- Thomas J. Reese
Thomas J. Reese, SJ, is a
Jesuit author and the former editor in chief of "America", a weeklyCatholic magazine.Fr. Reese resigned after seven years as the editor of "America" due to pressure from the Vatican
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . Over a period of five years, the congregation objected to various editorial decisions made by Reese concerning certain issues addressed in the magazine, notablypriestly celibacy and theordination of women . Following his resignation, Reese spent a year-longsabbatical atSanta Clara University before being named afellow at theWoodstock Theological Center inWashington, D.C. Publications
Books
*"The Politics of Taxation". Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
*"Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church", San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989.
*"Episcopal Conferences: Historical, Canonical, and Theological Studies" (editor), Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1989.
*"The Universal Catechism Reader" (editor), San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1990.
*"A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops", Kansas City, MO.: Sheed & Ward, 1992.
*"Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church", Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University, 1996.
*"In Het Vaticaan: De Organisatie van de Macht in de Katholieke Kerk", Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1998.
*"Im Inneren des Vatikan: Politik und Organisation der katholischen Kirche", Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 1998.
*"O Vaticano por dentro: A Política e a Organização da Igreja Católica", Bauru, Brasil: Editora da Universidade do Sagrado Coração, 1999.
*"No Interior do Vaticano: A Política e Organização da Igreja Católica", Portugal: Publicações Europa-América, Lda., 1998.
Monographs
*"Communication II: Decision-Making Examined", Jesuit Self-Study California/Oregon Provinces, 1969.
*"The Generation Gap", Jesuit Self-Study California/Oregon Provinces, 1971.
*"95th Congress Rated on Tax Reform", Arlington, VA: Taxation with Representation, 1978.
*"Co-Discipleship in Action: Bishops and Laity in Dialogue", Woodstock Theological Center, 1991.
References
* "America" magazine: [http://www.americamagazine.org/reese/tr-pub.htm Publications by Thomas J. Reese, SJ]
* Roberts, Tom and John L. Allen, Jr., "Editor of Jesuits' America magazine forced to resign under Vatican pressure", "National Catholic Reporter", May 6, 2005. [http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/update/bn050605.htm] . accessed 05 November 2005
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