Category: Author Interviews

An Interview with Susan McWilliams Barndt, Author of the Introduction to the Anniversary Edition of “The Idea of Fraternity in America”

May 10, 2023

Susan McWilliams Barndt is professor of politics at Pomona College. She has written and edited a number of books, including The American Road Trip and American Political Thought. She wrote the introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition of The Idea of Fraternity in America by Wilson Carey McWilliams (June 2023). She recently answered some of our […]

An Interview with Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein, Author of “The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye”

May 3, 2023

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein is an assistant professor in Black religious traditions, constructive theology, and ethics at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish her new book, The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice (May 2023). She recently answered some of our questions about […]

An Interview with James J. Sheehan, Author of “Making a Modern Political Order”

April 26, 2023

James J. Sheehan is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He was president of the American Historical Association in 2005 and is the author and editor of numerous books, including Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish his newest book, Making a Modern Political […]

An Interview with John E. Thiel, Author of “Now and Forever”

March 6, 2023

John E. Thiel is professor of religious studies at Fairfield University. He currently serves as president of the American Theological Society and is the author of six books, including the award-winning Icons of Hope: The “Last Things” in Catholic Imagination (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013). The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish his […]

An Interview with John Coons, Author of “The Case for Parental Choice”

February 15, 2023

John E. Coons is the Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law (Emeritus) at Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley. The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish his newest book, The Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty (March 2023). He recently answered some of our questions about his research. When did […]

An Interview with Tomáš Halík, Author of “Touch the Wounds”

February 1, 2023

Tomáš Halík is a Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scholar. He is a professor of sociology at Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish of St. Salvator Church in Prague, president of the Czech Christian Academy, and a winner of the Templeton Prize. His previous books with University of Notre Dame […]

An Interview with Vickie Vértiz, Author of “Auto/Body”

January 18, 2023

Vickie Vértiz is an award-winning Mexican American poet, writer, and professor whose work has appeared in the New York Times magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Her book Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut won the 2018 PEN America literary prize in poetry. A graduate of Williams College, the University of Texas at Austin, and […]

An Interview with Jordi Pujol, Author of “The Collapse of Freedom of Expression”

January 11, 2023

Jordi Pujol is an associate professor of media ethics and media law at the School of Church Communications in the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish his newest book, The Collapse of Freedom of Expression: Reconstructing the Ancient Roots of Modern Liberty (February 2023), as […]

An Interview with George Hawley, Author of “Conservatism in a Divided America”

October 5, 2022

George Hawley is associate professor of political science at the University of Alabama. He is the author of a number of books, including Making Sense of the Alt-Right, Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism, and White Voters in Twenty-First Century America. The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled to publish his newest book, Conservatism in […]

An Interview with D. C. Schindler, Author of “Retrieving Freedom”

September 7, 2022

D. C. Schindler is professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. He is the author of eleven books, including Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty (Notre Dame Press, 2017). The University of Notre Dame Press is thrilled publish his latest book, Retrieving Freedom: The Christian Appropriation […]