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faculty publications • Dr. Michael Dauphinais, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Theology, recently released another new book in partnership with former AMU faculty member Matthew Levering. Reading Romans with St. Thomas Aquinas, released in April, features essays which use Aquinas’s exegesis of Romans to address topics such as the Holy Spirit, the Church, and the relationship of Aquinas’s commentary on Romans to his Summa theologiae.
newal of Catholic Theology in 2010. The essays suggest a renewed dedication to intellectual and moral foundations as a solution to the tenuous relationship between Catholicism and modern American culture. The book includes an impressive line-up of authors, including Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap., and several of AMU’s own theology professors.
• In September, Catholicsm and America: Challenges and Prospects edited by Fr. Matthew Lamb, was released by Ave Maria University’s Sapientia Press. The book is a collection of essays based on papers and discussions from the “Catholicism & America Conference” hosted by AMU’s Center for the Re-
• Dr. Michael Pakaluk, Professor and Chair of the Philosophy department, has been hard at work representing AMU in the scholarly community. Pakaluk was invited to speak as an authority on accounting ethics at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Roundtable discussion on the topic of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation in Houston in October. Additionally, Pakaluk has authored several articles to be published in the coming months on topics including Aristotelian ethical theory, financial misconduct research, and the integration of psychology and philosophy.
• Former US Ambassador Michael Novak, who teaches various classes at AMU as an adjunct professor, authored a chapter in The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs, recently released by The George W. Bush Foundation. Novak’s contribution, “The Moral Imperative of a Free Economy,” is featured as the closing word in the series of essays which presents a model for restoring economic stability and success in America.
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