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Thomas James Farrell is professor emeritus of writing studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He started teaching at UMD in Fall 1987, and he retired from UMD at the end of May 2009. He was born in 1944. He holds three degrees from Saint Louis University (SLU): B.A. in English, 1966; M.A.(T) in English 1968; Ph.D.in higher education, 1974. On May 16, 1969, the editors of the SLU student newspaper named him Man of the Year, an honor customarily conferred on an administrator or a faculty member, not on a graduate student -- nor on a woman up to that time. He is the proud author of the book WALTER ONG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CULTURAL STUDIES: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE WORD AND I-THOU COMMUNICATION (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2000; 2nd ed. 2009, forthcoming). The first edition won the 2001 Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology conferred by the Media Ecology Association. For further information about his education and his publications, see his UMD homepage: Click here to visit Dr. Farrell's homepage.
On September 10 and 22, 2009, he discussed Walter Ong's work on the blog radio talk show "Ethics Talk" that is hosted by Hope May in philosophy at Central Michigan University. Each hour-long show has been archived and is available for people who missed the live broadcast to listen to. Here are the website addresses for the two archived shows:
Click here to listen the Technologizing of the Word Interview
Click here to listen the Ramus, Method & The Decay of Dialogue Interview
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Friday, October 6, 2023Pope Francis on the Climate Crisis (REVIEW ESSAY) In 2015, Pope Francis (born in 1936; elected pope in 2013) emerged as a towering public intellectual on the world stage with his widely read eco-encyclical titled Laudato Si' (meaning "Praise Be to You"). On October 4, 2023, the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi (c.1181-1226), Pope Francis renewed his concerns about the climate crisis in his terse new apostolic exhortation titled Laudate Deum ("Praise God").
Sunday, September 24, 2023Jeff Jarvis on the Age of Print and the Age of the Internet (REVIEW ESSAY) The American journalist Jeff Jarvis (born in 1954) has published the accessible new 2023 book The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet (Bloomsbury Academic). I discuss his book in connection with the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
Friday, September 22, 2023Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., on Ecophobia (REVIEW ESSAY) Today I sing of Father Daniel P. Horan's superb column titled "Considering the spiritual roots of ecophobia amid climate change" (dated September 21, 2023) at the website of the National Catholic Reporter.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023Walter J. Ong versus Pope Francis (REVIEW ESSAY) In recently published remarks, Pope Francis characterizes conservative anti-Francis American Catholics as being backward-looking -- not forward-looking as he sees himself. But he himself is not sufficiently backward-looking regarding the Doctrine of Discovery. The American Jesuit scholar Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) suggests that we need to be both backward-looking and forward-looking.
Sunday, September 17, 2023The Roman Catholic Church as a Cultural Empire (REVIEW ESSAY) As a follow up to my recent OEN article "Robert P. Jones on the Doctrine of Discovery" (dated September 15, 2023), I now want to discuss further his new 2023 book The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future (Simon & Schuster) -- and certain other related works concerning the Roman Catholic Church.
Friday, September 15, 2023Robert P. Jones on the Doctrine of Discovery (REVIEW ESSAY) In his new 2023 book The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future (Simon & Schuster), the American religion scholar Robert P. Jones successfully integrates his enlightening discussion of the Doctrine of Discovery throughout his text. Pope Francis could learn a lot about the Doctrine of Discovery from Jones' new 2023 book. I did.
Sunday, September 10, 2023Walter J. Ong on Historical and Other Humanistic Studies (REVIEW ESSAY) The American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) died in 2003. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of his death, I highlight his life and times here. Then I highlight his account of historical and other humanistic studies.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023Charles Taylor on Our Secular Age (REVIEW ESSAY) In light of the late Ronald F. Inglehart's 2021 book Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing it, and What Comes Next? (Oxford University Press), it is time to revisit Charles Taylor's 2007 875-page book A Secular Age (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) and the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003).
Friday, September 1, 2023Walter Ong (1912-2003) on Peter Ramus (1515-1572) (REVIEW ESSAY) My favorite scholar is the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). With the financial assistance of two Guggenheim Fellowships, he undertook a massive doctoral dissertation on the French Renaissance logician and educational reformer and Protestant martyr Peter Ramus (1515-1572) -- which I examine.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023Thomas D. Zlatic on Walter J. Ong, S.J. (REVIEW ESSAY) Thomas D. Zlatic has published a beautiful essay about the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955): "The Articulate Self in a Particulate World: The Ins and Outs of Ong" in the book Language, Culture, and Identity: The Legacy of Walter J. Ong, S.J. (Hampton Press, 2011, pp. 7-29).
Sunday, August 20, 2023Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J., on Josiah Royce's Mature Philosophy (REVIEW ESSAY) The late American Jesuit philosopher and theologian Frank M. Oppenheim (1925-2020; Ph.D. in philosophy, Saint Louis University, 1962 -- the year in which he turned thirty-seven) published the masterful book Royce's Mature Philosophy of Religion (University of Notre Dame Press, 1987 -- the year in which he turned sixty-two). However, Oppenheim appears not to have been familiar with the work of the American Jesuit Walter J. Ong.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J., on Reverence for the Relations of Life (REVIEW ESSAY) To get their bearings on American culture in 2023, OEN readers might want to consider reading the late American Jesuit philosopher and theologian Frank M. Oppenheim's 500-page prophetic book Reverence for the Relations of Life: Re-imagining Pragmatism via Josiah Royce's Interactions with Peirce, James, and Dewey (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005 -- the year in which Oppenheim turned eighty).
Thursday, August 3, 2023Frank M. Oppenheim's Loyalty to Josiah Royce (REVIEW ESSAY) The prolific American philosopher Josiah Royce (1855-1916; Ph.D. in philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1878) is the author of the 1913 exploratory book The Problem of Christianity (Macmillan), his mature philosophy of religion and his mature philosophy of loyalty. Loyalty, broadly conceived, is a characteristic of the late American Jesuit philosopher and theologian and Royce specialist Frank M. Oppenheim (1925-2020).
Monday, July 31, 2023Josiah Royce and St. Ignatius Loyola (REVIEW ESSAY) July 31st is the feast day of the Spanish mystic St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Jesuit order and the author of the famous Spiritual Exercises. The "Contemplation to Attain Love" in the Spiritual Exercises (paragraphs 230-237) can be connected with what Harvard's philosopher Josiah Royce (1855-1916; Ph.D. in philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1878) says in his 1913 book in the philosophy of religion.
Saturday, July 29, 2023Josiah Royce on the Beloved Community (REVIEW ESSAY) The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968; Ph.D. in theology, Boston University, 1955) popularized the expression the Beloved Community. But Harvard's philosopher Josiah Royce (1855-1916; Ph.D. in philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1878) used the expression the Beloved Community in his 1913 book The Problem of Christianity (Macmillan; expanded edition published by the Catholic University of America Press, 2001).
Monday, July 24, 2023The Vatican Dicastery on Communication, on Engagement with Social Media (REVIEW ESSAY) On March 28, 2023, the Vatican Dicastery on Communication issued the 82-paragraph document "Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media," which is available in English at the Vatican's website. I briefly outline the document and then highlight this beautiful theological reflection.
Sunday, July 16, 2023Marcia Pally on White Evangelicals (REVIEW ESSAY) Marcia Pally's wide-ranging and learned short book White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How did We Get Here? (Routledge, 2022) explores how Donald J. Trump was able to appeal to certain conservative white evangelicals in 2016 and 2020. I found it to be an informative book.
Monday, July 10, 2023Michael Czerny and Christian Barone on Pope Francis (REVIEW ESSAY) Two Roman Catholic theologians based in Rome, the Canadian Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny (born in 1946) and the Italian diocesan priest Christian Barone (born in 1982), have co-authored an informative book about Pope Francis' social teaching in his 2020 encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti (Latin for "Siblings All"). Their book is titled Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis (2022).
Saturday, July 8, 2023Martin Luther King's Voice Summons Us Still (REVIEW ESSAY) Martin Luther King's prophetic voice summons us still today as we work to digest the recent 6-to-3 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court about the practice of affirmative action in the admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
Monday, July 3, 2023Gary Dorrien on Martin Luther King, Jr. (REVIEW ESSAY) The Reverend Dr. Gary Dorrien (born in 1952; Ph.D. in theology, Union Graduate School, 1989), a white Episcopal priest, has written a deeply contextualizing book about the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968; Ph.D. in theology, Boston University, 1955), a black Baptist pastor and social activist, and the black social gospel tradition in which he grew up.
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