Michael Novak
Michael Novak | |
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US Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1981–1982) | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Karen Laub-Novak
(m. 1963; died 2009)MA ) |
Influences | |
Scholarly work | |
Discipline | Roman Catholicism |
Institutions | |
Notable works | The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982) |
Influenced | Alfredo Cristiani[5] |
Website | michaelnovak |
Michael John Novak Jr. (September 9, 1933 – February 17, 2017) was an American
Novak served as
Early life, education, and family
Novak was born on September 9, 1933, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania,[9] to a Slovak-American family, the son of Irene (Sakmar) and Michael J. Novak.[10][11] He was married to Karen Laub-Novak, a professional artist and illustrator, who died of cancer in August 2009. They have three children (Richard, Tanya, and Jana) and four grandchildren.
Novak earned a
Early writings
Second Vatican Council
Novak worked as a correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter during the second session of the Second Vatican Council in Rome, where he also got the opportunity to fulfill a book contract for a fellow reporter who was not able to complete the project. The result was Novak's second book, The Open Church, a journalistic account of the events of the second session of the council.
His writings at the time were criticized by the more conservative factions in the church, and apostolic delegate Egidio Vagnozzi advised US churchmen to silence him.[12]
Early books
Early in his career, Novak published two novels: The Tiber Was Silver (1961) and Naked I Leave (1970). At the time, he considered the modest $600 advance to be "a fortune."[13]
Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics
Novak proposed that the
Stanford years
Novak's friendship with the
SUNY Old Westbury
Novak left Stanford for a post as dean of a new "experimental" school at the newly founded State University of New York at Old Westbury, Long Island.
Novak's writings during this period included the philosophical essay The Experience of Nothingness (1970, republished in 1998), in which he cautioned the New Left that utopianism could lead to alienation and rootlessness. Novak's novel Naked I Leave (1970) chronicles his experiences in California and in the Second Vatican Council and his journey from seminarian to reporter.
Later career
After serving at Old Westbury/SUNY from 1969 to 1972, Novak launched the humanities program at the Rockefeller Foundation in 1973–1974. In 1976, he accepted a tenured position at Syracuse University as University Professor and Ledden-Watson Distinguished Professor of Religion. In the fall semesters of 1987 and 1988, Novak held the W. Harold and Martha Welch chair as Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
In the spring of 1978, Novak joined the American Enterprise Institute for Social Policy Research as a Resident Scholar, a position he held for more than a decade. He would later stay with the American Enterprise Institute as the George Frederick Jewett Chair of Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, and as the Institute's Director of Social and Political Studies.[21]
Novak was a frequent contributor to magazines and journals including First Things and National Review. In 1994, he was a signer of the document Evangelicals and Catholics Together. On December 12, 2007, Novak declared his support for the presidential candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney.[22]
In 2012, he authored an article entitled 'The Moral Imperative of a Free Economy' in
Novak was a founding board member of the
In 2016 he joined the
Novak died of complications from
Bibliography
- Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is (2015) OCLC 907190640
- Writing from Left to Right: My Journey From Liberal to Conservative (2013)
- The Myth of Romantic Love and Other Essays (with Elizabeth Shaw) (2012)
- Living the Call: An Introduction to the Lay Vocation (with William E. Simon) (2011) OCLC 759159650
- All Nature is a Sacramental Fire: Moments of Beauty, Sorrow, and Joy (2011)
- No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers (2008)
- Washington's God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country (with Jana Novak) (2006) OCLC 77256704
- Universal Hunger for Liberty: Why the Clash of Civilizations is Not Inevitable (2004)
- On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding (2001)
- Business as a Calling (1996)
- The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1993).
- Free Persons and the Common Good (1988)
- Tell Me Why (1998)
- The Open Church (1964, 2002)
- Joy of Sports (1976, 1994)
- Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Institutions (1984, 1989)
- This Hemisphere of Liberty (1990, 1992)
- Will It Liberate? Questions About Liberation Theology (1986)
- Toward the Future
- Toward a theology of the corporation, Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 1981. OCLC 21907710
- Confession of a Catholic, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985, OCLC 12553932
- Moral Clarity in a Nuclear Age (1983) OCLC 9895457
- Ascent of the Mountain, Flight of the Dove
- Character and Crime London: Brownson Institute, 1988. OCLC 17916554
- On Cultivating Liberty
- The Fire of Invention
- The Guns of Lattimer
- Choosing Presidents
- A Free Society Reader
- Three in One
- The New Consensus on Family and Welfare: A Community of Self-Reliance (Novak et al.) (1987).
- ISBN 0819178233.
- Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics: The New Political Force of the Seventies (1972). ISBN 9781351300674
- The Experience of Nothingness (1970; revised and expanded 1998).
- Naked I Leave (novel, 1970).
- Belief and Unbelief, a Philosophy of Self-Knowledge (1965; 3rd ed. 1994).
- The Tiber was Silver (novel, 1962). OCLC 61133565
See also
References
- ^ "Novak Papers". Stonehill College.
- ^ "Quick Facts".
- ISBN 9780829407440.
- ^ "Notes et documents". 2000.
- ^ "Current Biography Yearbook". 1990.
- ^ Honorary Doctorate Degrees at Universidad Francisco Marroquín (in Guatemala City, Guatemala). Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Scholars & Fellows – Michael Novak". American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on February 28, 2010.
- ^ National Review, retrieved January 1, 2009 from [1]
- ^ "Michael Novak | American theologian, economist, historian, and author".
- ^ "Michael Novak Awarded by the Honorary Degree". Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Welcome to MichaelNovak.net". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "Less Ecumenism, Please – Time". September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- ^ Michael Novak (1999) "Controversial Engagements", First Things (April 1999).
- .
- ISBN 9780873674157.
- ISBN 9783161544767.
- S2CID 149025298.
- ISBN 9781506332789.
- ISBN 9780674059528.
- ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
- ^ Biography at the American Enterprise Institute, retrieved May 25, 2008 from "AEI - Scholars & Fellows - Michael Novak". Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2016..
- ^ Novak, Michael (December 12, 2007). "Why I Decided to Support Mitt Romney". National Review. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ Igor Babilov's Oil-on-canvas portrait of Michael Novak, retrieved December 17, 2012 from [2].
- ^ Michael Novak joins Catholic University Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Michael Novak, theologian who made a spiritual case for capitalism, dies at 83". Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2017.