James V. Schall

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Born
James Vincent Schall

(1928-01-20)January 20, 1928
Pocahontas, Iowa, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2019(2019-04-17) (aged 91)
Los Gatos, California
, U.S.
OccupationAcademic
Known forPhilosopher, author, professor, priest

James Vincent Schall

Department of Government at Georgetown University. He retired from teaching in December 2012, giving his final lecture on December 7, 2012, at Georgetown;[2] it was entitled "The Final Gladness," and was sponsored by the Tocqueville Forum.[3] has been described as "a reflection on different aspects of lifelong learning" by the National Catholic Register.[4]

Biography

Born in Pocahontas, Iowa, and educated in local public schools, he graduated from Knoxville (Iowa) High School in 1945.

After time in the

Political Theory from Georgetown University in 1960, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1963. In 1964, he earned an M.A. in Sacred Theology from Santa Clara University
.

Schall was a member of the faculty of the Institute of Social Sciences, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, from 1964 to 1977, and a member of the Government Department, University of San Francisco, from 1968 to 1977. Among the sources for Schall's lectures were Christian Scripture, Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton, and Pope Benedict XVI.[4]

Before retiring, he was a member of the Government Department at Georgetown University since 1977. In 1993, 2004 and 2010, Schall was presented the Edward B. Bunn, SJ, Award for Faculty Excellence by the senior class in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University.[6]

Schall retired from his position at Georgetown in December 2012 and moved into the Jesuit retirement home in Los Gatos, California (on the same property as the location of his old novitiate) where he continued to write books and articles for publications and websites.[4] He also continued to give presentations to small groups on request.[4]

Schall served as a member of the Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace, in Rome from 1977 to 1982. He was also a member of the National Council of the Humanities, and a member of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1984 to 1990.[5]

He wrote more than 30 books and edited or co-edited 8 others. By July 2002, his website listed his authorship of 356 essays, 148 book reviews, and 660 columns, including his monthly column, "Sense and Nonsense," for the Catholic journal Crisis, and his columns in Gilbert! magazine, the Saint Austin Review, and the University Bookman.[7]

Schall was an expert on the thought of G. K. Chesterton; he edited two volumes of Chesterton's collected works and wrote his own volume of essays on the Catholic convert.

Schall was a vigorous supporter of

C.S. Lewis says the ultimate sin, the ultimate disorder, is to say what is good is bad, what is bad is good."[4] A reporter summed up his statements as "If we [in society] reject the intelligibility and goodness of creation, will we still be able to hear God’s voice calling us to our supernatural end?"[4]

Schall survived a few major illnesses, including one that resulted in the loss of function in one of his eyes. In the summer of 2010 he had a cancerous jawbone and its attached teeth removed and replaced with bone taken from his leg.[8]

Writings (selection)

Books

Pamphlets

Edited with introduction

References

  1. ^ Burger, John (April 17, 2019). "Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., noted political philosopher, dead at 91". Aletia. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Father James Schall, SJ, to Give Last Lecture". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Blosser, Christopher (December 18, 2012). "Against The Grain: Fr. Schall's last lecture: "The Final Gladness"". christopherblosser.blogspot.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Desmond, Joan Frawley (August 8, 2013). "Georgetown's Father James Schall Has Retired — or Has He?". National Catholic Register. EWTN News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "James V. Schall, S.J. Professor". Georgetown University. Retrieved July 11, 2014.[dead link]
  6. ^ "The Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Award for Faculty Excellence". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  7. ^ "Schall Chronological Bibliography". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2010..
  8. ^ Weigel, George (July 28, 2010). "In Praise of Father Schall". First Things. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

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