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Charles Courtney

Ph.D. 1965

Ph.D. 1965

Charles Courtney (Ph.D. '65) is translator of "My" Jesus: Meditations on Gospel Texts by LouisSimon, with a Foreword by Paul Ricoeur (Wipf and Stock, 2011). While writing his Northwestern dissertation (1962-64), Courtney was part of Simon's congregation in Massy-Palaiseau south of Paris. Ricoeur's friendship and association with Simon is recounted in Francois Dosse's Pail Ricoeur. Les sens d'une vie, chapter 29, "Massy-Palaiseau sous le charme de Louis Simon." Courtney began teaching at Drew University in 1964 and retired as Professor in 2004.