Thomist Spotlight | Ralph McInerny (1929- )

Thomist Spotlight | Ralph McInerny (1929- )

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Ralph McInerny

Ralph McInerny is Michael P. Grace professor of medieval studies at Notre Dame University, where he heads the Jacques Maritain Center. He helped found Crisis and Catholic Dossier magazines, and he continues to write frequently for both. A specialist in the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, he has written and edited 22 books about Thomistic and other medieval philosophies, including, most recently, “Thomas Aquinas” (Penguin Classics, 1998). In addition, he has written more than 60 novels, including the well-known Father Dowling mystery series. His latest Father Dowling book is “Grave Undertakings” (Minataur, 2000). He has also published several books on Catholic spiritual topics, including “What Went Wrong With Vatican II” (Sophia Institute Press, 1998).
From ISI

Dr. McInerny is the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. at Laval University, and is the author of The Logic of Analogy (Martinus Nijhoff, 1961), Thomism in an Age of Renewal (Doubleday, 1966), St. Thomas Aquinas (Twayne Publishers, 1977), Ethica Thomistica (Catholic University of America Press, 1982), A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists (University of Notre Dame Press, 1990), Boethius and Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 1990), Aquinas on Human Action (Catholic University of America Press, 1992), The Question of Christian Ethics (Catholic University of America Press, 1993), and Aquinas Against the Averroists (Purdue University Press, 1993). Professor McInerny is a fellow of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas and past president of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, the American Metaphysical Society and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. In 1999-2000 Professor McInerny delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.

Philosophical Books

• 1961 The Logic of Analogy: An Interpretation of St. Thomas, The Hague, Nijhoff. 184 pp.
• 1963 From the Beginnings of Philosophy to Plotinus. Western Philosophy, Vol 1, Chicago, Regnery. 382 pp.
• 1966 Thomism in an Age of Renewal, Garden City, Doubleday. 207 pp.
• 1968 Studies in Analogy, The Hague, Nijhoff. 137 pp.
• 1970 Philosophy from Augustine to Ockham. A History of Western Philosophy, Vol 2, Notre Dame, Univ of Notre Dame Press. 386pp
• 1981 Rhyme and Reason: St Thomas and Modes of Discourse, Milwaukee, Marquette University Press. 70 pp.
• 1982 St. Thomas Aquinas, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press. 197 pp.
• 1982 Ethica Thomistica, Washington, DC, The Catholic University of America Press. 130 pp.
• 1983 History of the Ambrosiana, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press. 136 pp.
• 1986 Being and Predication, Washington, DC, The Catholic University of America Press. 323 pp.
• 1988 Art and Prudence, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press. 205 pp.
• 1989 First Glance at Thomas Aquinas : Handbook for Peeping Thomists
• 1990 Boethius and Aquinas, Washington, DC, The Catholic University of America. 266 pp.
• 1992 Aquinas on Human Action, Washington, DC, Catholic Uiversity of America Press.
• 1993 The Question of Christian Ethics, Catholic University of America Press, 75 pp.
• 1993 Aquinas Against the Averroists, Purdue University Press, Lafayette, IN, 222 pp.
• 1993 Editor: Thomas’s Commentary on the Ethics, Dumb Ox Books, Notre Dame, IN, 500 pp.
• 1994 Editor: Thomas’s Commentary on De Anima, Dumb Ox Books, Notre Dame, IN, 275 pp.
• 1994 The God of Philosophers, Westminster-McMurrin Lectures, Salt Lake City, 25 pp.
• 1995 Editor:The Degrees of Knowledge, Vol VII, in The Collected Works of Jacques Maritain, University of Notre Dame Press, 500 pp.
• 1996 Aquinas and Analogy, The Catholic University of America Press
• 1997 Ethica Thomistica (revised edition) The Catholic University of America Press , 112pp
• 1998 Thomas Aquinas, Penguin Classics, 1998
• 2000 Vernunftgemässes Leben: Die Moralphilosophie des Thomas von Aquin;übersetzt von Michael Hellenthal/Ralph McInerny. - Münster: LIT, 2000 (Schriftenreihe der Josef Pieper Stiftung;3.)
• 2001 Characters in Search of Their Author: the Gifford Lectures delivered at Glasgow Scotland, 1999-2000, Notre Dame Press
• 2003 Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain, University of Notre Dame Press
• 2003 Aquinas, Polity Press, Cambridge, 160pp.
• 2004 Zagadnienie etyki chrzescijan, translation by Ryszard Mordarski, Wydawnictwo Antyk, Poland
• 2004 Introduction to the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas by John of St. Thomas, Translation and introduction by Ralph McInerny, St. Augustine’s Press, 182pp.

Novels

• 1967 Jolly Rogerson, New York, Doubleday
• 1969 A Narrow Time, New York, Doubleday
• 1973 The Priest, New York, Harper & Row
• 1975 The Gate of Heaven, New York, Harper & Row
• 1976 Rogerson at Bay, New York, Harper & Row
• 1977 Romanesque, New York, Harper & Row
• 1977 Her Death of Cold, New York, Vanguard
• 1978 Spinnaker, New York, Gateway-Regnery
• 1979 The Seventh Station, New York, Vanguard
• 1978 Quick as a Dodo, New York, Vanguard
• 1978 Bishop as Pawn, New York, Vanguard
• 1979 Lying Three, New York, Vanguard
• 1979 Abecedary, Notre Dame, Juniper Press
• 1980 Second Vespers, New York, Vanguard
• 1981 Second Vespers, New York, Grosset & Dunlap Ace Books
• 1981 Second Vespers, London, Robert Hale, Ltd.
• 1981 Thicker than Water, New York, Vanguard
• 1981 Not a Blessed Thing, New York, Vanguard
• 1982 The Frozen Maiden of Calpurnia, Notre Dame, Juniper Press
• 1983 Let Us Prey, New York, Vanguard
• 1983 Connolly’s Life, New York, Atheneum
• 1983 The Grass Widow, New York, Vanguard
• 1984 Loss of Patients, New York, Vanguard
• 1984 Getting Away With Murder, New York, Vanguard
• 1984 And Then There Were Nun, New York, Vanguard
• 1985 The Noonday Devil, New York, Atheneum
• 1985 Rest in Pieces, New York, Vanguard
• 1986 Sine Qua Nun, New York, Vanguard
• 1986 Leave of Absence, New York, Atheneum
• 1987 Cause and Effect, New York Atheneum
• 1987 The Basket Case, New York, St. Martin’s Press
• 1988 Veil of Ignorance, New York, St. Martin’s Press
• 1989 Body and Soil, New York, Atheneum. 245 pp.
• 1989 Sleight of Body, London, Macmillan. 164 pp.
• 1989 Frigor Mortis, New York, Atheneum. 245 pp.
• 1989 Abracadaver, New York, St. Martin’s Press.
• 1989 Four on the Floor, New York, St. Martin’s Press. 199 pp.
• 1990 Abracadaver, A large print mystery, New York, St. Martin’s Press
• 1990 The Nominative Case, London, Macmillan. 205 pp.
• 1990 The Search Committee, New York, Atheneum. 243 pp.
• 1991 Easeful Death, New York, Atheneum Press. 261 pp.
• 1991 Sisterhood, New York, St. Martin’s Press
• 1991 Judas Priest, New York, St. Martin’s Press. 184 pp.
• 1991 Chambre Froide, Paris, Editions Axel Noel. 244 pp.
• 1992 Le Demon de Midi, Paris, Editions Axel Noel. 305 pp.
• 1992 Infra Dig, New York, Atheneum. 218 pp.
• 1992 Judas Priest, large print paperback, Thorndike, ME, Thorndike Press. 290 pp.
• 1992 Desert Sinner, New York, St. Martin’s Press. 179 pp
• 1992 Basket Case, Boston, G.K. Hall, Large Print, 268 pp.
• 1993 Infra Dig, Hampton, NH, Curley Large Print, 250 pp.
• 1993 Body and Soil, New York, Atheneum,
• 1993 Seed of Doubt, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 346 pp.
• 1993 The Basket Case, Bath, Cheevers Press, Large Print, 268 pp.
• 1993 Nun Plussed, St Martin’s Press, 216 pp.
• 1994 Mom & Dead, Atheneum, 214 pp.
• 1994 A Cardinal Offense, St. Martin’s Press, 372 pp,
• 1995 The Case of the Dead Winner, St. Martin Press, 149 pp.
• 1995 The Case of the Constant Caller, St. Martin Press, 139 pp.
• 1995 Law and Ardor, Scribner, 251 pp.
• 1996 The Tears of Things, St Martin Press, 341 pp.
• 1997 Half Past Nun, St Martin Press
• 1997 On This Rockne, St Martin Press
• 1998 The Red Hat, Ignatius Press, 581 pp.
• 1998 The Lack of the Irish, St Martin Press, 210 pp
• 1999 Irish Tenure, St Martin Press, 246 pp.
• 2000 Book of Kills, St Martin Press, 215 pp
• 2001 Triple Pursuit, St Martin Press
• 2001 Still Life, Five Star, Unity, ME, 255 pp.
• 2001 Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories, by Monica Quill, with a forward by Ralph McInerny, Five Star, Waterville, ME, 215pp.
• 2001 Emerald Aisle, A mystery set at the University of Notre Dame, St Martin Press, 225 pp.
• 2001 Book of Kills, hardback, St Martin Press, 287 pp
• 2001 Law and Ardor, an Andrew Broom large print mystery, Beeler Large Print, Hampton Falls, NH, 201 pp
• 2001 Book of Kills, a Roger Knight mystery in hardback & large print, St Martin’s Press, 337 pp.
• 2001 Sub Rosa, an Egidio Manfredi mystery, Five Star, Waterville, ME, 235pp
• 2002 Prodigal Father, a Father Dowling Mystery, St Martin’s Press, 341 pp.
• 2002 Last Things, a Father Dowling Mystery, St Martin’s Press, 307 pp.
• 2002 Emerald Aisle, Thorndike Press Large Print Book, Waterville, ME, 313pp.
• 2003 Sterben und sterben lassen (Second Vespers), Brendow, Verlag GmbH, Munich, 210 pp.
• 2003 Ablative Case, Four Star Press, 250pp
• 2003 Celt and Pepper, A mystery set at the University of Notre Dame, Large Print Edition, Thorndike Press, Waterville, ME, 300 pp
• 2003 Irish Coffee, A mystery set at the University of Notre Dame, St Martin’s Press, 243 pp.
• 2003 Irish Coffee, Large Print Edition, Thorndike Press, Waterville, ME, 292 pp.
• 2003 Last Things, a Father Dowling Mystery, Thorndike Press, Large Print Edition, 459pp.
• 2004 Requiem for a Realtor, a Father Dowling Mystery, St. Martin’s Press, 263pp.

Other Books

• 1968 New Themes in Christian Philosophy, Editor, University of Notre Dame Press
• 1969 English version, with Leo Turcotte, Kierkegaard: the Difficulty of Being Christian, University of Notre Dame Press
• 1986 Miracles, Huntington, IN, Our Sunday Visitor
• 1991 The Catholic Woman, Editor, San Francisco, Ignatius Press. 131 pp.
• 1991 Seeking a Center, by Otto Bird, Editor, San Francisco, Ignatius Press. 145 pp.
• 1992 The Mind and Heart of the Church, Editor, San Francisco, Ignatius Press
• 1998 What Went Wrong with Vatican II, Sophia Institute Press, 168 pp.
• 2000 Shakespearean Variations, St Augustine’s Press, South Bend, IN 154pp
• 2001 Defamation of Pius XII, St Augustine’s Press, South Bend, IN
• 2001 The Conversion of Edith Stein, by Florent Gaboriau, trans. & preface by Ralph McInerny St Augustine’s Press, South Bend, IN

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