Ralph McInerny, who has died aged 80, was an American medievalist with a successful sideline writing mystery novels featuring the priest-detective Father Dowling. 18 February 2010 • 6:22pm As one of ...

Ralph McInerny, a longtime professor of philosophy and medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame who also was a popular mystery writer best known for his “Father Dowling” series of novels, has ...

Long-germinating grudges blossom into bloody revenge in Ralph McInerny's Green Thumb: A Mystery Set at the University of Notre Dame, the eighth entry in a light series noted for its Irish wit and ...

The death of University of Notre Dame professor and author Ralph McInerny left a gaping hole in the American Catholic intellectual scene. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — All Ralph McInerny ever wanted to do was ...

It strikes me that, after some post-conciliar neglect (benign or otherwise), we are witnessing a resurgence of devotion to the mother of Jesus—one that is also theologically tutored. Ralph McInerny’s ...

Ralph McInerny, a scholar of Roman Catholicism who taught at the University of Notre Dame for more than half a century and a prolific novelist whose books included the Father Dowling mystery series, ...

Is there any rhyme or reason to the claim that dissolute living is a requirement for creating great art? Notre Dame professor Ralph McInerny thinks not. Writing at The Catholic Thing website, McInerny ...

The Father Brown stories show us the murder mystery in its most explicitly theological form. A 1954 film adaptation starred Alec Guinness (photo: Alamy) Father Brown was a great man of small stature.

Ralph McInerny, a longtime professor of philosophy and medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame who also was a popular mystery writer best known for his Father Dowling series of novels, has ...

Ralph McInerny, a longtime professor of philosophy and medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame who also was a popular mystery writer best known for his Father Dowling series of novels, has ...