Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Paulist Press
Publish Date: April 6, 2021
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809154021
ISBN-13: 978-0809154029
Fr. Hesburgh’s contributions to church and state are extraordinary by any standard, and this new book by Todd Ream inspires even as it explains. A thoroughly enjoyable and moving testimony of a priest whose story deserves to be told and retold.
— Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.
President Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
The book explores the contours of Fr. Hesburgh’s calling to the priesthood and its ramifications for his service as the Church’s public intellectual. While many of the challenges Fr. Hesburgh faced still plague society today (civil rights and nuclear proliferation to name only two), this book places greatest importance on how Fr. Hesburgh’s calling to the priesthood compelled him to face those challenges.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Leon E. Panetta Acknowledgments
- Prologue: A Long Obedience
- Introduction: “The Most Fundamental Thing I Do”
- Chapter 1: A Lighthouse and a Crossroads
- Chapter 2: At the Mercy of Power without Purpose
- Chapter 3: Equal as Children of God
- Chapter 4: A Great Common Endeavor
- Chapter 5: Commitment, Compassion, and Consecration
- Chapter 6: The Good of the People
- Chapter 7: The Only Middle There Is
- Conclusion: Christ Alone Mediates Perfectly
Endorsements
Fr. Hesburgh’s contributions to church and state are extraordinary by any standard, and this new book by Todd Ream inspires even as it explains. A thoroughly enjoyable and moving testimony of a priest whose story deserves to be told and retold.
— Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider
C.M., President Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Ream has written and outstanding book about an outstanding life. Protestants, Catholics, and any leader in the public square will benefit from Hesburgh’s timeless wisdom captured so thoroughly and ably.
— Shirley V. Hoogstra
President, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Father Hesburgh was a towering voice for justice who sacrificed on behalf of so many people over the course of his life. Hesburgh of Notre Dame is an eloquent introduction to Father Hesburgh’s rightful place as the Church’s public intellectual and a truly great figure of the of the twentieth century.
— John M. Perkins
Co-Founder, Christian Community Development Association
This study of the remarkable multi-faceted career of Theodore Hesburgh provides an illuminating perspective on the too-little-studied role of the public intellectual in the United States.
— Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University
Whatever ones convictions about faith, education, and politics may be, one will likely agree that Theodore M. Hesburgh was one of the great Christian educators and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. This book is a wonderful introduction to his personal vision, especially for those who, like me have followed Father Hesburgh’s work only from afar.
— Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale University
In various forms, much has been written and recorded about the remarkable life of my brother in Holy Cross, mentor and friend, Father Ted Hesburgh. What makes Todd Ream’s work different is his deep exploration into the theological and philosophical foundations of Father Hesburgh’s life as a public intellectual in service to God, Country, and Notre Dame.
— Rev. John I. Jenkins
C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame