Not forgotten : elegies for, and reminiscences of, a diverse cast of characters, most of them admirable

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Weigel, George, 1951- author.

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The world is full of interesting people, and it has been George Weigel's good fortune to have known many such personalities in a variety of fields: politics, religion, the arts and sciences, journalism, the academy, entertainment, and sports. In this collection of reminiscences and elegies, the best-selling author of the definitive biography of Pope Saint John Paul II remembers these men and women from inside the convictions that formed them. Whether he is sketching, the lives of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, major league baseball managers, princes of the Church, television personalities, or history-making political leaders, Weigel tries to understand, and help readers understand, the deep truths of the human condition illuminated by each of these not-forgotten lives. Written with verve, insight, and an appreciation for the consequential lives that have touched his own, this book fills out the autobiographical portrait that George Weigel began painting in Lessons in Hope : My Unexpected Life With Saint John Paul II, while offering a backstage view of some of the men and women who have shaped the turbulent history of our times.

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222 pages ; 23 cm

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Ignatius,

Publication Date:

2020

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9781621644156

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San Francisco, CA : Ignatius, 2020.

Call Number:

814 WEIGEL

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Whether he is sketching the lives of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, major league baseball managers, princes of the Church, television personalities, or history-making political leaders, Weigel tries to understand, and help readers understand, the deep truths of the human condition illuminated by each of these not-forgotten lives.

Written with verve, insight, and an appreciation for the consequential lives that have touched his own, Not Forgotten fills out the autobiographical portrait that George Weigel began painting in Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with Saint John Paul II , while offering a backstage view of some of the men and women who have shaped the turbulent history of our times.

The 60 intriguing lives that he writes about are a wide diversity of unique characters and personalities, including Albert Einstein , William F. Buckley , Flannery O'Connor , Franz Jägerstätter , John Paul II , Jackie Robinson , Charles Krauthammer , Sophie Scholl , Henry Hyde , James Schall , S.J. , Dietrich Von Hildebrand , Charles Colson , Fr Richard J. Neuhaus and many more.

Author Notes

George Weigel is a Catholic theologian.

Weigel was educated at St. Mary's Seminary College in Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, Canada.

Weigel moved to Seattle where he was Assistant Professor of Theology and Assistant (later Acting) Dean of Studies at the St. Thomas Seminary School of Theology in Kenmore. In 1977, he became Scholar-in-Residence at the World Without War Council of Greater Seattle. In 1984-85 he was a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Weigel is the author or editor of a number of books including Tranquillitas Ordinis: The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace (Oxford University Press, 1987); The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism (Oxford, 1992); The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored (HarperCollins, 2001); The Courage To Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church (Basic Books, 2002); God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church (HarperCollins, 2005); Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism (Doubleday, 2007); and Against the Grain: Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace (Crossroad, 2008). His scholarly work and his journalism are regularly translated into the major European languages.

Weigel has been awarded ten honorary doctorates, the papal cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, and the Gloria Artis Gold Medal by the Republic of Poland.

George Weigel and his wife live in North Bethesda, Maryland.

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Preface	p. 13
The Critical Arabist	p. 15
Hearing Rumors of Angels	p. 17
A Christian Gentleman in Washington	p. 21
Mother-Daughter Act	p. 25
The Well-Dressed Astronomer	p. 29
The Courtly Shipbuilder	p. 32
Death with Real Dignity	p. 34
Tte Publicist	p. 38
Enemy Become Friend	p. 41
The Trade Unionist	p. 43
The Overseas Brit and Sichuan Country Girl	p. 45
Leader of "The Few" Hugh Dowding (1882-1970)	p. 50
Abraham Lincoln in Full Pontificals	p. 53
A Meaningful Cosmos	p. 57
California Dreamin', Missin' the Real Thing	p. 60
The Doolittle Raiders	p. 63
The China Missioner	p. 65
The Black Prince	p. 67
A Cardinal Conquering Pain	p. 70
The "Loud-Mouthed Irish Priest"	p. 75
James Madison Meets Frank Zappa	p. 78
The Clear-Eyed Phenomenologist	p. 81
The Exile Become National Hero	p. 84
The Majesty of the Rule of Law	p. 88
The Last Adult	p. 93
A Modern Martyr	p. 97
Conviction Changing History	p. 100
The Broadness of a Gauge	p. 105
The Negotiator	p. 108
The Lutheran Catholic Pastor	p. 110
The Great Pathologist of the Most Lethal Heresy	p. 114
Brightening Friday Mornings	p. 117
A Blessing for the World	p. 119
Papal Bull	p. 121
Number 89	p. 124
A Good Man in a Tough Business	p. 127
The Great Catholic "What If?"	p. 131
"Xavier Rynne"	p. 133
Number 84	p. 136
The Portavoce	p. 138
First Things First	p. 145
A Tzaddik for the World	p. 150
The Polish American Knight	p. 155
The Hillbilly Thomist as Apologist	p. 158
The Conscientious Washington Lawyer	p. 161
K Street Evangelist	p. 164
An American Original	p. 167
Cosmic Traveler	p. 172
Ferocity, Courage, and Grace	p. 175
The Pioneer	p. 179
The Paradoxical Peacemaker	p. 182
The Old-School Jesuit	p. 185
The Truth about Conscience	p. 188
He Had a Hammer (and Sickle)	p. 191
The Best of a Troubling Clan	p. 194
Son-in-Law	p. 196
The Homeric Manager	p. 198
Mom	p. 202
Dad	p. 207
Literary Brilliance, with a Caveat	p. 211
The Storyteller	p. 213
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Sources	p. 219
Photo Credits	p. 222

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