William Christian Hackett

William Christian Hackett, or W. C. Hackett (born 1979) is an American Catholic philosopher. He is also a translator, involved in the reception of French Phenomenology into English,[1] and a novelist.

His novel, Outside the Gates,[2] retells the true story of Jewish existentialist philosopher Jean Wahl's escape from Drancy Internment Camp and underground flight to the Free zone during the German Occupation of France in 1941.[3][4] Hackett is the translator of Wahl's Human Existence and Transcendence, published in 1944 after his escape, that is partially retold by the novel.[5]

Hackett is a professor of philosophy at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana.[6]

Works

Fiction

  • Outside the Gates, Angelico Press, 2021. Honorable Mention. Catholic Media Association Book Awards 2022.[7]

Theory

  • Anthropomorphism and Christian Theology: The Apophatics of the Sensible. Bloomsbury, 2024.
  • Philosophy in Word and Name: Myth, Wisdom, Apocalypse, Angelico Press, 2020.
  • Quiet Powers of the Possible: Interviews in Contemporary French Phenomenology, Fordham University Press, 2016. (with Tarek Dika)

Translations

  • From Theology to Theological Thinking, by Jean-Yves Lacoste, University of Virginia Press, 2014 (second edition, 2023).
  • God, the Flesh, and the Other: From Irenaeus to Duns Scotus, by Emmanuel Falque, Northwestern University Press, 2014.
  • Human Existence and Transcendence, by Jean Wahl, University of Notre Dame Press, 2016.
  • Saint Bonaventure and the Entrance of God into Theology, by Emmanuel Falque, St. Bonaventure University Press, 2018. (with Brian Lapsa)
  • The Expansion of Metaphysics, by Miklos Vető, Cascade Press, 2018.

References

  1. ^ ffrench, Patrick (2017-03-16). "Quiet Powers of the Possible: Interviews in Contemporary French Phenomenology. By Tarek R. Dika and W. Chris Hackett". French Studies. 71 (3): 450–451. doi:10.1093/fs/knx036. ISSN 0016-1128.
  2. ^ Outside the Gates - W.C. Hackett (Book Review). Retrieved 2024-04-03 – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ Moore, Ian Alexander; Schrift, Alan D. (2016-11-01), "Existence, Experience, and Transcendence", Transcendence and the Concrete, Fordham University Press, doi:10.5422/fordham/9780823273010.003.0001, ISBN 978-0-8232-7301-0, retrieved 2024-04-03
  4. ^ Taylor, Alex (2023-10-14). "A Philosophical Adventure Towards Freedom". europeanconservative.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  5. ^ St-Laurent, Guillaume (March 2020). "Jean Wahl's unassailable heritage". Continental Philosophy Review. 53 (1): 103–111. doi:10.1007/s11007-020-09488-8. ISSN 1387-2842.
  6. ^ "Faculty Directory - Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology". Saint Meinrad. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  7. ^ "Catholic Media Association - W. C. Hackett Angelico Press B28: Catholic Novels > B28a: Catholic Novels - Inspirational". catholicpress.secure-platform.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.