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12Jesus – ‘Our Wisest and Dearest Friend’: Aquinas and Moral TransformationNew Blackfriars 97 (1071): 575-590. 2016.This article joins others in assessing the role of Christ in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. It investigates one specific phrase in the Summa Theologiae in four stages. First, there are some foundational considerations of Aquinas's overall framework. Second, I examine the evidence supporting Aquinas's original description of Jesus as our ‘dearest friend’ and as further disclosed in the Tertia Pars, specifically in His Passion and in His role as Teacher. Third, this leads to a consideration…Read more
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13Healing Abortion's Trauma and 'Rachel's Vineyard Retreat': From Three ParticipantsThe Australasian Catholic Record 86 (2): 200. 2009.
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10The affirmation of Eros : passion and eternity in Friedrich Nietzsche’s The gay scienceDissertation, University of Warwick. 2017.This thesis analyses Nietzsche’s use of eros in The Gay Science through the concepts of passion and eternity. Nietzsche deploys the conceptual resources of the Hellenistic schools, particularly Stoicism and Epicureanism, to articulate an “affirmative” rival to the Platonic sublimation of eros. However, the Stoic and Epicurean therapies prove insufficient remedies for Platonism: in all three cases, Nietzsche diagnoses a pathological fear of transience. Throughout The Gay Science Nietzsche develop…Read more
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16Witness, the pedagogy of grace and moral developmentThe Australasian Catholic Record 95 (3): 259. 2018.Fleming, Daniel J; Ryan, Thomas Three recent phrases of Pope Francis warrant attention and guide this article. First, there is his call for 'witnesses of God's love' in his tribute to modern martyrs. The second is 'the pedagogy of grace' and the work of the Spirit explained in 'Amoris Laetitia'. Third, from the same document, we find his discussion of accompaniment in the process of moral discernment within the church. With these as guideposts and drawing on recent studies in moral philosophy an…Read more
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97Revisioning the Pacific: Bernard Smith in the South SeasThesis Eleven 82 (1): 16-28. 2005.European Vision and the South Pacific, first published in 1960, is the most acclaimed of all Bernard Smith’s many texts on art history and cultural theory. In conjunction with its 1992 companion-piece, Imagining the Pacific, and supported by collations of art and cartography from Cook’s and other voyages, this work also established his reputation as a major presence in Pacific-centred research. Likewise, the ongoing influence of European Vision and the South Pacific has seen Smith claimed as a f…Read more
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14A Spirituality For Moral Responsibility?: Evelyn Underhill TodayThe Australasian Catholic Record 85 (2): 148. 2008.
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24Self-actualization and the Radical Gospel [Book Review]The Australasian Catholic Record 81 (4): 499. 2004.
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17Holy Spirit, Hidden God: Moral Life and the Non-believerThe Australasian Catholic Record 84 (4): 444. 2007.
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2Year 7 Archaeological Dig Ancient CrudenitesEthos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 24. 2008.
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5Reinventing Russian Revolutionary Writing (Creatively)Agora (History Teachers' Association of Victoria) 43 (4): 55. 2008.
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19The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology [Book Review]The Australasian Catholic Record 82 (2): 252. 2005.
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31Buddhist and Catholic Monks Talk about CelibacyBuddhist-Christian Studies 27 (1): 143-145. 2007.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Buddhist and Catholic Monks Talk about CelibacyThomas Ryan, CSPThe electronic sign at the Minneapolis–St. Paul airport was flashing "Orange Alert" as a dozen Buddhist monks arrived in their burnt orange robes from around the country for three days of dialogue on celibacy with a similar number of Catholic monastics come together from various monasteries at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. As he opened the October 26–29, 20…Read more
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