John A. Ryan:  Bibliography

 

Works About

 

BOOKS

  

Columbia University Special Convocation for the Conferring of Honorary Degrees Upon Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, The Rt. Rev. Monsignor John Augustine Ryan and the Rt. Rev. George Arthur Butterick. NY: Columbia University, 1944.

 

Gearty, Patrick William. The Economic Thought of Monsignor John A. Ryan. Washington : Catholic University of America Press, 1953.

 

Rafton, Harold Robert. What do Roman Catholic Colleges teach? A review of Ryan and Boland's book, Catholic Principles of Politics. Boston: Beacon Press, 1953.

 

Cerny, Karl H. Monsignor John A. Ryan and the Social Action Department : An Analysis of a Leading School of American Catholic Social Thought. Yale University. 1955,1973. Thesis.

 

Perlman, Mark. Labor Union Theories in America : Background and Development. Evanston, Ill., Row, Peterson 1958.

 

Broderick, Francis L. Right Reverend New Dealer, John A. Ryan. New York : Macmillan 1963.

 

Williams, Preston Noah. Religious Responses to the New Deal: the Reaction of William Henry Cardinal O'Connell, Monsignor John A. Ryan, Clarence E. Macartney and Reinhold Niebuhr to the Economic Policies of the New Deal: A Thesis. Harvard University, 1967.

 

Ryan, Lawrence F. Ryan Family, 1841-1972. St. Paul 1972.

 

Bender, Reginald. Doctrine of Private Property in the Writings of Monsignor John A. Ryan. Washington: Catholic University of America, 1974.

 

Gouldrick, John W. John A. Ryan's Theory of the State. Washington: Catholic University of America, 1979. Thesis.

 

Lavey, Patrick Bernard. William J Kerby, John A, Ryan, and the Awakening of the Twentieth-Century American Catholic Social Conscience, 1899-1919. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986- 1987. Thesis. Krueger, David A. Economic ethics of John A. Ryan and Gustavo Gutierrez. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1988.

 

Drogin, Elasah. Margaret Sanger: Father of Modern Society. New Hope, KY : CUL Publications, 1989.

 

Beckley, Harlan. Passion for Justice : Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1992.

 

VIDEOCASSETTE

 

John Ryan, Labor Priest. Sparkhill, NY : Hallel Communications, 1992. 1 videocassette.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE SOURCES

 

Dictionary of American Biography. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1928-1944. Supp. 3. Book of Catholic Authors. 1st Series. 1942.

 

American Catholic Who's Who. 1944-1945.

 

Catholic Authors. Ed. Matthew-Hoehn. Newark : St. Mary's Abbey, 1948.

 

National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: J.T. White. Vol. 39, 1954. New Catholic Encyclopedia: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.

 

Dictionary of North American Authors. Ed. William Stewart Wallace. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1968. Encyclopedia of American Biography. Ed. John Arthur Garraty. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

 

Lincoln Library of Language Arts. 5th Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Frontier Press, 1981.

 

Dictionary of American Catholic Biography. Ed. John J. Delaney. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984.

 

American Reformers. Ed. Alden Whitman. New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 1985.

 

Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America. Ed. Walter I. Trattner. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

 

Religious Leaders of America. Ed. J. Gordon Melton. Detroit: Gale, 1991.

 

Dictionary of American Religious Biography. Ed. Henry Bowden: 2nd Edition. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.

 

American Social Leaders. Ed. Amy Lewis. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 199

 

ESSAYS

 

Ford, Joseph. " 'Radical' Economic Concepts From Leo XIII to the Present." Things Old and New. Ed. F. McHugh and Others. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1993.

 

Smurl, James F. "Common Moral and Religious Grounds for Uncommon Economic Times." Religion and

 

Economic Ethics. Ed. Joseph Gower. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1990.

 

Sorvillo, Mark B. "John A. Ryan." Twentieth-Century Shapers of American Popular Religion. Ed. Lippy, Charles. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989.

 

O'Brien, David J. "The Economic Thought of the American Hierarchy." Catholic Challenge to the American Economy. Ed. Thomas Gannon. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

 

McCann, Dennis. "Redeeming the 'City of Pigs': Catholic Principles for Welfare Justice." Catholic Social Teaching. Ed. John Hauck and Oliver Williams. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1987. Broderick, Francis L. " John A. Ryan and Social Justice." Catholics in America: 1776-1976. Ed. Robert Trisco. Washington, D.C. : Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee for the Bicentennial, 1976.

 

Fisher, Dorthea. "John Augustine Ryan." American Portraits. New York: H. Holt and Company, 1946. Shannon, William V. "A Tale of Two Priests." The American Irish. Ed. William V. Shannon. New York: Macmillan, 1963.

 

Andelson, R.V. "Ryan and His Domestication of Natural Law." Critics of Henry George. Ed. R.V.

 

Andelson. Rutherford, New Jersey: Associated University Press, 1979.

 

ARTICLES

 

Brown, R.G. "Father Ryan and the Minimum Wage." Survey 34 (April 10, 1915) 57-58.

 

O'Hara, Edwin. "Works of Dr. John A. Ryan." America 28 (February 24, 1923) 448-449.

 

"Men Around Roosevelt:(10) Dr. John A. Ryan." The Awakener 1 (September 1, 1924) 4.

 

"Herring, H.C. "Catholic, Protestant, Mexicans; A Reply to Father John A. Ryan." World Tomorrow 10 (December 1927) 512-515.

 

"Who's Who of Catholics in the Peace Movement." International Relations Newsletter 1(March 1930) 3. "National Catholic Welfare Conference Executive Created Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XI." Catholic Action 15 (October 1933) 17.

 

"Papal Honor Comes to Dr. John A. Ryan." Catholic World 138 (October 1933) 112.

 

"Monsignor John A. Ryan." Commonweal 19 (December 22, 1933) 201-202.

 

"Note and Comment: Father Ryan's New Name." America 50 (December 9, 1933) 220-221.

 

Blakely, P.L. "Defense of 'Share Our Wealth'; Some Remarks on Huey Long and Monsignor Ryan." America 53 (May 18, 1935) 131-132.

 

"Monsignor J.A. Ryan Honored at Investiture." Catholic Action 16 (January 1934) 9-10.

 

"Solemn Investiture." Catholic Educational Review 32 (January 1934) 44-45.

 

Henriques, F. "Is Monsignor Ryan on the Right Road?" Commonweal 21 (November 30, 1934) 150.

 

"Father Coughlin and Monsignor Ryan." Commonweal 24 (August 7, 1936) 355.

 

"Ryan-Coughlin Controversy." Commonweal 24 (October 23, 1936) 597-598, 614-615; 25 (November 6, 1936) 44-45.

 

McNally, L.P. "Supreme Court Debate." Commonweal 26 (May 28, 1937) 133-134.

 

"Churchmen and Politics: Father Coughlin and Monsignor Ryan." Tablet 168 (November 7, 1936) 630-631. "Monsignor Ryan Calms the Waves." Ave Maria 48 (August 13, 1938) 215.

 

Flynn, Henry C. "Monsignor Ryan Honored on His 70th Birthday." Catholic Action 21 (June 1939) 5-6.

 

"Right Reverend Monsignor John A. Ryan, D.D.: Tributes at the 70th Birthday Anniversary Testimonial Dinner." U.S. Congressional Record-Appendix 84, Part 13 (May 29, 1939) 2269-2271.

 

Smith, E. Harold. "Three Score and Ten." Commonweal 30 (June 9, 1939) 181-182.

 

Vaughan, J.M. "On Modern Intolerance; Reply to Monsignor Ryan's Views on Religious Toleration." Commonweal 34 (May 9, 1941) 53-56.

 

Higgins, George. "The Underconsumption Theory in the Writings of John A. Ryan." Unpublished Master's Dissertation, School of Social Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1942.

 

"Right Reverend New-Dealer." Time 59 (January 11, 1943) 60.

 

"Honored by Columbia University with Honorary Degree." Catholic Action 26 (March 1944) 12.

 

"Monsignor John A. Ryan Lauded as Pioneer of Social Justice by President Roosevelt." Catholic Action 26 (June 1944) 13.

 

"John A. Ryan's Fruitful Years of Service Acknowledged by Co-workers." Catholic Action 26 (June 1944) 4. Schaeffer, Mary. "Right Reverend Monsignor John A. Ryan." Alumnae Journal of Trinity College 19 (Autumn 1945) 18-19.

 

Higgins, George. "Talking It Over." The Tidings (Los Angeles) September 21, 1945.

 

"Obituary." School and Society 62 (September 22, 1945) 186-187.

 

"N.C.W.C. Loses Its Revered Leader." Christian Century 62 (September 26, 1945) 1084.

 

"Monsignor Ryan." Commonweal 42 (September 28, 1945) 565.

 

"John A. Ryan." America 73 (September 29, 1945) 519.

 

"Obituary." American Federationist 52 (October 1945) 19.

 

"Obituary." Survey Graphics 34 (October 1945) 387.

 

McGowan, R.A. "Appreciation." Catholic Action 27 (October 1945) 4-5+.

 

"Country's Tribute to Monsignor John A. Ryan." Catholic Educational Review 43 (October 1945) 497-499. "John A. Ryan." Catholic Historical Review 31 (October 1945) 362.

 

Haas, F.J. "Monsignor John A. Ryan; Sermon at Funeral." Catholic Action 27 (October 1945) 24-27. Malloy, J.I. "Monsignor John A. Ryan Dies." Catholic World 162 (October 1945) 85.

 

"Monsignor Ryan." Catholic Charities Review 29 (October 1945) 201-202.

 

Smith, E.H. "Monsignor Ryan." Commonweal 42 (October 12, 1945) 621.

 

"Right Reverend Monsignor John A. Ryan, 1869-1945." Catholic Mind 27 (October 1945) 3-4.

 

"Some Additional Appreciations." Catholic Action 27 (October 1945) 27.

 

McGowan, Raymond. "Monsignor John A. Ryan-An Appreciation." Catholic University Bulletin 13 (November 1945) 5,6,9.

 

"In Memoriam." Social Justice Review 38 (November 1945) 230.

 

"John A. Ryan." Catholic Mind 43 (November 1945) 681.

 

"Obituary." Social Service Review 19 (December 1945) 559-560.

 

McTigue, A. "Christ's Ambassador to the Market Place." Dominicana 30 (Winter 1945) 248-258.

 

Abell, A.J. "Monsignor John A. Ryan: An Historical Appreciation." Review of Politics 8 (January 1946) 128-134.

 

Purcell, R.J. "John A. Ryan, Prophet of Social Studies." Studies 35 (June 1946) 153-174.

 

Tobin, T. "Monsignor John A. Ryan, 1896-1945." Liguorian 35 (March 1947) 140.

 

"Monsignor Ryan's Papers Given to Catholic University." Catholic Educational Review 48 (February 1950) 120-121.

 

McMahon, F.E. "Jew Looks at Catholics; Reply." Commonweal 58 (June 12, 1953) 250.

 

Land, P.S. "Bishop Haas and Monsignor Ryan." America 89 (September 12, 1953) 573-574.

 

Ryan, J.P. "Monsignor John A. Ryan-Social Reformer." Labor Leader 16 (September 30, 1953) 3.

 

Fitzsimons, J. "Monsignor John A. Ryan, Prophet of Social Justice." Clergy Review 39 (September 1954) 527-538.

 

Broderick, F. "When Last A Catholic Ran for President." Social Order 10 (May 1960) 198-210.

 

Cunningham, W.J. "The Church's Pioneering Radical." Information 76 (June 1962) 44-51.

 

Broderick, F. "But Constitutions Can Be Changed; Father John A. Ryan and the Church-State Position of Immortale Dei of Leo XIII." Catholic Historical Review 49 (October 1963) 390-393.

 

Broderick, F. "The Encyclicals and Social Action: Is John A. Ryan Typical?" Catholic Historical Review 55 (April 1969) 1-6.

 

Preston, R. "The Christian Moralist As Scientific Reformer." American Catholic Historical Society Records 81 (March 1970) 27-41.

 

Betten, N. "John Ryan and the Social Action Department." Thought 46 (Summer 1971) 227-246.

 

Coleman, John A. "Vision and Praxis in American Theology: Orestes Brownson, John A. Ryan, and John Courtney Murray." Theological Studies 37 (March 1976) 3-40.

 

Swidler, A. "Catholics and the E.R.A." Commonweal 103 (September 10, 1976) 585-589.

 

Van Allen, Rodger, and others. "Review Symposium: American Catholic Social Ethics: 20th Century

 

Approaches, by Charles E. Curran, 1982: Five Perspectives [Rejoinder]." Horizons 9 (Fall 1982) 323-347.

 

Hanna, Mary Jane. "Monsignor Ryan Remembered." Homiletic and Pastoral Review 83 (January 1983) 4547.

 

Hunnicut, Benjamin. "Monsignor John A. Ryan and the Shorter Hours of Labor: A Forgotten Vision of Genuine Progress." Catholic Historical Review 69 (July 1983) 384-402.

 

Benestad, J. Brian. "The Catholic Concept of Social Justice: A Historical Perspective [Quadragesimo Anno]." Communio (US) 11 (Winter 1984) 364-381.

 

Formicola, Jo Renee. "American Catholic Political Theology." Journal of Church and State 29 (Autumn 1987) 457-474.

 

Beckley, Harlan. "The Legacy of John A. Ryan's Theory of Justice." American Journal of Jurisprudence 33 (1988) 61-98.

 

Gaillardetz, Richard. "John A. Ryan: An Early Revisionist?" Journal of Religious Ethics 18 (Fall 1990) 107121.

 

Miscamble, Wilson. "The Limits of American Catholic Antifacism: The Case of John A. Ryan." Church

 

History 59 (December 1990) 523-538.

 

Murphy, Francis. "Oswald con Neil Breuning: Papal Surrogate." America 165 (October 26, 1991) 293-295.

 

REVIEWS OF RYAN'S BOOKS

 

A Living Wage 1906

 

American Catholic Quarterly Review 31 (October 1906) 764-766.

 

American Journal of Sociology 12 (January 1907) 561-563.

 

The Annuals(American Academy of Political and Social Science) 29 (January 1907) 234-235.

 

Catholic University Bulletin 13 (July 1907) 470-475.

 

Catholic World 83 (August 1906) 688-691.

 

Clare Market Review (London), October 1906.

 

Congregationalist (Boston) 91 (May 26, 1906) 758.

 

L'Economista (Firenze, Italy) February 1911.

 

Independent (New York) 61 (August 30, 1906) 517-518.

 

Liberty Review (London) August 1906.

 

New York Review 2 (November-December 1906.) 506-508.

 

New York Times May 19, 1906.

 

New York Times May 23, 1920.

 

Painter and Decorator 20 (November 1906) 724-727.

 

St. Paul Dispatch May 18, 1906.

 

South Carolina State June 9, 1912.

 

Tablet (London) 14 (January 5, 1907) 11-12; (February 16, 1907) 256; (March 16, 1907) 415.

 

Socialism, Promise or Menace? 1914

 

America 11 (June 6, 1914) 186.

 

Catholic World 99 (September 1914) 827.

 

Distributive Justice 1916-Review of 1st Edition

 

America 16 (February 17, 1917) 452.

 

American Economic Review 7 (June 1917) 377-381.

 

American Political Science Review 11 (November 1917) 766.

 

Catholic World 104 (January 1917) 545.

 

New Republic 10 (February 17, 1917) 79, 81, 83.

 

Distributive Justice-Review of 2nd Edition

 

American Journal of Sociology 33 (January 1928) 651.

 

Distributive Justice-Review of 3rd Edition

 

Catholic Educational Review 40 (June 1942) 378-340.

 

Catholic World 157 (June 1943) 336.

 

Church and Socialism...1919

 

America 22 (January 3, 1920) 233.

 

Catholic World 111( June 1920) 392.

 

Social Reconstruction 1920

 

America 24 (December 18, 1920) 214.

 

Catholic World 113 (May 1921) 249-251.

 

Church and Labor 1920

 

America 24 (December 18, 1920) 214.

 

Catholic World 113 (May 1921) 241-244.

 

New Republic 27 (June 1, 1921) 28.

 

State and the Church 1922

 

American Economic Review 12 (December 1922) 611.

 

Boston Transcript (July 19, 1922) 4.

 

Literary Review (July 22, 1922) 928.

 

Nation 115 ( September 13, 1922) 257.

 

Political Science Quarterly 57 (September 1922) 540.

 

Declining Liberty...1927

 

America 37 (June 25, 1927) 261.

 

American Journal of Sociology 33 (October 1927) 305.

 

American Political Science Review 21 (August 1927) 694.

 

Boston Transcript (June 4, 1927) 4.

 

Catholic World 127 (April 1928) 70-75.

 

New Republic 52 (August 24, 1927) 24.

 

New York Times (July 10, 1927) 4.

 

Outlook 146 (August 10, 1927) 483.

 

Times Literary Supplement (September 8, 1927) 612.

 

Catholic: Church and the Citizen 1928

 

America 39 (August 18, 1928) 454.

 

Boston Transcript (June 16, 1928) 3.

 

Christian Century 45 (August 2, 1928) 955.

 

Catholic World 127 (September 1928) 765.

 

Commonweal 8 (September 12, 1928) 466.

 

St. Louis 26 (September 1928) 273.

 

Springfield Republican (August 30, 1928) 10.

 

Thought 3 (March 1929) 689.

 

Questions of the Day 1931

 

America 45 (April 25, 1931) 70.

 

46 (October 31, 1931) 94.

 

American Journal of Sociology 37 (January 1932) 685.

 

American Political Science Review 25 (August 1931) 760.

 

Boston Transcript (July 1, 1931) 3.

 

Catholic World 133 (August 1931) 635.

 

New Republic 67 (June 10, 1931) 105.

 

Better Economic Order 1935

 

America 53 (June 22, 1935) 257.

 

Ave Maria 41 (June 15, 1935) 762.

 

Catholic Charities Review 19 (September 1935) 218.

 

Catholic Educational Review 34 (February 1936) 117.

 

Catholic Worker 3 (November 1935) 5.

 

Catholic World 141 (July 1935) 501.

 

Commonweal 23 (February 28, 1936) 500.

 

Ecclesiastical Review 93 (August 1935) 199.

 

Interracial Review 8 (October 1935) 161.

 

Irish Ecclesiastical Record 47 (February 1936) 113-122.

 

Sign 15 (November 1935) 253-254.

 

Catholic Principles of Politics 1940

 

Ave Maria 53 (March 8, 1941) 314.

 

Catholic School Journal 41 ( March 1941) 28A.

 

Catholic World 152 (January 1941) 507-508.

 

Ecclesiastical Review 103 (November 1940) 492.

 

Homiletic and Pastoral Review 43 (February 1943) 473.

 

Journal of Religious Instruction 11 (January 1941) 467-468.

 

Preservation of the Faith 13 (December 1940) 28.

 

Review of Politics 3 (January 1941) 118-121.

 

St. Anthony Messenger 48 (December 1940) 52.

 

Theological Studies 3 (May 1942) 311.

 

Thought 16 (March 1941) 143-144.

 

Social Doctrine in Action 1941

 

America 65 (May 3, 1941) 107.

 

American Catholic Sociological Review 2 (June 1941) 138-139.

 

Ave Maria 54 (July 19, 1941) 91-92.

 

Catholic Action 23, (May 1941) 10.

 

Catholic Charities Review 25 (May 1941) 125-126.

 

Catholic Historical Review 27 (January 1942) 460-462.

 

Catholic World 153 (June 1941) 380-381.

 

Commonweal 34 (May 23, 1941) 112.

 

Ecclesiastical Review 105 (December 1941) 505-506.

 

Homiletic and Pastoral Review 41 (September 1941) 1247-1248.

 

Journal of Religious Instruction 12 (September 1941) 93-94.

 

Review of Politics 4 (January 1942) 109-113.

 

Sign 21 (August 1941) 61.

 

Social Justice Review 34 (July 1941) 133.

 

 

 

Compiled by Betty Bigelbach 

Then Reference Librarian, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity

University of St. Thomas

St. Paul, Minnesota, 1995