The Aquinas Center for the Theological Renewal Spring Newsletter indicates that they are having a busy time at Ave Maria (FL).
There are a couple of strong book series. Out or forthcoming from Sapientia Press are:
Francis Martin’s Sacred Scripture: Disclosure of the Word
Benedict Ashley OP The Ashley Reader
Guy Mansini’s Promising and the Good
Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ Magisterium
Steven Long The Teleological Grammar of the Moral Object
William Brennan John Paul II’s Confrontation with the Language Powering the Culture of Death
John Paul II and St.Thomas Aquinas
and Aquinas the Augustinian (CUA)
David Dalin & Matthew Levering (eds) John Paul II and the Jewish People (Rowman & Littlefield)
Then there are conferences
Humanae Vitae: 40 Years Later We are pleased to announce our upcoming conference Humanae Vitae: 40 Years Later, February 1–2, 2008 at Ave Maria University, including the following distinguished speakers:
Janet Smith, Sacred Heart Paul Gondreau, Providence College Mark Johnson, Marquette University Joseph Koterski, SJ, Fordham University Fr.Antonio Lopez, John Paul II Institute Graham McAleer, Loyola College in Maryland Tracey Rowland, John Paul II Institute (Melbourne, Australia) Michael Sherwin, OP, University of Fribourg David L. Schindler, John Paul II Institute Michele Schumacher, University of Fribourg Mary Shivanandan, John Paul II Institute Michael Waldstein, International Theological Institute
So not a single UK Catholic theologian able to speak on this subject? But wait, further on in the same newsletter, there is this:
The upcoming issue of Nova et Vetera—5:2 (2007)—celebrates the work of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI. Authors for the special issue include Francesca Murphy, Geoffrey Wainwright, Aidan Nichols OP...
Two are of these are international superstars, but more exciting is that one of these is British and works in a British university - Francesca Murphy of Aberdeen. Does this mean that the UK finally has one academic theologian who has noticed the documents that have been pouring out of the Vatican these last thirty years, faster now than ever, and is interested in teaching it? I hope British Catholic students are knocking her door down.
'Celebrates the work of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI?' About time. I have been dancing the streets, alone, for a while now.