ECT News
The latest updates and information on the Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology.
Welcome to ECT News, a semi-regular newsletter that tracks the progress and activity of the Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology. In this newsletter, I hope to be direct and to-the-point, communicating our publishing, activity, and achievement to our followers in a concise format.
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Site Changes
We have made upgrades to the footer design so that it includes more information and is more accessible and useful to readers.
Some of our readers noticed a failure of our pdf downloads to properly render Greek breath marks and other special characters. We have applied fixes to special characters in pdf downloads to address that problem.
We cleaned up the design of pdf downloads of articles to make them more readable.
New Entry in the Catholic Handbooks Series
We are excited to announce the imminent publication of the second volume of the Catholic Handbooks Series, Moral Theology: An Introduction, by Fr. Ryan Connors. Fr. Connors is Rector of the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the author of Rethinking Cooperation with Evil: A Virtue-Based Approach (CUA Press) and numerous publications in moral and sacramental theology.
Below you can find a sneak peak of the cover design for Moral Theology: An Introduction! Be on the lookout for pre-order information soon!
The first volume of the Catholic Handbooks Series, Catholic Theology: An Introduction by Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. is available for purchase.
Reminder — you can become a lifetime subscriber to the Catholic Handbooks Series by making a one-time, tax-deductible donation of $1000 or more in 2025. You can also receive an advanced copy of every volume by upgrading your subscription to ECT+ to our Founding Member level.
New Articles
We have published two new articles to the Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology. First, on Deification, from Dr. Daniel Keating (Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit). Second, on Moral Theology, from Fr. Ryan Connors (Rector - Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Providence).
We are also pleased to share a recent book review of Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny (Word on Fire Academic), from Fr. Bruno Shah, O.P.
New Media
The full episode of a new video series called In Focus is available now to ECT+ paid subscribers. The first video features Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. on the topic of Catholic Theology: An Introduction.
We are testing the waters of live streaming to our subscribers and our first livestream with Dr. Matthew Minerd was a lot of fun. We look forward to doing more of these - let us know who you would like to see and what topics you want to hear about.
New Office Space
We are thrilled to announce that we have recently begun to occupy office space in the historic Marquette Tower building in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
We will utilize the space for media recording for ECT+ as well as our day-to-day operations.
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