University Libraries Podcast: “The Ambiguity of Being, Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,” With Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D.

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “The Ambiguity of Being Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,” with guest scholar Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D.

This broadcast features Director of the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, Center for Catholic Studies and Adjunct Professor in the Core Curriculum, Dr. Jonathan Heaps. For more information on Dr. Heaps and his accomplishments visit his Professional Homepage.

This work features expert perspective by Dr. Heaps. As his publisher noted that the content found within this book provides insights whereby . . . “The debate in Catholic theology over the relationship between the natural and the supernatural has only occasionally engaged with Bernard Lonergan’s philosophical and theological contributions on the topic. The Ambiguity of Being argues that more detailed engagement with Lonergan’s work implies an oversight in both the 20th- and 21st-century debates. Ambiguity argues the controversy has failed to notice how the problem of the natural and the supernatural is, in fact, two problems. Ambiguity takes both problems in their widest sense to be about action—both divine and human . . . Ambiguity argues at length the modern problem cannot be reduced to, nor an answer deduced from its medieval, metaphysical partner because the modern problem of the supernatural—what is God doing in human action?—is a hermeneutical problem that calls out for a hermeneutical answer. Ambiguity sketches a heuristic for what a fully adequate answer to this question would require, suggesting a radical re-conception of modern theology’s scope.

You can find this podcast at: Podcast @ Seton Hall University

Further details connected to this work can be found via the Catholic University of America Press homepage. A physical volume of The Ambiguity of Being : Bernard Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural, is ready for circulation and can be found within the Main Collection of the University Libraries, specifically within the Faculty Publications section (Call #: BX891.3.H39 2023) located on the Second Floor of Walsh Library.

Zet Forward is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world.  The series began in February of 2022.

For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail via the University Libraries Homepage.

University Libraries Podcast: “Medievalisms In A Global Age,” With Angela Weisl, Ph.D. and Rachael Warmington, M.A.

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Medievalisms In A Global Age,” with guest scholars, Co-Editor Angela Weisl, Ph.D. and key contributor Rachael Warmington, M.A.

This broadcast features Professor and Chair of the Department of English, Dr. Angela Weisl, who has an extensive knowledge not only of Medieval Literature, but also Women and Literature, Chaucer, and the History of Language among other related interests.

Author, Professor Rachael Warmington currently serves as Head of the Digital Humanities Faculty Learning Community which is part of the Center for Faculty Development on campus who has also taught specialty courses including: “Great Books of the Western World,” “Business Writing,” and “Writing Workshop: Research and Analysis” among others.

Their collaboration yielded a full-length edited work that connects various expert perspectives into one well-developed volume. As their publisher noted that the content found within this book:

“Discusses contemporary medievalism in studies ranging from Brazil to West Africa, from Manila to New York. Across the world, revivals of medieval practices, images, and tales flourish as never before. The essays collected here, informed by approaches from Global Studies and the critical discourse on the concept of a “Global Middle Ages”, explore the many facets of contemporary medievalism: post-colonial responses to the enforced dissemination of Western medievalisms, attempts to retrieve pre-modern cultural traditions that were interrupted by colonialism, the tentative forging of a global ‘medieval’ imaginary from the world’s repository of magical tales and figures, and the deployment across borders of medieval imagery for political purposes.”

You can find this podcast at: Podcast @ Seton Hall University.

Further details connected to this work can be found via the Boydell & Brewer Publications House Homepage. A physical volume of Medievalisms In A Global Age (Cambridge, England: Boydell & Brewer, 2024) is ready for circulation and can be found within the Main Collection of the University Libraries, specifically within the Faculty Publications section located on the Second Floor of Walsh Library.

Zet Forward is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world.  The series began in February of 2022.

For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail at the following University Libraries Address.

 

Podcast: Seton Hall University. A History, 1856-2006 with Dermot Quinn, Ph.D.

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Seton Hall University. A History, 1856-2006,” with guest scholar Dr. Dermot Quinn.

This podcast features Professor of History, Dr. Dermot Quinn who has an extensive knowledge of Catholic, Irish-American, and University History has produced a volume honoring the multi-layered and significant aspects that have been a part of our educational institution over the last century plus.

As his publisher noted: “In this vivid and elegantly written history, Dermot Quinn examines how Seton Hall was able to develop as an institution while keeping faith with its founder’s vision. Looking at the men and women who made Seton Hall what it is today, he paints a compelling picture of a university that has enjoyed its share of triumphs but has also suffered tragedy and loss. He shows how it was established in an age of prejudice and transformed in the aftermath of war, while exploring how it negotiated between a distinctly Roman Catholic identity and a mission to include Americans of all faiths.

Additional overviews of this book can be found via the following media links:

https://www.shu.edu/arts-sciences/news/professor-quinn-shares-overview-of-seton-hall-s-history.html

https://www.thesetonian.com/article/2023/05/setonhall-ahistory

You can find this podcast at: Podcast @ Seton Hall University.

Zet Forward is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world.  The series began in February of 2022.

For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail at: University Libraries

Zet Forward University Libraries Podcast – Dr. James Daniel, Anti-Capitalist Composition

Episode 7: Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition with Dr James Daniel

We are happy to announce the newest episode of the University Libraries podcast series, Zet Forward, dropped in November. In the episode, Gerry Shea, Communication Librarian at Walsh Library, talks with Dr. James Daniel from the English Department about his book “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition.” The book argues that capitalism is responsible for the entangled catastrophes of the twenty-first century, and that it must accordingly become a central focus in the teaching of writing. Daniel calls for an ambitious re-imagining of composition as a discipline opposed to capitalism’s excesses.

Dr. Daniel is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Basic Writing and Assessment in the English Department at Seton Hall University. His research theorizes how the writing classroom can valuably explore issues of precarity, economic inequality, and workers’ rights.

You can find the podcast at Zet Forward. Please check it out when you have time.

Zet Forward is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world. The series began in February of 2022.

Need additional help through the University Libraries? You can book a research appointment here: Research Appointment Site

Podcast on Social Media, Religion, and Feminism – Dr. Ruth Tsuria

We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled: Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: “Social Media, Religion, and Feminism with  Dr. Ruth Tsuria”

features an interview with Dr. Ruth Tsuria who collaborated with Dr. Heidi A. Campbell (Professor at Texas A&M University) on the edited work: Digital Religion, Understanding Religious Practice in Digital Media, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2021)

Digital Religion, Understanding Religious Practice (Publishers Site)

Ruth Tsuria, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Communications at Seton Hall University and is a prolific author having published articles in various academic outlets, such as The International Journal of Communication, The Communication Review, and Social Media + Society along her book volumes.

Ruth Tsuria, Ph.D. – Faculty Profile

This podcast covers the work of Dr. Tsuria along her work to further scholarship and awareness of topics related to Communication, Social Media, and Feminism along with their varied intersections in a historical and contemporary context.

You can find this podcast at Podcast @ Seton Hall University.

Zet Forward is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world.  The series began in February of 2022.