David Christopher Schindler
email: david.schindler@villanova.edu
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Philosophy
19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy
20th Century Catholic Philosophy
Areas of Competence
Metaphysics
Philosophy of knowledge
Philosophy of art
Philosophy of religion
Theological anthropology
Education
The Catholic University of America
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2001 (with distinction)
“The Dramatic Structure of Truth, in Dialogue with Hans Urs von Balthasar and Continental Philosophy from Kant to Heidegger” Directed by Dr. Riccardo Pozzo
The Catholic University of America
M.A., Philosophy, 1997 (summa cum laude)
The John Paul II Institute (Lateran, Rome)
Washington, DC Session
M.T.S., Sacred Theology, 1995 (magna cum laude)
The University of Notre Dame
B.A., The Program of Liberal Studies (Great Books Program), 1992 (summa cum laude)
L’Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France
Certificate of completion of year-long French program,
1990
Teaching experience (Number of times course taught, if
more than once, is indicated in parentheses)
Villanova University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, 2001-present
PHI 3600, Philosophy of Art
PHI 3000, Plato & Aristotle
PHI 2500, History of Ancient Philosophy
HON 1755, Introduction to Philosophy for students in the Honors Program (3)PHI 1050, Introduction to Philosophy (5)
CHS 1000, Core Humanities Seminar: Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Thought
HON 1241, Core Humanities Seminar: Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Thought, for students in the Honors Program.
HON 1242, Core Humanities Seminar: Modern Thought, Enlightenment to the Present, for students in the Honors Program.
CHS 1000, Politics & Freedom, a learning community.
The Catholic University of America
Teaching Fellow, School of Philosophy, 1997-98, and 2000
Phil 301, Reasoning and Argumentation (3)
Publications
Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Dramatic Structure of Truth: A Philosophical Investigation (Fordham University Press, forthcoming Spring 2004).
“Freedom Beyond Our Choosing: Augustine On the Will and Its Objects,” in Augustine and Politics, forthcoming from Lexington Books. A version of the essay was published in Communio 29 (Winter 2002): 618-53.
"The Community of the One and the Many: Heraclitus on Reason,” Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy (December 2003), 36 pp.
“Going Down: Founding Reason in The Republic,” Journal of Neoplatonic
Studies (September 2003), 52 pp.
“Reason in Mystery: Balthasar’s Gestalt and the Augustinian Paradox,” Second Spring: An International Journal of Faith & Culture (Forthcoming, Spring 2004), 14 pp.
“Homer’s Truth: The Rise of Radiant Form,” 49 pp., sent out for review.
Translations
Translation, or co-translation, of seven books to date, including A Philosophy of Hope: The Thought of Josef Pieper in the Context of the Contemporary Debate on Hope, by Bernard Schumacher (forthcoming from Fordham University Press); Love Alone is Credible, by Hans Urs von Balthasar (forthcoming from Ignatius Press); The Laity and the Life of the Counsels, by Hans Urs von Balthasar (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003); and the book-length poem by Charles Péguy, The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Eerdmans, 1996), with translator’s preface.
Translation from French, German, and Italian of over 30 articles in theology and philosophy, including essays by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Gabriel Marcel, Paul Claudel, and Georges Bernanos. Published in Communio: International Catholic Review (1994- ).
Book reviews
Kenneth Sayre’s Parmenides’ Lesson: Translation and Explication of Plato’s Parmenides (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996), published in The Review of Metaphysics (September, 1998): 172-74.
Aidan Nichols’ Say It Is Pentecost: A Guide Through Balthasar’s Logic (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001), published in The Thomist (April, 2002): 325-28.
Current projects
Plato and the Crisis of Reason: A Philosophical Interpretation of the Republic (working title), a book on the relationship between intelligibility and the good, and its implications for our understanding of the nature of reason.
Commissioned for translation of Adrienne von Speyr’s Das Licht und die Bilder for Ignatius Press.
Other professional activities
Faculty advisor of the philosophy club at Villanova (2003-2004).
Associate Editor of Communio: International Catholic Review (2002- ).
Duties include review of manuscripts, participation in all executive
decisions, collaboration on themes for the journal, translation, and
attendance of biannual international meetings.
Editorial Assistant and Translator for Communio (1994-2002).
Managing Editor of Communio (July 2000-July 2001).
Board member of the Arkwood Foundation (for the study of the academy and the order of intelligence) (1994- ).
Honors, Awards, Achievements
Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award at Villanova, Honorable Mention (2002-2003).
Living stipend awarded by the Johannes Verein (October 1999-July 2001) for research at the Balthasar archives in Basel, Switzerland.
Quasten Fellowship at The Catholic University of America (1995-1998).
McGivney Scholarship at the John Paul II Institute (1992-1993 and 1994-1995).
Member of the Notre Dame chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Otto A. Bird Award, 1992, finest senior thesis in the Program of Liberal Studies at Notre Dame for essay entitled, “Grace Comes Somehow Violent: A Christian Reflection on the Existential Concept of Tragedy With Continual Reference to Nietzsche.”
Languages
Written and oral fluency in French and German; written and oral proficiency in
Italian; reading competence in Spanish, Greek and Latin.