. Philip Bess, University of Notre Dame
. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.,
Rice University
. Jorge Garcia, Boston College
. Laura Garcia, Boston
College
. Kevin Hart, University
of Notre Dame
. Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University
. David Lyle Jeffrey, Baylor University
. Leo Linbeck III, Rice University
. Alasdair MacIntyre, University
of Notre Dame
. Ralph McInerny, University of Notre
Dame
. Barbara Nicolosi, Act One: Writing
for Hollywood
. William Schickel, Schickel Studios
. Thomas Gordon Smith, University of Notre
Dame
. Duncan Stroik,
University of Notre Dame
. Gregory Wolfe, Image Journal
. Ralph Wood, Baylor University
Philip Bess is the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture’s incoming Graduate Director. Previously he taught at Andrews University, University of Michigan, Miami of Ohio, and University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his M.T.S. from Harvard University Divinity School and his M. Arch. from the University of Virginia School of Architecture in 1981. He directed a Summer Seminar in Christian Scholarship at Calvin on New Urbanism and Communities of Faith in 2001, and in 2002 served as coordinator of a conference on the same topic co-sponsored by Calvin College and The Seaside Institute. He received the “Teacher of the Year” award in 2001 from the Andrews University Division of Architecture and the Annual Award for Excellence in Faculty Research / Creative Activity, after which he was awarded travel funds to graphically document selected European urban streets and squares for course enhancement. He is the author of Inland Architecture: Subterranean Essays on Moral Order and Formal Order in Chicago (Interalia Design Books, 2000) and City Baseball Magic: Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense About Cities and Baseball Parks (Reissue by Knothole Press, 1999). He is also the author of “Not Too Late to Hold Politicians and Major League Baseball Accountable” in the Minneapolis Star- Tribune and “Cities Should Be Planned Around People” in Hartford’s Courant; publications which reflect an interest in neighborhood baseball park design and town planning. He has worked through Thursday Architects in Chicago since 1985, serving as a design consultant for municipalities, architects, and community development corporations. He engages in tasks as diverse as town and neighborhood master planning, code and ordinance writing and parking and traffic analysis.
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. holds full professorships at both Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University and is a member of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. He is the editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, co-editor of Christian Bioethics, co-editor of the Philosophy and Medicine book series with over sixty volumes in print, co-editor of the book series Clinical Medical Ethics, and editor of the series Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Engelhardt has authored over two hundred fifty articles and chapters of books in addition to numerous book reviews and other publications. There have been over one hundred twenty reprintings or translations of his publications. He has also co-edited more than twenty-five volumes and has lectured widely throughout the world. His books include Bioethics and Secular Humanism: The Search for a Common Morality and the second, thoroughly revised edition of The Foundations of Bioethics, which has appeared in Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. A Chinese translation of Bioethics and Secular Humanism appeared in 1998. His most recent work is The Foundations of Christian Bioethics, which appeared in the summer of 2000. Engelhardt is a member of the Advisory Board of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Jorge Garcia joined the philosophy faculty of Boston College in 2000. He received his B.A. from Fordham and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1980. Since then, he has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Rutgers, and Boston College. His interests include ethics, the history of moral theory, and Black philosophy. He has authored “Topics in the New Natural Law Theory," American Journal of Jurisprudence; "Lies and the Vices of Deception," Faith and Philosophy; and “Liberal Theory, Human Freedom, and the Politics of Sexual Morality” in Religion and Contemporary Liberalism. His book, The Heart of Racism: Essays on Diversity, Race, and Relativism, which deals with virtues as the basis of moral theory, will be published in August 2004 by Rowman & Littlefield. Garcia is a member of the Advisory Board of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Laura Garcia is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Boston College. She received her B.A. from Westmont and her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1983. She has taught previously at St. Mary’s College, Calvin College, University of St. Thomas, University of Notre Dame, Catholic University of America, Georgetown University, and Rutgers University. Her scholarly work has focused on distinctively Christian approaches to contemporary issues in ethics and metaphysics. She has also lectured widely on issues related to marriage and the family as well as Catholic feminism. Among her recent papers is "Sex and Conversation," her interpretive study of Pope John Paul II's views on gender, marriage and the body. She is the author of “Edith Stein on Feminism and the Cross,” Crisis; “A Personalist Understanding of Marriage,” forthcoming in Logos; and “St. John of the Cross on the Necessity of Divine Hiddenness,” forthcoming in a collection edited by Daniel Howard-Snyder and Paul Moser, Oxford tentative. Garcia is a member of the Advisory Board of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Kevin Hart is professor of English and a fellow of the Nanovic Institute of European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and presently studies poetry, religious literature, and the interconnections between philosophy and literature. He has authored The Trespass of the Sign (CUP, 1990), A.D. Hope (OUP, 1993), and Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property (CUP, 1999). His seventh collection of poetry was titled Flame Tree: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2001). Most recently, he completed a new study, “The Dark Gaze: Maurice Blanchot and the Sacred", and is completing editorial work, with Geoffrey Hartman, Maurice Blanchot: The Power of Contestation (forthcoming 2005). Hart is the recipient of the NSW and Victorian Premier's Awards for Poetry, the Christopher Brennan Award, and the Wesley Michel Wright Award. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Thomas Hibbs of Baylor University is the Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture and Dean of the Honors College. He received his B.A. from the University of Dallas and his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. Before going to Baylor, he served as Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Boston College. His areas of specialization include Aquinas, ethics, and philosophy and popular culture. His second book on Aquinas has recently hit the press, titled Virtue’s Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Good Life (Fordham, 2001). Hibbs has been on the program committee for the Metaphysical Society and on the program and executive committee of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Currently he is on the the executive committee of the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. He has been interviewed more than sixty times for radio pieces on popular culture, and has delivered more than thirty lectures on the same topic. His published work, Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture (Spence Publishing, 2000), accompanies regular book reviews for The Weekly Standard and writing on film and culture for National Review Online. His book forthcoming is titled Philosophy and Film Noir, and his next project concerns the thought of Pascal.
David Lyle Jeffrey is Baylor University’s Provost and Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities. He has worked and taught at Baylor since 2000, becoming Provost in June of 2003. He holds a B.A. degree from Wheaton College and a Ph.D. from Princeton. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1996. Named Inaugural Professor of the Year at the University of Ottawa in 1995, he has also been Guest Professor at Peking University (Beijing) since 1996. He served as Department Chair of English both at the University of Victoria and the University of Ottawa, and has taught also at the Universities of Rochester, Hull (UK) and Regent College. Jeffrey is General Editor and co-author of A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature (Eerdmans, 1992). Among his other books are The Early English Lyric and Franciscan Spirituality (University of Nebraska, 1975); By Things Seen: Reference and Recognition in Medieval Thought (University of Ottawa, 1979); Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (University of Ottawa, 1984); English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley (Eerdmans, 1987; 2001); English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif (Regent College, 1988; 2001); People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (Eerdmans, 1996; Chinese translation in 2002); with Brian J. Levy he has edited The Anglo-Norman Lyric (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1990); and with Dominic Manganiello he has edited and co-authored Rethinking the Future of the University (University of Ottawa, 1999). Jeffrey's current research interests involve the relationship of biblical humanities to literary and artistic expression. A book relating to literature, entitled Houses of the Interpreter appeared earlier this year (Baylor University Press). A long-term team project to create a dictionary of biblical tradition in western art is next on his agenda.
Leo Linbeck III is
chairman and CEO of Linbeck Construction Corporation, president and
CEO of Linbeck Corporation, and adjunct professor at the Jones School
of Business at Rice University. He also teaches at Stanford Graduate
School of Business every year since 1994, and has lectured at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and the University of Texas - Dallas.
Mr. Linbeck was awarded a B.A. from the Program of Liberal Studies (Great
Books) and B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame,
a M.S. in Structural Engineering from University of Texas at Austin,
and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1996
Linbeck founded and served as President and CEO of NextStage Entertainment,
a developer and operator of mid-size live performance facilities that
opened a prototype theater in the Dallas-Fort Worth market in February,
2002. Linbeck is also Vice Chairman of the Institute of Advanced
Study in Musical Theatre. Additionally, Mr. Linbeck has been involved
in the Lean Construction Institute, Crisis Magazine, St. John’s
School, Rice Design Alliance, and Young Presidents Organization.
Alasdair MacIntyre is
professor of philosophy and Permanent Research Fellow of the Center
for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. MacIntyre
has written widely in philosophy since his first book, Marxism:
An Interpretation, appeared in 1953. He has taught at Oxford
University, Princeton University, Brandeis University, Boston University,
Wellesley College, Vanderbilt University, Duke University, and the University
of Notre Dame. In 1989 he was a Luce Visiting Scholar at the Whitney
Humanities Center of Yale University. He has also served as President
of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. MacIntyre is the author of over thirty books, including the influential
triumvirate of recent works: After Virtue, Whose Justice?
Which Rationality?, and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry:
Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition. He has made prominent
contributions to the history of philosophy, moral philosophy, political
theory, philosophy of the social sciences, and philosophy of religion. He is currently working on a number of projects, including an examination
of the philosophical work of Edith Stein set against the background
of twentieth century phenomenology.
Ralph McInerny,
professor of philosophy and director of the Jacques Maritain Center
at Notre Dame, holds degrees from the St. Paul Seminary, University
of Minnesota and Laval University. He has taught at the University of
Notre Dame since 1955 and since 1978 has been the Michael P. Grace Professor
of Medeival Studies. He is author of two dozen scholarly books and many
more scholarly essays, as well as numerous general interest works. He
is expert in the work of Thomas Aquinas, Soren Kierkegaard, and Jacques
Maritain, and has written and lectured extensively on ethics, philosophy
of religion, and medieval philosophy. McInerny is editor of an acclaimed
series of translations of Aquinas's commentaries; for many years, he
directed Notre Dame's prestigious Medieval Institute. In his spare time,
he founded, edited, and wrote for Crisis, a journal of lay
Catholic opinion, and penned over fifty novels, including the well-known
Father Dowling mystery series. He has appeared on William Buckley's
Firing Line and National Public Radio, and has lectured in nine countries,
spanning three continents. He has served as president of the American
Catholic Philosophical Association, the Metaphysical Society, the American
Maritain Society and the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. He is a fellow
of the Pontifical Academy of St.Thomas Aquinas. His Gifford Lectures,
delivered in Glasgow in 1999-2000, were published under the title Characters
in Search of Their Author (UND, 2001). He was recently appointed
to membership on President Bush's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
McInerny is a member of the Advisory Board of the Notre Dame Center
for Ethics and Culture.
Barbara Nicolosi is the program director for Act One: Writing for Hollywood, a comprehensive training and mentorship center created to form the next generation of Christian artists and professionals. Ms. Nicolosi has an MA in Film from Northwestern University. She has been a director of development, a reader for the Humanitas Prize, and a consultant on many film and television projects. Her feature screenplay, Select Society, is being developed by Reel Life Women Productions, Bel Air. She writes a media column for Ligourian magazine, is on the executive committee of the City of the Angels Film Festival, the board of CIMA and frequently addresses writer's conferences on screenwriting and the arts.
William Schickel, sculptor, painter and designer, has created a vast body of work over the past fifty years. In the manner of Renaissance artists, his work includes paintings, stained glass, sculptures, furniture, architectural and industrial designs. His design for the renovation of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky won the AIA Gold Medal award and high praise from Thomas Merton, who was on the building committee. Other notable ecclesiastical commissions include the fountain Living Water at the Grotto at Notre Dame; the Shrine of Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri; the baptistery at the Roofless Church in New Harmony, Indiana; the Grailville Oratory in Ohio, and the Interfaith Chapel at Miami Valley Hosptial, also in Ohio . He has collaborated with Marcel Breuer, Pietro Belluchi, Gyo Obata, and Philip Johnson . His works are widely exhibited and are included in major collections - including the Vatican Collection. Mr. Schickel attended the University of Notre Dame where he came under the influence of Frank O'Malley and Yves Simon - who in turn introduced him to the bracing cultural vision of Jacques Maritain. Maritain's belief that religious art, to be authentic, must flow from the strong cultural currents of the age touched Schickel deeply. He also served formative apprenticeships to Eugene Kormandi (Hungarian expatriate and sculptor in residence at Notre Dame) and Emil Frei (American stained glass designer). Schickel's life and work are featured in the book Sacred Passion: the Art of William Schickel, by Gregory Wolfe (Beauty of Catholic Life Series, 1998). Mr. Schickel and his wife, Mary Frei Schickel, live and work in Loveland, Ohio.
Thomas Gordon Smith, a professor of architecture at Notre Dame, joined Notre Dame's School of Architecture in 1989, earning the school an international reputation in the new classicism. Smith earned his bachelor's degree in painting and sculpture and his master of architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the Notre Dame faculty, he taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Chicago, UCLA and Yale University. Smith has since stepped down from his chair position, devoting time to his professional work and his company based in South Bend: Thomas Gordon Smith Architects (http://www.thomasgordonsmitharchitects.com), which focuses on residential work and work for the Catholic Church. Recent projects include a 100,000-square-foot seminary, and a new parish church and a new Benedictine Monastery. In 1988 he published Classical Architecture: Rule and Invention (Gribbs Smith Publisher), a polemic for the revival of Classical precepts and forms including several of his architectural projects. In spring 2003, Monacelli Press will publish his edition of the five books of Vitruvius most pertinent to contemporary architecture. His illustrations for “Vitruvius on Architecture” have been exhibited at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art. Smith’s work and achievements have been featured in fellow architect Richard John’s book titled Thomas Gordon Smith and the Rebirth of Classical Architecture (Andreas Papadakis Pub, 2001).
Duncan Stroik is a professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. His teaching, research, and practice grows out of a commitment to the principles of classical architecture and urbanism. He studied architecture as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia and as a graduate at Yale University, where he focused on recapturing the principles of classical architecture. From 1987 to 1990, he served as a designer for the architect Allan Greenberg, with whom he designed a number of prestigious civic and residential projects. In 1990 he was invited to help form and implement a new curriculum at the University of Notre Dame. Prof. Stroik developed new courses in classical architecture and urbanism based on Renaissance and Beaux Arts educational models as well as contemporary scholarship. Prof. Stroik's award-winning house, "Villa Indiana," grew out of his research into Andrea Palladio's buildings in Italy and is an example of how classical principles can be applied to an economical house in the contemporary world. Paul Goldberger, of the New York Times described it as "an exquisite small pavilion with a barrel-vaulted central room and a gentle, almost Jeffersonian air." In June 1998 Prof. Stroik and "Villa Indiana" were featured in the Arts and Entertainment Television series "In Search of Palladio" hosted by Bob Vila. Prof. Stroik's involvement in issues of sacred architecture has also led to the formation of the "Society for Catholic Liturgy" and the Sacred Architecture Journal of which he is the editor. In addition to publishing and lecturing, Prof. Stroik has also organized conferences on sacred architecture and seminars in Italy. He has built work in Ireland, Kentucky and Nebraska and at present is working on projects in California, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Arizona, Minnesota, and Chicago. Details about his work and photos can be found at his website, http://www.stroikarchitect.com.
Gregory Wolfe is the publisher and editor of Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion and the Director of the Center for Religious Humanism. He also serves as Writer in Residence at Seattle Pacific University. Among his books are Malcolm Muggeridge: A Biography (ISI Books, 2003) and Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998). A collection of his editorial statements from Image, entitled Intruding Upon the Timeless: Meditations on Art, Faith, and Mystery, was published in the fall of 2003 by Square Halo Books. Another collection of essays, Beauty Will Save the World: Art, Faith, and the Stewardship of Culture will be published by ISI Books in 2004. Wolfe is also the editor of The New Religious Humanists: A Reader (Free Press, 1997) and the co-author of Circle of Grace: Praying with--and for--Your Children (Ballantine Books, 2000), Books That Build Character (Touchstone, 1994), Climb High, Climb Far (Fireside, 1997), and The Family New Media Guide (Touchstone, 1997). He has published essays, reviews, and articles in numerous journals, including Commonweal, First Things, National Review, Crisis, Modern Age, and New Oxford Review. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Hillsdale College and his M.A. in English literature from Oxford University. Wolfe is currently writing a book tentatively titled Christian Humanism: A Faith for All Seasons.
Ralph Wood, professor of English, received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from East Texas State University, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology and Literature from the University of Chicago. His teaching and research commitments include Christian Literary Classics (especially the works of Dante, Herbert, Bunyan, and Hopkins), the Oxford Inklings, as well as 20th century theology and literature (especially Karl Barth and Flannery O'Connor). Before going to Baylor, he taught for 26 years at Wake Forest University, where he won awards for distinguished teaching. Recent publications include The Comedy of Redemption: Christian Faith and Comic Vision in Four American Novelists (Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, John Updike, Peter De Vries) (University of Notre Dame Press, 1988), "Gumption and Grace in the Novels of Kaye Gibbons," Christian Century 109, 27 (September 23-30, 1992), and "Words Under the Rocks" [an essay on the film version of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It], Christian Century 110, 2 (January 20, 1993).
