Adam
Schwartz Associate Professor Department of History
Where
were you educated?
B.A., Marquette University
M.A., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
What
classes do you teach? History of Western Civilization II
History of Western Civilization III
History of Modern Germany
Causes and Effects of the Communist Revolution
The Catholic Literary Revival
American History to 1850
American History from 1850 to 1939
Modern British History
The Inklings
Historiography
What
is your favorite class to teach? The Catholic Literary Revival and The Inklings
Do you
have any hobbies? Reading and writing.
What
do you like most about Christendom?
Being close to the John Paul II Generation, and being inspired by their
quest for depth, substance, and truth in a spirit of joy and hope while
being able to share my devotion to authors like Chesterton, Greene, Tolkien,
and Dawson with them.
What are your areas
of expertise and/or research?
Twentieth Century Christian
thought.
"Swords of Honor:
The Revival of Orthodox Christianity in Twentieth-Century Britain."
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 4 (Winter 2001):
11-33.
"The Mind of a Maker: An Introduction to the Thought of Dorothy L.
Sayers Through Her Letters," Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity
13 (May 2000): 28-38.
"I Thought the Church and I Wanted the Same Thing: Opposition to
Twentieth-Century Liturgical Change in the Thought of Graham Greene, Christopher
Dawson, and David Jones." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought
and Culture 1(Fall 1998): 36-65.
"Theologies of History in G.K. Chesterton's The Everlasting Man
and in David Jones' The Anathemata." The Chesterton Review
23 (February & May 1997): 65-83.
"G.K.C.'s Methodical Madness: Sanity and Social Control in Chesterton."
Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature 49 (Fall 1996): 23-40.
"Christianity's Dangerous Edge: 'Belief,' 'Faith,' and 'Doubt' in
Graham Greene's Writing." Thematica: Historical Research and Review
3 (May 1996): 2-29.
"It is Good to Be Here: G.K. Chesterton's The Thing and the
Thought of Graham Greene." Faith & Reason 21 (Spring/Summer
1995): 101-19.
"What They Saw in America: G.K. Chesterton's and Christopher Dawson's
Views of the United States, " in Christopher Dawson: Historian
for the Twenty-first Century, ed. Gleaves Whitney (Wilmington: ISI
Books, 2002, forthcoming).
"The Muggeridge Conundrum." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere
Christianity 11 (March/April 1998): 37-40.
What kind of professional activities and associations are you active in?
Member, Board of Directors, American Chesterton Society (charter member)
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Seven: An Anglo-American Literary
Review
Book Review Editor, Faith & Reason
Freshman Academic Adviser, Christendom College
Member, Midwest Chesterton Society
Member, G.K. Chesterton Society (International)
New York C.S. Lewis Society
Southern California CS Lewis Society
Conference on Christianity and Literature
American Historical Association
Marguerite Eyer Wilbur Foundation Fellowship
Honorable Mention Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award of Northwestern
University
Phi Beta Kappa
Contact Information:
Dr. Adam Schwartz
134 Christendom Dr.
Front Royal, VA 22630
W: 800.877.5456 ext. 1321
F: 540.636.1655
