Browsing by Author "Farrell, Thomas"

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    The 2022 Second Norton Critical Edition of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922), and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-11) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,600-word review essay "The 2022 Second Norton Critical Edition of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922), and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the 2022 Second Norton Critical Edition titled T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land and Other Poems, edited by Michael North of UCLA. I cover the following parts of the 2022 Second Norton Critical Edition: the text of The Waste Land (pp. 43-60; and the "Notes," pp. 61-66), North's "Introduction" (pp. xvii-xxvi), the "Contexts" section (pp. 67-170), the "Criticism" section (pp. 171-336), "T. S. Eliot: A Chronology" (pp. 337-339), and the categorized "Selected Bibliography" (pp. 341-345). I also highlight certain aspects of the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). In addition, I discuss the account of Menippean satire developed by the James Joyce specialist and media ecology theorist Eric McLuhan (1942-2018; Ph.D. in English, University of Dallas, 1982). In passing, I briefly discuss Pope Francis' 2015 eco-encyclical.
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    A. E. Orobator's 2018 Book Religion and Faith in Africa: Confessions of an Animist, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2023-05) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,500-word review essay "A. E. Orobator's 2018 Book Religion and Faith in Africa: Confessions of an Animist, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first highlight relevant parts of the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Next, I highlight in some detail the 2018 book Religion and Faith in Africa: Confessions of an Animist (Orbis Books) by the Nigerian Jesuit theologian A. E. Orobator (born in 1967; Ph.D. in theology and religious studies, University of Leeds, 2004). In various places, I also discuss certain official documents by Pope Francis (born in 1936; elected pope in 2013), the first Jesuit pope.
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    Adam Nicolson's 2023 Book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2023-10) Farrell, Thomas
    In my deeply retrospective 4,215-word review essay "Adam Nicolson's 2023 Book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I selectively highlight the prolific English author Adam Nicolson's 2023 book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). I situate his work in the larger conceptual framework of the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) -- and the extensive related work of numerous other scholars, including the philosopher Eric Voegelin and the classicist Eric A. Havelock.
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    Albert Rothenberg's 1979 and 1988 Books on Creativity, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2021-10) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,400-word review essay "Albert Rothenberg's 1979 and 1988 Books on Creativity, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I briefly discuss the American psychiatrist Dr. Rothenberg's 1979 book The Emerging Goddess: The Creative Process in Art, Science, and Other Fields (University of Chicago Press), but I discuss his 1988 book The Creative Process of Psychotherapy (New York: W. W. Norton) in considerable detail. In addition, I related relevant points from the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong's mature work from the early 1950s onward to Dr. Rothenberg's account of human creativity.
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    American Indian Medicine Doctor Paul Peter Buffalo's 2019 Teachings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-12) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,500-word review essay "American Indian Medicine Doctor Paul Peter Buffalo's 2019 Teachings, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the three volumes of the American Indian hunter-gatherer-forager Medicine Doctor Paul Peter Buffalo's teachings titled Gabe-Bines: "Forever Flying Bird": Teachings of Paul Peter Buffalo (c.1900-1977), transcribed from Paul Buffalo's tape recordings over the last twelve years of his life, edited, and annotated by the University of Minnesota Duluth anthropologist Timothy G. Roufs (born in 1943; Ph.D. in anthropology, University of Minnesota, 1971). In addition, I highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Amy-Jill Levine's 2014 Book about Jesus's Parables, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-03) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,325-word review essay "Amy-Jill Levine's 2014 Book about Jesus's Parables, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist" biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine's 2014 book Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (New York: Harper One/ Harper Collins). In addition, I highlight the relevant mature work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955), including his posthumously published uncompleted book Language as Hermeneutic: A Primer on the Word and Digitization, edited and with commentaries by Thomas D. Zlatic and Sara van den Berg (Cornell University Press, 2017).
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    Anne Applebaum's 2024 Book Autocracy, Inc., and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,400-word review essay "Anne Applebaum's 2024 Book Autocracy, Inc., and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first succinctly highlight Applebaum's new 2024 book Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. Then, I explain at length the relevant thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong of Saint Louis University (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Anthony Ekpo's 2024 Book The Roman Curia, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In 2022, the doctrinally conservative Pope Francis (born in 1936; elected pope in 2013) reformed the Vatican Curia when he promulgated the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium ("Preach the Gospel"). The Nigerian theologian Monsignor Anthony Ekpo (born in 1981; Ph.D. in systematic theology, Australian Catholic University, 2013; doctorate in canon law, Gregorian University, 2021) explains Pope Francis' reform of the Vatican Curia in his accessible new 2024 book The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization (Georgetown University Press). In my 5,800-word review essay "Anthony Ekpo's 2024 Book The Roman curia, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I succinctly highlight, on the one hand, Ekpo's new 2024 book and, on the other hand, the work of the American Jesuit Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). I also provide ample background information.
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    Anthony M. Annett's 2022 Book Cathonomics, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-03) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 2,650-word review essay "Anthony M. Annett's 2022 Book Cathonomics, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight what the professional economist Anthony M. Annett says about Catholic social teaching in his accessible new 2022 book Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy (Georgetown University Press). Annett is now a valuable ally of Pope Francis. In addition, I highlight certain relevant points from the mature work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Austen Ivereigh's 2019 Book about Pope Francis and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2019-11) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 7,450-word review essay, I highlight Austen Ivereigh's discussion of the Italo-Argentine Pope Francis' study of the Italo-German Roman Catholic theologian Romano Guardini's thought as the 1950s prophet of post-modernity. In addition, I highlight the American Jesuit cultural historian Walter J. Ong's post-modern thought.
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    Barton T. Geger's 2024 Edition of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 4,150-word review essay "Barton T. Geger's 2024 Edition of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, and Walter J. Ong's thought," I highlight the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University in the first part of mt review essay, In the second part, I discuss the new 2024 book the constitutions of the Society of Jesus: A Critical Edition: With the Complementary Norms [Promulgated by the Society of Jesus], edited by the American Jesuit theologian Barton T. Geger (born in 1968; doctorate in sacred theology, Universidad Pontifica Comillas in Madrid, 2010) -- published by the Institute of Jesuit Sources at Boston College.
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    Beatrice Bruteau (1979) on Marshall McLuhan (1964), and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-02) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 8,700-word commentary "Beatrice Bruteau (1979) on Marshall McLuhan (1964), and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight the life and work of (1) the American mystic philosopher and Catholic convert Beatrice Bruteau (1930-2014; Ph.D. in philosophy, Fordham University, 1954) up to 1979; (2) the Canadian Renaissance specialist and media theorist and Catholic convert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980; Ph.D. in English, Cambridge University, 1943) up to 1964; and (3) the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and media theorist and orthodox Catholic priest Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Specifically, I focus most notably on Dr. Bruteau's perceptive and lucid discussion of Marshall McLuhan's 1964 book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (McGraw-Hill) in her 1979 book philosophical book The Psychic Grid: How We Create the World We Know (Quest Books/ Theosophical Publishing House).
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    Camille Paglia's 2018 Book Provocations and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (N/A, 2018-11) Farrell, Thomas
    Camille Paglia's 2018 book Provocations: Collected Essays includes fifty-six relatively short essays published since her 1994 general collection Vamps & Tramps -- and a lengthy appendix titled "A Media Chronicle [from 1976 to 2018]" that runs from page 581 to page 681. Because she doubles down on her zingers about the French post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault, I discuss his thought a bit in passing, and then I also discuss the thought of Walter J. Ong, Marshall McLuhan, Bernard Lonergan, Neil Postman, and others in my 3,375-word review essay.
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    Celebrating Walter J. Ong as Revolutionary Hero-Thinker
    (N/A, 2018-02) Farrell, Thomas
    Jordan B. Peterson discusses revolutionary heroes in his densely packed book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (Routledge, 1999). Even though he does not happen to mention the American polymath Walter J. Ong (1912-2003), Ong is an example of an revolutionary hero-thinker (there are other kinds of revolutionary heroes). His thought calls for a revolution in our thinking.
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    Charles Taylor's 1989 Book Sources of the Self, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2021-11) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 3,700-word review essay "Charles Taylor's 1989 Book Sources of the Self, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight certain aspects of the Canadian Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor's discussion of Christian theology in his 1989 book Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (Harvard University Press). But what Taylor refers to in his subtitle as "the Modern Identity" emerged in the early modern and modern periods in Western culture, after the Gutenberg printing press emerged in Europe in the mid-1450s. Consequently, it strikes me that the mature thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) about print culture is more pertinent to understanding the Western "Modern Identity" than Taylor allows.
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    Charles Taylor's 2007 Book A Secular Age, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version has not been published previously., 2023-09) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 5,200-word review essay "Charles Taylor's 2007 Book A Secular Age, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I highlight certain works by Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955), Robert N. Bellah (1927-2013; Ph.D. in sociology and Far East languages, Harvard University, 1955), and Charles Taylor (born in 1931; D.Phil., Oxford University, 1961). In addition, I refer to Pope Francis from time to time -- and to a number of other authors and their works in passing.
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    Charles Taylor's 2024 Book Cosmic Connections, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2024) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 93-page (double-spaced) review essay "Charles Taylor's 2024 Book Cosmic Connections, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first highlight the life and work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Then I succinctly highlight two related books by the Canadian Catholic philosopher Charles Taylor (born in 1931; doctorate in philosophy, Oxford University, 1961): (1) The Language Animal: The Full Scope of the Human Linguistic Capacity (2016); and (2) Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment (2024) -- both published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. My list of "References" runs from page 74 to page 93 -- because I frequently list related works of interest in the text as I proceed.
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    Claude Pavur's 2019 Book about Jesuit Education and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (N/A, 2020-02) Farrell, Thomas
    My 5,700-word review essay is about the American Jesuit classicist Claude Pavur's 2019 book In the School of Ignatius [Loyola]: Studious Zeal and Devoted Learning (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts: Institute of Jesuit Sources). For interested readers who are not familiar with Jesuit education in the United States, I provide ample background information, and then I discuss how Claude Pavur could have opened up his study by drawing on certain relevant points in the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955).
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    Contextualizing Marshall McLuhan
    (This version was not previously published., 2019-12) Farrell, Thomas
    My 5,500-word essay "Contextualizing Marshall McLuhan" reviews the life and thought of the Canadian Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), a convert to Roman Catholicism, up to about the publication of his 1964 book Understanding Media. He was a Thomist -- that is, a follower of St. Thomas Aquinas and his Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy and theology. McLuhan was especially interested in Aquinas' discussion of analogy. However, at the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) in the Roman Catholic Church, Aquinas was officially downgraded a wee bit from the most favored status that his thought had previously in the twentieth century. In my essay, McLuhan emerges as a conservative Roman Catholic compared to the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong (1912-2003) and also compared to the Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984).
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    Daniel Bergner's 2022 Book The Mind and the Moon, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
    (This version was not previously published., 2022-05) Farrell, Thomas
    In my 2,600-word review essay "Daniel Bergner's 2022 Book The Mind and the Moon, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I begin by highlighting the mature work from the early 1950s onward of the American Jesuit cultural historian and media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Next, I highlight the 2022 book The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches (Ecco/ HarperCollins) by the American journalist Daniel Bergner (born in 1960), with special attention to his account of the life and quietly inspiring work of Carol Mazel-Carlton and her lifelong struggle with hearing voices.