David L. Schindler
David L. Schindler (1943–2022) was the long-time Dean and Provost at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. He also served for 40 years as editor-in-chief of the English language edition of Communio: International Catholic Review. Prior to his work at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute, he taught at the University of Notre Dame and Mount Saint Mary’s University.
Dr. Schindler edited the series “Ressourcement: Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought” (Eerdmans). He is the author and editor of many articles and books and was appointed by Pope John Paul II as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Laity (2002 to 2007).
We recommend the following two thoughtful tributes that explore the scope and power of Schindler’s work and legacy:
“Philosopher of Love: David L. Schindler,” by Jeremy Beer (The Imaginative Conservative, May 2013)
“Remembering David L. Schindler’s Radical Vision,” by Thomas V. Gourlay (Church Life Journal, June 2023)
We also encourage our listeners to read the following essays written by David L. Schindler:
“The Given as Gift” (The Imaginative Conservative, December 12, 2018)
“‘The Religious Sense’ and American Culture” (Communio, Winter 1998)
“Is Truth Ugly? Moralism and the Convertibility of Being and Love” (Communio, Winter 2000)
“Living and Thinking Reality in Its Integrity: Ordinary Experience, God, and the Task of Education” (Communio, Summer 2010)
“Toward a Culture of Life: The Eucharist, the ‘Restoration’ of Creation, and the ‘Worldly’ Task of the Laity in Liberal Societies” (Communio, Winter 2002)
“Conscience and the Relation between Truth and Pastoral Practice: Moral Theology and the Problem of Modernity” (Communio, Summer 2019)
Links to posts and programs featuring David L. Schindler:
- Ungodly confusion about “the secular” — David L. Schindler on the theological mistakes behind the miniaturization of God
- True transcendence, true immanence — D. C. Schindler on how believers can be practical atheists
- The basic act and order of things — David L. Schindler (1943–2022) insists that the reduction of love to a matter of private and personal sentiment, piety, or good will — is one of the fundamental disorders of modern culture. Christians should know better. (39 minutes)
- Reality and the relations that constitute us — Reuben Slife discusses key concerns in the work of David L. Schindler (1943–2022). 31 (minutes)
- Questioning the “sacred-secular” division — With the stage set by Michael Sandel, Jean Bethke Elshtain, David L. Schindler, and John Milbank, Andrew Willard Jones examines a medieval alternative to the modern liberal paradigm. (61 minutes)
- Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 131 — FEATURED GUESTS:
John Durham Peters, Paul Heintzman, Richard Lints, Peter Harrison, Francis J. Beckwith, David L. Schindler, and Nicholas J. Healy, Jr.
- Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 112 — FEATURED GUESTS: Christian Smith, David L. Schindler, Sara Anson Vaux, Melvyn Bragg, Timothy Larsen, and Ralph C. Wood
- Is the First Amendment religiously neutral? — David L. Schindler and Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. discuss how the First Amendment is not as sympathetic to religious freedom as is commonly believed, as it is based on contestable assumptions about the nature of “religion,” “freedom,” and “human nature.” (33 minutes)
- Implications of an “absent” God — David L. Schindler (1943–2022) explores the implications for a civilization that discards the reality that being is grounded in God. (minutes)
- Excerpts from Volume 112 — Hear excerpts from interviews with Christian Smith, David L. Schindler, Sara Anson Vaux, Melvyn Bragg, Timothy Larsen, and Ralph C. Wood. (34 minutes)
- Doing business: selfishly or generously? — David L. Schindler on Adam Smith’s big mistake
- A liturgically ordered (and Christ-formed) cosmos — David L. Schindler on how the renewing of our minds requires the recognition of love in the order of Creation
