Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University, where he has been teaching since 2004. He is co-editor of Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach: Essays on Religion and Political Philosophy in Honor of Ernest L. Fortin, A.A.

• Part 1 Foreword: The Propaedeutic Theology of Ernest L. FortinPart 2 Part I: The Early Church and the Wisdom of the GreeksChapter 3 Chapter 1. The Rebirth of Patristic StudiesChapter 4 Chapter 2. The Church Fathers and the Transmission of theChristian MessageChapter 5 Chapter 3. The Nature of the Christian MessageChapter 6 Chapter 4. The "Rhetoric" of the Church FathersChapter 7 Chapter 5. Saint Augustine and the Neoplatonic Doctrine of the Soul: Letter 137.11 (translated by Marc A. LePain)Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The City of GodPart 9 Part II: Philosophical Culture in the Middle AgesChapter 10 Chapter 7. Translatio StudiiChapter 11 Chapter 8. Thomas Aquinas as a Political ThinkerChapter 12 Chapter 9. Dante and AverroismPart 13 Part III: Biblical Faith and Modern PhilosophyChapter 14 Chapter 10. The New Moral Theology: Genesis and Present StateChapter 15 Chapter 11. Christianity and the Enlightenment: A ForewordChapter 16 Chapter 12. The Enlightenment and the Church: The Changing ConfigurationsChapter 17 Chapter 13. A Tocquevillian Perspective on Religion and the American RegimeChapter 18 Chapter 14. Humanae Vitae's Silver Jubilee: Twenty-Five Years LaterChapter 19 Chapter 15. Men of Letters: The Little Known Correspondence Between Leo Strauss and Eric VoegelinPart 20 Part IV: Catholic Education: Its Past and Its FutureChapter 21 Chapter 16. Why I Am Not a ThomistChapter 22 Chapter 17. Philosophy and Democratic EducationChapter 23 Chapter 18. The New Catholic CollegeChapter 24 Chapter 19. An Academic Approach to the Teaching of TheologyChapter 25 Chapter 20. Moral ValuesPart 26 Part V: Ecumenical DialogueChapter 27 Chapter 21. The Anguish of Unity: A Roman Catholic PerspectiveChapter 28 Chapter 22. The Ecumenical VentureChapter 29 Chapter 23. Holiness of the Church and Ministerial HolinessChapter 30 Chapter 24. Christian Mission and Spirituality: Roman Catholics and Methodists in DialogueChapter 31 Chapter 25. Ecumenism - Where Do We Go from Here?Part 32 Part VI: Selected Responses and RemarksChapter 33 Chapter 26. Public Theology: A Response to Max StackhouseChapter 34 Chapter 27. Religious Consciousness: A Response to Robert BellahChapter 35 Chapter 28. The Enlightenment and Freedom: Critical Remarks on Ernest van den Haag's "Desolation of Reality"Chapter 36 Chapter 29. Religion and the American RegimeChapter 37 Chapter 30. Comment on Hughes Regarding the Strauss-Voegelin CorrespondenceChapter 38 Chapter 31. Aristotle and the Sociobiologists: An Old Controversy RevisitedPart 39 Part VII: Selected ReviewsChapter 40 Jean Bethke Elshtain, Augustine and the Limits of PoliticsChapter 41 Harry A. Wolfson, The Philosophy of the Church FathersChapter 42 Jaroslav Pelikan, Emergence of the Christian TraditionChapter 43 H.Y. Jung, The Crisis of Political UnderstandingChapter 44 A.S. McGrade, The Political Thought of William of OckhamChapter 45 David Hollenbach, Justice, Peace, and Human RightsPart 46 Part VIII: Facetæ Fortinianæ: The Wit of Ernest FortinChapter 47 Pep RalliesChapter 48 Epilogue: An Intellectual AutobiographyChapter 49 Bibliography of Fortin's Works

Such deep and wide learning is rare enough. But the cumulative effect of bringing together all these valuable contributions is to let us see something rarer still: the life of a mind that is humane, lucid, and wise.