The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History

Walter J. Ong, S.J. (1912-2003), was University Professor of Humanities at Saint Louis University, where he taught for thirty-six years. His books include Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality, and Consciousness and Interfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture, both from Cornell; Orality and Literacy: The show more Technologizing of the Word; The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History; and Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason. show less