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About James V. Schall, S.J.

James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019) taught political philosophy at Georgetown University for many years until retiring in 2012. He was the author of over thirty books and countless essays on philosophy, theology, education, morality, and other topics. His of his last books included On Islam: A Chronological Record, 2002-2018 (Ignatius Press, 2018) and The Politics of Heaven and Hell: Christian Themes from Classical, Medieval, and Modern Political Philosophy (Ignatius, 2020).

To Rome through Mecca

September 6, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 4

It has long been the practice for Christians and Muslims to look at what they have in common. David Pinault suggests that a better way […]

On human dignity and the death penalty

August 16, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 2

Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]

On the World Cup and the animal that plays

July 7, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 5

The man who has no room for play or sports in any form misses much of what we are. […]

“May he now come in the presence of God Himself, the source of life and being”

June 24, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 8

Sermon at the Funeral Mass of Jerome Timothy Schall, given at St. Mark’s Church in Boise, Idaho, on June 21, 2018. […]

The Plain Truth: Leon Kass on just about everything

May 31, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 2

Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times reveals that we have arrived at a point where what is actually anti-human is politically defined and […]

“Find your own Calcutta”: On Betsy DeVos’ address at Ave Maria University

May 7, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 5

Service has the connotation of some event or deed happening mainly from a spirit of generosity, not from pay or coercion. At the heart of […]

Suffering, salvation, and the mystery of an imperfect world

February 27, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 4

God cannot make us free and then make it absolutely certain that we do not reject Him. The whole point of divine and human love […]

On the purpose of politics and the salvation of souls

January 11, 2018 James V. Schall, S.J. 6

The ultimate purpose of Christian revelation was not to improve the world but to explain the final destiny of each existing person. The purpose of […]

Soccer as a theological question: On the Pope’s return from Myanmar and Bangladesh

December 5, 2017 James V. Schall, S.J. 6

What struck me about this particular interview, given this past Saturday, was the lack of any mention of the need of sacraments, of transcendent concerns, […]

On the Creases of Being

November 25, 2017 James V. Schall, S.J. 4

Monsignor Robert Sokolowski’s insightful Moral Action is, in a sense, is a polemic against the subjectivizing of moral action as if the word or act we put […]