'Province News

New books by Chicago Province Jesuit Authors
Thursday, November 08, 2001

Fr. Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, a professor of theology at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, recently published The One in the Many: A Contemporary Reconstruction of the God-World Relationship.

In the Foreword, Philip Clayton said, "One cannot help but welcome a perceptive and well-informed book that attempts a 'reconstruction' of metaphysics in response to some of its most vocal critics.... This book makes two important contributions and should thus be of interest to two separate audiences. It is a contribution to the ongoing task of formulating an adequate doctrine of God in the face of modern skeptical critiques. It is also for those interested in the fate of religion in general, and belief in God in particular, in what many are now calling a 'postmodern' age... The arguments are accessible to the non-professional while still making contributions to the academic discussion."

Other titles by Fr. Bracken include: The Triune Symbol, The Divine Matrix, and Society and Spirit: a Trinitarian Cosmology. He was also coeditor of Trinity in Process: A Relational Theology of God.

Copies of The One in the Many, published by William B. Eerdmans, are avaialble at Eerdmans.com

Fr. David Stagaman, SJ, who teaches at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and doctoral students James Kraft, and Kristin Sutton have recently released Wittgenstein & Religion, a bibliography of articles, books, and theses in the twentieth century that relate the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to the study of religion and theology.

The comprehensive collection of references to the work and thought of Wittgenstein will surely be useful for students of theology around the world.

Wittgenstein & Religion is being published by the Office of Research and Publications at Ateneo De Manila University.