James V. Schall, SJ: Essays and Columns by Fr. James V. Schall

Articles, essays and columns by Fr. Schall generally available for free appear below; those more academically-oriented which may be purchased at cost can be found via GoogleScholar

Published on Ignatius Insight (Ignatius Press)

The "Justice" That Is Not Due Us March 10, 2010.
Truth, Freedom and Sincerity February 25, 2010.
The New Court of the Gentiles: On the Gospel and the Internet February 18, 2010.
On "Believing" Atheists January 13, 2010.
On Christmas: Each of Us Is a Salvation History December 9, 2009.
The Nobel Speech December 16, 2009. "As far as I can tell, nothing in President Obama's background or politics prepared us for the remarkably sane address that he delivered in Oslo."
The "Hood" Over Our Eyes: Are We Doomed As a Country? "Have we have crossed a mental line beyond which we are no longer able to understand the word "enemy"--even when he acts as one?"
The Roots of Culture | The Foreword to Josef Pieper's Leisure: The Basis of Culture.
On Keeping People In: The Berlin Wall and the Shortness of Political Memory October 2009. "20 years later, what do we remember?"
"Certain Fundamental Truths": On the Place and Temptations of Politics October 6, 2009.
On the "Great Crime" of the Gentiles September 25, 2009.
Called to Eternal Life: Babies and Rights September 10, 2009.
The Old Testament and the New Testament June 25, 2009. "What is the relationships between the two Testaments?"
The Burke Lecture "Archbishop Burke has the unusual quality of being very clear. He minces no words..." May 11, 2009.
"The Bridge Between This World and Eternal Life" May 2, 2009. "There are many who do not believe in the Resurrection of Christ. But what of those who were once skeptics and now believe?"
Immortality, Resurrection of the Body, Memory "The actual human beings we meet are, like each of them, created for eternal life. And they will achieve it, either in grace or in judgment." April 12, 2009.
The Extraordinary Adventure: Real Love is the Gift of Ourselves to One Another April 2, 2009.
The Sick: On Illness and the Risks of a Perfectly Healthy Society March 10, 2009.
Dignitas Personae: On the Originality of Every Human Person January 29, 2009.
"The Dignity of the Person Must Be Recognized..." Sermon was given by Fr. Schall at the Right to Life Mass at Dalghren Chapel, Georgetown University, January 20, 2009.
"The Central Event in History" If the Word did become man, the world is simply different because of it. January 12, 2009.
On Being Amazed In The Cosmos: Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and "The Purpose of the Path" October 13, 2008.
The Beijing Invasion August 25, 2008. "The Olympics remind us that many governments see religion as something to be controlled and persecuted."
Against What Do We Fight? On Cardinal Dias at Lambeth August 19, 2008. What did Ivan Cardinal Dias, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, say Lambeth?
Resurrection and Real Justice March 23, 2008. A consideration of the human longing for justice and how that desire can only be fulfilled through the Incarnation, Passion, Cross, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On Being Moved March 16, 2008. At the origin of the habit of art is something that happens to us before we do anything artistic: before we can move, we must first be moved.
The Only Way You Can Be You February 25, 2008. Redemptive suffering is the path that Father chose that Christ follow to redeem us.
The Judgment of God February 18, 2008. Sins and disorders will be judged and punished. Otherwise, no ultimate justice can be found.
"How Difficult It Is!" | On Justice and the Earthly City January 25, 2008. The search for earthly utopia usually ends badly.
Patron Saint of Teachers: Or, On the Meaning of the Second Semester January 7, 2008.
The Enormity of the Universe
Why Do Things Exist? On the Meaning of Being September 24, 2007. Philosophy means not only that all of our experience is the object of our knowing powers, but it includes properly "reflecting" on this reality.
On Wars...and Wars of Ideas September 14, 2007.
On Saying the Tridentine Mass August 16, 2007.
Catholic Commencements and Pro-Abortion Politicians June 1, 2007 (orig. June 4, 2005).
What Must I Read To Be Saved? On Reading and Salvation May 24, 2007.
What Is Catholicism? Questions With Answers May 1, 2007.
Murder On Campus: A Meditation On Death of the Young April 19, 2007.
On "Losing" One's Faith at University April 16, 2007.
Peace, Justice, Ecology: The "Substitutes" for God April 9, 2007.
The Two (And Only Two) Cities February 7, 2007. The "two cities" is a consecrated phrase that comes from St. Augustine. Thinking about these "two cities" leads to the most profound issues of our time.
On November: All Souls and the "Permanent Things" October 2006.
The Spirit of Assisi: On Praying With Other Religions October 16, 2006.
On School and Things That Are Not Fair August 24, 2006.
On the Term "Islamo-Fascism" August 15, 2006.
Do We Deserve To Be Free? On The Fourth of July, 2006
Creation, Salvation, and the Mass June 30, 2006.
On The Intellectual Needs of Ordinary People June 20, 2006.
Atheism and the Purely "Human" Ethic June 5, 2006.
Reading Without Learning: On Not Missing "Sublime Passages" May 22, 2006.
Easter: The Defiant Feast April 2006. The Resurrection of Christ defies human understanding. But that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: A Historic Call to Charity March 3, 2006. One of the greatest speeches in American history was given 141 years ago in the midst of war, doubt, and turmoil. We would do well to re-read it today.
Why Do We Exist? March 13, 2006. One of the most fundamental questions in human history is, "Why do I exist?" Yet many people either ignore the question or arrive poor answers. Why?
Accidents Happen February 19, 2006. Few, if any, human lives are lived in which minor or major issues are not influenced by something that is properly called "accidental." Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
"Written In Courage": An Analysis of the 2006 State of the Union Address February 3, 2006.
On the Sternness of Christianity December 2004.

From the Catholic World Report

Reflections on Caritas in Veritate July 2009
The Notre Dame Commencement Catholic World Report March 2009 Web Exclusive.
On Charity "Aiming for perfect justice, our laws gussy up old sins as new rights." Catholic World Report March 2009 Web Exclusive.

From the Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The Ambiguity of Islam | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A reflection on Fr. Samir Khali Samir's book, 111 Questions on Islam. Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Evangelization and Truth Homiletic & Pastoral Review October 2008.

From the Catholic Social Science Review