Dr. Christopher S. Morrissey
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Redeemer Pacific College
Specialist in the Medieval Latin Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and His Commentatorial
Tradition
[Research Interests] [Biographical
Information] [Papers and Presentations] [Twitter]
Most Recent Publications:
2010
- "Did the Latin Age Really Begin with Augustine?" in Leonard G.
Sbrocchi et al. (eds.), Semiotics 2009 (New York: Legas, forthcoming
2010), 296-303.
- "A Twitch Upon the Thread: Aquinas on Elicited Natural Desire for God",
Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 5 (2010): 131-158. ISSN
1718-9446.
- "Benedict's preacher deserves better",
The B.C. Catholic (Apr 12, 2010), 8. [comment on a firestorm]
- "He paved road to understanding Aquinas",
The B.C. Catholic (Mar 22, 2010), 12.
2009
- "A Catholic take on the vampire vogue", The
B.C. Catholic (Dec 21, 2009), 17.
- "The Luminosity of Existence",
an essay on David Walsh's The Modern Philosophical Revolution (Cambridge
University Press, 2008), in Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College
4 (2009): 77-96. ISSN 1718-9446.
- "A Common Ground for Global
Culture", Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College
4 (2009): 113-119. ISSN 1718-9446.
- "Has Notre Dame University lost its faith?", The
B.C. Catholic (May 18, 2009), 8.
- "Render Unto Obama? Needed: A Faith-and-Reason University", CatholicOnline.com
(May 16, 2009).
- "The
Via Romana", Review of Paula Fredriksen, Augustine and the Jews,
in The Globe and Mail (Apr 11, 2009), F13.
- "Obama nation", The
B.C. Catholic (Mar 16, 2009), 14.
- "For
the love of Latin": Interview with Maggi Hall, Mars' Hill
(Volume 13, Issue 10).
- "President Visits Canada", CatholicOnline.com
(Feb 19, 2009).
- "Who's your neighbour?", The
B.C. Catholic (Feb 16, 2009), 9.
- "What does Obama's inauguration augur?",
The B.C. Catholic (Jan 26, 2009), 4.
- "The
Obama Economy: With Charity toward None?", CatholicOnline.com
(Jan 22, 2009).
- "Archbishop
Miller addresses Redeemer Pacific College", CatholicOnline.com
(Jan 16, 2009).
2008
- "Dialectic and Demonstration in the Philosophy of Nature," Études
maritainiennes - Maritain Studies XXIII (2007): 64-75. ISSN 0826-9920
[View item].
- "Transfiguring Heidegger: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Philosopher
Friend," Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 3 (2008):
121-136. ISSN 1718-9446 [View
item].
- "Can you get what you want? Catholic mind at work," Review of
James V. Schall, The Mind that is Catholic: Philosophical and Political
Essays (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2008),
in The B.C. Catholic (Dec 8, 2008), 11. [View
item].
- "Greek Bible now available in a new translation," The B.C.
Catholic (Oct 6, 2008), 20. [View item].
- "What if? Thomas Aquinas, Political Pundit," CatholicOnline.com
(Sep 17, 2008). [View
item].
- "Order of Canada now a threat to liberty," The B.C. Catholic
(Sept 1, 2008), 8. [View item].
- "René Girard's Accusation: Intellectuals are the Castrators
of Meaning," An interview with Giulio Meotti in Il Foglio (March
20, 2007); Translation by Paul N. Faraone and Christopher S. Morrissey in
Modern Age (Spring 2008): 180-185. [View
item].
- "Vatican Latin reboots education for true freedom," The B.C.
Catholic (July 28, 2008), 7. [View item].
- "Catholic university is 'our heritage': Archbishop Miller speaks to Redeemer
Pacific College on 'the greatness of the Catholic intellectual tradition',"
The B.C. Catholic (June 23, 2008), 9. [View
item].
- "Order must be 'already built in': Catholic physicist speaks at TWU on harmony
of modern physics and ancient faith," The B.C. Catholic (Apr 21, 2008),
2. [View item].
- "Faith, reason, and the university," The B.C. Catholic (Mar 31, 2008),
4 and 16. [View item].
- "Canada has unique religious political history: priest," The B.C. Catholic
(Mar 31, 2008), 4. [View item].
- "'Fair looks and a kind heart' not enough," The B.C. Catholic (Mar
17, 2008), 14. [View item].
- "Students take on the ogres of Spiderwick," The B.C. Catholic (Mar
3, 2008), 10. [View item].
- "Blessings and blood," The Globe and Mail: Books (Feb 23, 2008),
D8. [View
item].
- "Catholic students 'Meet the Spartans'," The B.C. Catholic (Feb 11,
2008), 7. [View item].
2007
- "The Analogy of Being: Three Misunderstandings, Three Clarifications",
Fideles: A Journal of Redeemer Pacific College 2 (2007): 103-129.
ISSN 1718-9446 [View
item].
- "Pope Benedict contemplates truth," The B.C. Catholic (Dec 17, 2007),
25. [View item].
- "Pope proposes a new 'solidarity' against utopian ideologies," Catholic
Ezine (November 2007). [View
item].
- Review of Rémi Brague, The Law of God in Bryn Mawr
Classical Review 2007.09.46. [View
item].
- "Original Sin and Generative Anthropology," Anthropoetics 13.2 (2007).
ISSN 1083-7264 [View
item].
- "The Epigenetic Evolution of the Immaterial Intellect on the Originary Scene,"
in Adam Katz (ed.) The Originary Hypothesis: a Minimal Proposal for Humanistic
Inquiry, Critical Series in the Humanities (Aurora, Colorado: Davies Group,
2007), 83-109 [View
item].
- "Reading between the Vatican's lines," The Globe and Mail (July 23,
2007), A13. [View
item].
- "Document on one, true Church advances ecumenism," The B.C. Catholic
(July 23, 2007), 12. [View item].
- "Redeemer Pacific College: New life for Catholic higher education in Canada,"
Catholic Insight (May 2007): 33-34. [View
item].
Recent Publications by C.S. Morrissey
