fall 2007 - Seton Hall University

Startling Strangeness: Reading Lonergan’s Insight
By Monsignor Richard M. Liddy, S.T.L., Ph.D., professor of Catholic thought and culture
and director of the Center for Catholic Studies (University Press of America, $59.95)
Monsignor Liddy recounts his time as a student of Bernard Lonergan,
famed Canadian Jesuit priest and philosopher, in Rome during the
Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and his encounter with Lonergan’s
seminal work, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. In the introduction
to Insight, Lonergan writes of the “startling strangeness” that
overtakes someone who really understands what the act of “insight”
is all about. This book is about Liddy’s experiences in the 1960s as he
grappled with Insight and about how understanding our own minds
opens up vast vistas on history, the sciences and the universe.
Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm
By Daniel J. Leab, Ph.D., professor of history (Pennsylvania State University Press, $55)
Scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement
in the making of the animated motion picture adaptation of
George Orwell’s Animal Farm since the movie’s release in 1954. In
Orwell Subverted, Daniel Leab gives a well-documented account of
the CIA’s powerful influence on the film.
Keep Your Ear on the Ball
By Genevieve Petrillo, M.A.E. ’86 and Lea Lyon
(Tilbury House, Publishers, $16.95)
Keep Your Ear on the Ball is a children’s book about inclusion,
independence and cooperation. Davey is a new kid at school, and he
happens to be blind. When the other kids realize that he is self-reliant,
they stop offering help, until he joins in the kickball game. Together
the kids help Davey succeed in a way that lets Davey help himself.
I Like Gum
By Doreen Tango Hampton, ’81/MBA ’83 and Gina Pfleegor
(Shenanigan Books, $15.95)
I Like Gum is a children’s book about the likes and dislikes of a gumchewing
kid, intended for ages 4-8. Hampton’s rhymes merge seamlessly
with Pfleegor’s artwork to create a memorable read that children will
relate to and enjoy.
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