $125 hardcover.

The Bible and the Crisis of Modernism: Catholic Criticism in the Twentieth Century. By Tomáš Petráček. Translated by David Livingstone and Addison Hart. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. vii + 421 pp. $125 hardcover.

Catholics Without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s. By Bryn Geffert and LeRoy Boerneke. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. xxiv + 536 pp. $150.00 hardcover.

Catholics Without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s. By Bryn Geffert and LeRoy Boerneke. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. xxiv + 536 pp. $150.00 hardcover.

The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor. By Jordan DanielWood. Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame, 2022. Pp. 384. $70.00 (HB)/$35.00 (PB).

The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus Confessor. By Jordan DanielWood. Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame, 2022. Pp. 384. $70.00 (<scp>HB</scp>)/$35.00 (<scp>PB</scp>).

Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God by Ryan G. Duns SJ, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2020, pp. xxvi + 357, $70.00, hbk

Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God by Ryan G. Duns SJ, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2020, pp. xxvi + 357, $70.00, hbk

Ingram, C. Mathew and Kapiszewski, Diana (eds.) (2019) Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN), 344 pp. $55.00 hbk

Ingram, C. Mathew and Kapiszewski, Diana (eds.) (2019) Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN), 344 pp. $55.00 hbk

Black Christianity in the Americas - Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America's First Black Christians. By Jeroen Dewulf. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Pp. 368. $65.00 cloth; $51.99 e-book.

Black Christianity in the Americas - Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America's First Black Christians. By Jeroen Dewulf. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Pp. 368. $65.00 cloth; $51.99 e-book.

William C. Kashatus. William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia.

Journal Article William C. Kashatus. William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia. Get access William C. Kashatus. William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame Press, 2021. Pp. xviii, 348. Cloth $39.00. Marcus P. Nevius Marcus P. Nevius University of Missouri, US Email: mpnevius@uri.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 128, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 1006–1007, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad199 Published: 22 June 2023

Church of the Ever Greater God: The Ecclesiology of Erich Przywara. By AaronPidel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020. Pp. xv, 306. $60.00.

The Heythrop JournalEarly View Book Review Church of the Ever Greater God: The Ecclesiology of Erich Przywara. By Aaron Pidel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020. Pp. xv, 306. $60.00. SJ Henry Shea, Corresponding Author SJ Henry Shea [email protected] Boston CollegeSearch for more papers by this author SJ Henry Shea, Corresponding Author SJ Henry Shea [email protected] Boston CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.14227Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

Peacebuilding and Catholic Social Teaching. By Theodora Hawksley. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020. x + 324 pages. $42.00 (paper).

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Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Autobiography by Émile Perreau-Saussine and translated by Nathan J. Pinkoski

French author and former lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, Émile Perreau-Saussine (1972-2010), has produced an intellectual autobiography of famed philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre (born in 1929). Nathan J. Pinkoski, Research Fellow and Director of Academic Programs at the Zephyr Institute, has rendered the original French edition into English translation. Released by the University of Notre Dame Press in 2022, the volume constitutes a concise yet thoughtful interpretation of the whole of MacIntyre’s corpus. The text analyzes MacIntyre’s contributions to politics, philosophy, and theology, explaining both MacIntyre’s intellectual and historical influences and his continued relevance for the contemporary problems facing the modern world. The volume begins with a Foreword by Pierre Manent, Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy at the École des Haute Études en Sciences Sociales, the same that appears in the original French edition. Manent praises what he finds to be a balanced evaluation of MacIntyre, one that possesses the “necessary sympathy” while simultaneously maintaining an objective eye. But beyond praising Perreau-Saussine’s account, Manent raises concerns of his own that are worth mentioning as they anticipate many of the issues that Manent raises in his own recent work, Natural Law and Human Rights: Toward a Recovery of Practical Reason. While Manent praises MacIntyre for “identifying the central lacuna in our approach to the modern world”—the loss of real consideration of human action and practical reason, Manent is also critical of how MacIntyre departs from a more faithful understanding of Aristotle. Specifically, Manent is concerned with MacIntyre’s predilection for treating human persons as “social animals” rather than “political animals” and the implications of this approach. One manifestation of this approach, according to Manent, is that MacIntyre’s technical models of practical action place MacIntyre closer to Oakeshott than Aristotle in his understanding of tradition. The upshot of this criticism is that it raises the question of what place MacIntyre really affords human reason—whether it falls to tradition alone to raise us out of the morass of modern society or whether one can appeal to reason to settle questions of common concern or even to scrutinize and critically approbate traditions so as to keep them vibrant and alive. All in all, Manent’s appreciative, but rather critical treatment of MacIntyre is worth reading and serves as a useful contextualization for Manent’s recent work.

Liturgical Song and Practice in Dante's 'Commedia' by Helena Phillips-Robins

Reviewed by: Liturgical Song and Practice in Dante's 'Commedia' by Helena Phillips-Robins Alejandro Cuadrado Liturgical Song and Practice in Dante's 'Commedia'. By Helena Phillips-Robins. (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature, 19) Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 2021. xvi+307 pp. $60. ISBN 978–0–268–20068–8. The impressive slate of Dante-related publications by Notre Dame's Devers Series has its most recent instalment in Helena Phillips-Robins's Liturgical Song and Practice in Dante's 'Commedia', a well-researched and interdisciplinary reading of the [End Page 249] role of liturgy in Dante's poem. In this book Phillips-Robins not only articulates the presence of liturgical song in Purgatorio and Paradiso, but argues that these songs invite readers of the Commedia to participate in the same performance as the souls depicted in the poem. The first chapter, 'Liturgy and Community', examines two liturgical moments that bookend a soul's time in Purgatory: the 'In exitu Israel de Aegypto' sung aboard the angelic ferry to Purgatory in Purgatorio ii and the Gloria sung in celebration of Statius's completed purgation in Purgatorio xx. Using evidence from liturgical practices attested in medieval Italian ordinals, Phillips-Robins hypothesizes a reader response in which Dante's reader would pause to complete the psalm or Gloria, and in doing so participate in a transformation similar to that experienced by the penitent souls in Purgatorio. The second chapter, 'Liturgy and Participation in Christ', continues the argument that Dante invites readers to participate in the psalms of the Commedia, first by examining the two psalms of Purgatorio xxiii ('Labïa mea, Domine' and 'Elì'). Leaning on patristic sources, Phillips-Robins argues that these psalms invite the reader to adopt the principle of imitatio Christi. The chapter then broadens its scope to include the liturgical songs in Paradiso x and Purgatorio xi as 'explicit invitations to the reader to engage in devotional activity' (p. 108). A section in the middle of the chapter catalogues at breakneck pace the passages in the Commedia in which Dante indicates that he is only partially citing a liturgical song. Given Phillips-Robins's convincing close reading of Purgatorio xxiii, one wishes she had given more attention to each passage listed. In 'The Shared Voice of Liturgical Prayer' (Chapter 3) Phillips-Robins turns her attention to the liturgical songs in the final cantos of Purgatorio: the 'In te, Domine, speravi' of Purgatorio xxx and the 'Asperges me' of Purgatorio xxxi. She also treats the Prayer to the Virgin of Paradiso xxxiii, arguing that intercessory prayer in Dante's Commedia involves both those praying and those being prayed for. The second half of this chapter turns to Giovanni di Paolo's celebrated manuscript illuminations in Yates Thompson 36, especially those that depict Marian devotion (three of these are reproduced in black and white). Phillips-Robins argues that 'Giovanni di Paolo shows himself to be particularly attuned to Dante's invitations to his readers to engage, in the first person, with the divine' (p. 163). The final chapter, 'Liturgy and Love', is at once the most successful and the one that strays furthest from the book's central theme. In this chapter Phillips-Robins traces a historical itinerary of the idea of 'believing in' from Augustine through to thirteenth-century theologians, including the prominent preacher Giordano da Pisa. Against this historical and theological context, Phillips-Robins offers a careful close reading of Dante's Credo in the Heaven of the Fixed Stars, arguing that his creed engages in a 'movement in love toward' God (p. 191). One limitation is the extent to which Phillips-Robins insists that certain materials such as the Florentine ordinals are 'all but unknown in Dante studies' (p. 13) or 'as yet all but untapped in Dante studies' (pp. 14 and 31). A visit to her extensive and well-documented footnotes (especially nn. 50 and 57 in the Introduction) shows [End Page 250] that Dante scholars have tapped some of these sources, most notably in Francesco Ciabattoni's Dante's Journey to Polyphony (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010). Similarly, Alessandro Vettori's recent...

An Ambitious Goal: A Grounded, Informed, and Compelling Theological Bioethics

AbstractIn Disability's Challenge to Theology: Genes, Eugenics, and the Metaphysics of Modern Medicine (Notre Dame Press, 2022), Devan Stahl establishes an ambitious goal: develop a Christian bioethics that is metaphysically grounded, informed by the experience of disability, and culturally compelling. She argues that personhood is not the possession of certain abilities; all humans are worthy of dignity and respect because they are created by God in God's image. According to Stahl, persons should be valued for who they are and treated with radical acceptance. Interventions on the body should be judged on whether they promote flourishing, and such judgments should be informed by the experience of disability and made in community. These arguments will be of interest to Christian bioethics, disability scholars, and those interested in the capability approach, but clinical ethicists may find Stahl's book less compelling.