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The New Ressourcement

is a quarterly journal of theology and philosophy published by Word on Fire Academic. It serves the Church and the academy by publishing scholarly articles that demonstrate the depth and relevance of the entirety of the Catholic tradition.

This journal aims to sentire cum tota ecclesia, to think with the whole Church as it has ever reflected on the mystery of the Incarnate Christ, as seen in sources that are biblical, patristic, medieval, as well as modern. The journal draws inspiration from, and seeks to continue the work of, previous generations of ressourcement theologians. It shares with them a conviction that the renewal of theology and philosophy occurs by returning to sources that remain inexhaustible. This ressourcement is “new” because we trust that this patrimony is fertile enough to encounter contemporary questions confidently and to illuminate the challenges and opportunities that shape the present age.

Bishop Barron explains how The New Ressourcement serves the spiritual life of the Church in a time of crisis.

Latest Issue

Fall 2026

Fall 2026 Cover

Catholic Life and Practice

Michael Heintz

Toward the Renewal of Catholic Preaching: The Witness of the Fathers

Articles

Christian Ivandić

Translator’s Introduction: Prometheus and Dionysius Against Christ? Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Early Engagement with Modern German Philosophy

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Heidegger’s Philosophy from the Perspective of Catholicism (1939)

Veronica Ogle

Augustine, the Church, and the City: The Ecclesiological Origins of Augustinian Political Thought

Matthew J. Ramage

Revisiting Aquinas on the Consummation of Creation: A Case for Creation’s Full Renewal

Ulrich Lehner

How Benedict XVI Won America’s Heart: On the Rejection and Reception of Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology in the United States

Book Symposium: Thomas Joseph White, OP, Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 2: On the Rational Credibility of Christianity by Matthew Levering

Matthew Levering

Contextualizing Thomas Joseph White’s Catholic Apologetics

Matthew R. Crawford

On Historical Method and Doctrinal Development: Critical Questions Arising from Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 2

Michael Gorman

Sameness, Difference, and the Problem of Tri-Theism in Thomas Joseph White’s Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 2

Grant Kaplan

The Thomistic Fundamental Theology of Thomas Joseph White

Gavin D’Costa

On Thomism and the Religions

Thomas Joseph White

From Thomism to Ressourcement Theology and Back Again: On the Development of Doctrine, Historical Methods, and the Reemergence of Scholasticism

Book Reviews

Jimmy Myers

Samuel B. Johnson, The Life of Jesus in the Writings of Origen of Alexandria

Jean-Paul Juge

J. Warren Smith, Early Christian Theology: A History

Vincent Strand, SJ

David Augustine, Christ and the Altar Fire: Sacrifice as Deification in Matthias Scheeben

Aaron Pidel, SJ

Philipp W. Rosemann, Gratia Non Tollit Naturam: Technologies of the Self and the Catholic Constitution of Time and Space

Kathleen Cavender-McCoy

Angela Franks, Body and Identity: A History of the Empty Self

Editors & Advisors

Founder

Robert Barron

Bishop of Winona-Rochester

Editors

Jonathan Ciraulo

The Catholic University of America

Aaron Pidel, SJ

Pontifical Gregorian University

Managing Editor

D. Hayden Hagerman

Word on Fire Academic

Associate Editors

Lewis Ayres

Durham University

Michael Barber

Augustine Institute

Peter Casarella

Duke University Divinity School

Nathan Eubank

University of Notre Dame

Angela Franks

The Catholic University of America

Caitlin Smith Gilson

St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary

Jennifer Newsome Martin

University of Notre Dame

Michael Magree, SJ

Boston College

William Mattison III

University of Notre Dame

Vincent Strand, SJ

The Catholic University of America

Board of Advisors

Khaled Anatolios

University of Notre Dame

Melanie Barrett

Mundelein Seminary

John Betz

University of Notre Dame

John Cavadini

University of Notre Dame

Thomas Clemmons

The Catholic University of America

Cathal Doherty, SJ

Marquette University

Brian Dunkle, SJ

Boston College

Emmanuel Falque

Institut Catholique de Paris

Stephen Fields, SJ

Georgetown University

Anthony Giambrone, OP

École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem

Jennie Grillo

University of Notre Dame

Andrew Kim

Marquette University

Keith Lemna

Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

Matthew Levering

Mundelein Seminary

Anthony Lusvardi, SJ

Pontifical Georgian University

Reginald Lynch, OP

Dominican House of Studies

Margaret McCarthy

John Paul II Institute

Ross McCullough

George Fox University

Francesca Aran Murphy

University of Notre Dame

Cyril O’Regan

University of Notre Dame

Jared Ortiz

Hope College

Aaron Riches

Benedictine College

Joseph Riordan, SJ

Campion College, University of Regina

Tracey Rowland

University of Notre Dame Australia

Daria Spezzano

Providence College

Margaret Turek

St. Patrick’s Seminary

William Wright IV

Duquesne University

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