Ralph McInerny
Ralph McInerny | |
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| Born | Ralph Matthew McInerny February 24, 1929 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Died | January 29, 2010 (aged 80) Mishawaka, Indiana |
| Resting place | Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana. |
| Pen name | Harry Austin, Matthew FitzRalph, Ernan Mackey, Edward Mackin, Monica Quill |
| Occupation | Religious scholar, author |
| Notable works | Father Dowling mysteries |
Ralph Matthew McInerny (February 24, 1929 – January 29, 2010)[1] was an American author and philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame. McInerny's most popular mystery novels featured Father Dowling,[2] and was later adapted into the Father Dowling Mysteries television show, which ran from 1987 to 1991.
He sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms of Harry Austin, Matthew FitzRalph, Ernan Mackey, Edward Mackin and Monica Quill.[2]
Academic career[]
McInerny wrote his PhD dissertation entitled The Existential Dialectic of Soren Kierkegaard under Professor Charles De Koninck at Laval University (Quebec).
He was Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Jacques Maritain Center, and Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He taught there from 1955 until his retirement in 2009.[2]
McInerny was also a Fulbright Scholar, receiving educational funds from the Fulbright Commission Belgium. He served as President of the Metaphysical Society of America in 1993.[3][4]
McInerny's brother Dennis, also a philosophy professor, believes that his brother's greatest legacy is not to be found in his novels, but in his adherence to scholastic and Thomistic beliefs.[5]
Personal life[]
McInerny was a Catholic.[6] He married the former Constance Kunert January 3, 1953, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She preceded him in death on May 18, 2002. The McInernys had four daughters and three sons, one of whom, Michael, predeceased Ralph.[7]
McInerny died of esophageal cancer on January 29, 2010.[8] Those daughters who survived him were: Cathleen Brownell (North Barrington, IL), Mary Hosford (Baltimore, MD), and Anne Policinski (Wayzata, MN), The surviving sons were David (Overland Park, KS) and Daniel (Waco, TX).[7]
Bibliography[]
Fiction[]
Father Dowling[]
- (1977)
- (1978)
- (1977)
- (1979)
- (1980)
- (1981)
- (1982)
- (1983)
- (1984)
- (1985)
- (1987)
- (1989; aka Abracadaver)
- (1989)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- (1993)
- (1994)
- (1996)
- (2000)
- (2001)
- (2002)
- Last Things (novel) (2003)
- (2004)
- (2005)
- (2006)
- (2007)
- (2008)
- (2009)
- (2009)
Sister Mary Teresa (all as Monica Quill)[]
- (1981)
- (1982)
- (1984)
- (1985)
- (1986)
- (1988)
- (1991)
- (1993)
- (1997)
- (2001)
Andrew Broom[]
- (1987)
- (1989)
- (1990)
- (1994)
- Law and Ardor (1995)
- (2000)
Notre Dame[]
- (1997)
- (1998)
- (1999)
- (2000)
- (2001)
- (2002)
- (2003)
- (2004)
- (2005)
- (2006)
- (2007)
- (2008)
- (2010)
Rosary Chronicles[]
- (2009)
- (2009)
Other novels[]
- (1967)
- (1969)
- (1973)
- (1975)
- (1976)
- (1977)
- (1978)
- (1978)
- (1983)
- (1985)
- (1986)
- (1989)
- (as by Edward Mackin) (1990)
- (1991)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- (1998)
- As Good As Dead (2002)
- (2003)
- (2004)
Collections[]
- (with G. K. Chesterton and John Mortimer) (1992)
- (2009)
Poetry[]
- (2005)
Anthologies edited[]
- (with Martin Harry Greenberg) (2000)
- (with Martin Harry Greenberg) (2002)
- (with Lawrence Block and Mary Higgins Clark) (2000)
Non-fiction[]
Philosophy and theology[]
- A History of Western Philosophy with A. Robert Caponigri (1963 - 1971)
- (1969)
- (1969)
- (1977)
- (1986)
- (1988)
- (1990)
- (1992)
- , Washington: Catholic University of America Press (1993)
- (1993)
- (edited by Edward B. McLean; includes an essay, "Medieval: The Grand Synthesis", by McInerny) (1997)
- Ethica Thomistica: The Moral Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, Washington: Catholic University of America Press (1997)
- (1998)
- , Washington: Catholic University of America Press (1999)
- John of St. Thomas (2004). . Translation and introduction by Ralph McInerny. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine's Press. OCLC 46928729.
- , Washington: Catholic University of America Press (2006)
- The Writings of Charles De Koninck. Volume One (edition and translation), with an introduction by Leslie Armour and a biography by Thomas De Koninck, Notre Dame, Notre Dame University Press, 2008
- The Writings of Charles De Koninck. Volume Two (edition and translation), Notre Dame, Notre Dame University Press, 2009
- (2010)
Biography[]
- (2003)
- (2006)
- (2006)
- (2001)
Instruction[]
- (1993)
- (1993)
- (1995)
- (delivered at the University of Glasgow) (2001)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Weber, Bruce (February 16, 2010). "Ralph McInerny, Scholar and Mystery Novelist, Dies at 80". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c McLellan, Dennis (2010-02-07). "Ralph McInerny dies at 80; Notre Dame scholar wrote Father Dowling novels". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ^ Biography of Ralph McInerny – Notre Dame Website Archived 2005-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McInerny, Ralph. "Is Obama Worth a Mass?" Archived 2010-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Column for The Catholic Thing, March 23, 2009.
- ^ "Remembering Ralph McInerny". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Obituary New York Times, February 16, 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Memorial page for Ralph McInerny". Palmer Funeral Home. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Joseph Bottum, "Ralph McInerny (1929–2010)" Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, First Things, January 29, 2010
External links[]
- Works by or about Ralph McInerny in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- McInerny Center for Thomistic Studies
- Ralph McInerny - Daily Telegraph obituary
- The University of Notre Dame, Jacques Maritain Center - Obituary by John O'Callaghan
- Ralph McInerny's articles, at Crisis Magazine
- Biography and summary of Gifford Lectures, "Characters in Search of Their Author" (University of Glasgow, 1999–2000), by Dr Brannon Hancock
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