Dominican Gallery: Portrait of a Culture / Aidan Nichols

"In my own study of the English Dominican tradition, Dominican Gallery, I argued that, without necessarily using the word "culture", the "golden age" Dominicans of the 1930s in England, in their comments on literature and work, art and education, history and society, were bringing to bear the regenerative resources of Catholic Christianity, particularly in its Thomist form, so as to bring about a new flourishing of Christian and humane culture in modern England." Aidan Nichols

Aidan Nichols, a Dominican of Blackfriars Cambridge, is surely the most prolific Catholic theologian writing in English today.  His work has covered all aspects of Catholic doctrine, and includes comprehensive accounts of the great masters of the tradition, from Maximus the Confessor to von Balthasar, not excluding such literary giants as Hopkins, Claudel, and Chesterton.  His many books on a variety of aspects of theology, liturgy and the arts, as well as on topics of ecumenical interest, are all in pursuit of a rich Catholic identity for the thought and culture of the Church. Other titles from Gracewing include Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment, From Hermes to Benedict XVI, co-authored The Council in Question: A Dialogue with Traditional Traditionalism.  Aidan Nichols is a member of the Faculty of Divinity of theUniversity ofCambridge.