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- A Paradise Lost reading, in a Boston College Minute
- Inside the BC Studio with the poet Brendan Galvin '60
- "From Denial to Acceptance: Holy See–Israel Relations," a talk by Mordechay Lewy, Israel's ambassador to the Vatican
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Winter 2009
Boston College Magazine has received notice of the following new books by BC faculty, alumni, and staff:
FACULTY
Meaning and Authenticity: Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the Drama of Authentic Human Existence, by Brian Braman, professor of philosophy (Toronto University Press, 2008)
»Brian Braman’s faculty page
Emotional Memory Across the Adult Lifespan, by Elizabeth Kensinger, assistant professor of psychology (Psychology Press, 2008)
»Elizabeth Kensinger’s faculty page
L’Embryon: Formation et Animation. Antiquité grecque et latine, traditions hébraïques, chrétienne et islamique, edited by Jean-Luc Solère, professor of philosophy, L. Brisson and M.H. Congourdeau (Vrin, 2008)
»Jean-Luc Solère’s faculty page
Conversations in an Icon, by Francis Patrick Sullivan, SJ, former professor of theology, published posthumously (Etoile International Productions, 2009)
»More on Sullivan and the book, from the BC Chronicle
ALUMNI
From the Quickening, by Thomas Sheehan ’56 (Pocol Press, 2009)
»An interview with Tom Sheehan
The Truth About Avoiding Scams, by Steve Weisman, JD’73 (FT Press, 2008)
»Listen to a podcast about the book (audio)
Media Blitz, by Joe Nowlan ’76 (Oak Tree Books, 2008)
»More on Nowlan and Media Blitz
Through an Uncommon Lens: The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day, by Patricia Fanning, MA’79, Ph.D.’95 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2008)
»View a lecture by Patricia Fanning (video)
Shelter Me, by Juliette Fay ’84 (Avon, 2008)
»Juliette Fay’s website
Here Today, Gone to Maui, by Carol Snow ’92 (Berkley Publishing, 2009)
»Carol Snow’s website
A Complete Introduction to the Bible, by Christopher Gilbert, MA’93 (Paulist Press, 2009)
»More on A Complete Introduction to the Bible
Investiture: Royal Ceremony and National Identity in Wales 1911-1969, by John S. Ellis, Ph.D.’97 (University of Wales Press, 2008)
»More on Investiture
Envisioning Women in World History: Prehistory to 1500, by Catherine Clay, Christine Senecal, Ph.D.’99, and Chandrika Paul (McGraw-Hill, 2008)
»More on Envisioning Women in World History
Creating an American Identity: New England, 1789-1825, by Stephanie Kermes, Ph.D.’03 (Palgrave, 2008)
»Stephanie Kermes’s faculty page, from Boston University
The Problem of Emancipation: The Caribbean Roots of the American Civil War, by Edward Bartlett Rugemer, Ph.D.’05 (Louisiana State University Press, 2008)
»Edward Rugemer’s faculty page, from Yale University
STAFF
A Working Lawyer’s Life: The Letter Book of John Henry Senter, 1879¬–1884, by Karen Beck, rare books curator in the Law School Library (Lawbook Exchange, 2008)
»More on A Working Lawyer’s Life
