The Way 63/2 (April 2024) Acrobatic Spirit

This issue of The Way is offered as a tribute to the memory of Philip Endean SJ (1954–2023). He was a true gentlemen, an eminent scholar, and his spirit had all the agility, in the words of the song, of an acrobat. Among his academic interests were Karl Rahner, St Ignatius Loyola, the early Society of Jesus and Gerard Manley Hopkins, a variety which this selection of articles reflects. The humility with which he would have viewed his own legacy is perhaps best encapsulated by the concluding words of his book-length study of Rahner: ‘Seen in themselves, our efforts are only fragments: mere attempts to clear space so that God’s grace can be disclosed’. His agility of spirit came not from his exceptional talents alone, but from the inner work of grace that was disclosed through his life and work.

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