Member Profiles
Michael Torre
University of San Francisco
Education
Ph.D., Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley (1983)
B.A., Religion, Williams College (1972)
AMA Presentations
(2024) “Theological Pluralism: Thomas, Thomisms, and other Traditions of Thought.”
(2023) “Some Modest Reflections on Beauty, and the Beautiful Life of Jacques Maritain.”
(2020) "Modest Reflections on Being a Thomist Today.”
(2019) “The Doctrine of John Paul II and the Life Work of Jacques Maritain.”
(2018) “Yves R. Simon: The Idea of ‘Fact’ and the Diversity of the Sciences”
Publications
Books
(2020) What Is: Introductory Reflections on Thomistic Metaphysics. Scepter.
(2013) Do Not Resist the Spirit’s Call: Francisco Marín-Sola on Sufficient Grace. Catholic University of America Press.
(2009) God’s Permission of Sin: Negative or Conditioned Decree? – A Defense of the Doctrine of Francisco Marín-Sola, O.P., based on the Principles of Thomas Aquinas Studia Friburgensis.
Edited Books
(2021) The Philosopher’s Calling: An Yves R. Simon Reader. University of Notre Dame
Press.
(1989) Freedom in the Modern World: Jacques Maritain, Yves R. Simon, Mortimer J. Adler. University of Notre Dame Press.
Selected Academic Articles
(2023) “What Is the Philosophy of Religion?: A Thomistic Account,” Religions 14 (2): 253.
(2021) “Yves R. Simon, Disciple of Maritain: The Idea of Fact and the Difference Between Science and Philosophy,” in Facts Are Stubborn Things: Thomistic Perspectives in the Philosophies of Nature and Science, ed. Matthew W. Minerd. Catholic University of America Press.
(2019) “Jacques Maritain on the Cause of Moral Evil,” in Jacques Maritain: Dossiers H, ed. Hubert Borde. Éditions Pierre Guillaume de Roux.
(2019) “The American Maritain Association: A Summary Account,” in Jacques Maritain: Dossiers H, ed. Hubert Borde. Éditions Pierre Guillaume de Roux.
(2018) “‘Un Bras d’Athlète et Une Haute Voix du Lamentateur’: Why I Love Jacques Maritain,” in The Things that Matter: Essays Inspired by the Later Work of Jacques Maritain, ed. Heidi Giebel. Catholic University of America Press.
(2018) “À propos de Marín-Sola sur la grâce suffisante,” Revue Thomiste 118 (2): 293-312.
(2017) “Modest Reflections On The Term ‘Religious Experience,’” Open Theology 3 (1): 360-69.
(2017) “The Nobility of Jacques Maritain’s Witness and Work in World War II,” in Engaging the Times: The Witness of Thomism, ed. Joshua Schulz. Catholic University of America.
(2016) “The ‘Annex’ To Maritain’s 1914 Lectures On ‘The Spirit Of Modern Philosophy’: The Role of Germany In Modern Philosophy,” in The Wisdom of Youth: Essays Inspired by the Early Work of Jacques and Raïssa Maritain, ed. Travis Dumsday. Catholic University of America Press.
(2014) “Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon on Freedom of Choice,” in Human Nature,
Contemplation, and The Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics, ed. Peter Karl Koritansky. Catholic University of America Press.
(2013) “The Grace of God and the Sin of Man: The Drama of Man Before God,” in Aquinas & Maritain on Evil: Mystery and Metaphysics, ed. James G. Hanink. Catholic University of America Press.
(2013) “Maritain on the Natural Desire to See God: Reflections Appreciative and Critical,” in Distinctions of Being: Philosophical Approaches to Reality, ed. Nikolaj Zunic. Catholic University of America Press.
(2010) “To Philosophize for the Faith: Maritain’s Intellectual Vocation,” in The Vocation of the Catholic Philosopher: From Maritain to John Paul II, ed. John P. Hittinger. Catholic University of America Press.
(2010) “Murray After 50 Years: Reflections on America and Its Proposition,” in The Renewal of Civilization: Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain, ed. Gavin T. Colvert. Catholic University of America Press.