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Hauerwas On Hauerwas: Review Of 'Approaching The End: Eschatological Reflections On Church, Politics, And Life', William Portier

William L. Portier

Stanley Hauerwas has achieved singular preeminence among theologians in the United States as a public intellectual. Writing on subjects from Christian ethics to law, pacifism, bioethics, and political philosophy, he has provided bountiful fodder for academics while managing to leave footprints in the general culture-he is surely one of very few theologians ever to appear on Oprah. Any new book bearing Hauerwas' name is noteworthy, and the latest one doesn't disappoint.

Foreword To 'Sermons From Mind And Heart: Struggling To Preach Theologically', Brad Kallenberg, William Trollinger

Brad J. Kallenberg

One does not flip through a car manual and mistake it for poetry. Nor does one pick up the Sunday comics and mistake them for a Physicians' Desk Reference. That is because native speakers seldom make mistakes of genre when reading ordinary English texts. Yet pick up a collection of sermons, and one may feel at a loss: What is going on here? What am I to make of these sentences? What sort of genre is this? What am I, as a reader, to expect (or not to expect) from a sermon, especially from a printed sermon? Should I expect …

The Descriptive Problem Of Evil, Brad Kallenberg

Brad J. Kallenberg

Language is like the cane in the hand of the blind person. The better one becomes at getting around with the cane, the more he or she is apt to forget the cane but through the cane perceive the objects scraped and tapped by the other end. A defective cane may distort the world perceived by the blind person. So too, defective use of language threatens to muddy our understanding of the things we talk about. When discussing something as difficult as natural evils, a frequently undetected defect in our language use is “overly attenuated description.” In this piece, I …

A Member Of No Community? Theology After Wittgenstein, Brad Kallenberg

Brad J. Kallenberg

The study of Wittgenstein has spawned a new sort of Christian theology. A growing list of theologians have discovered in Wittgenstein a therapy for conceptual confusion and tips for how to go on, not only in religious faith and practice, but also in the practice of theology as an academic discipline. This is not to say that such thinkers have succeeded in turning Wittgenstein into an instrument of apologetics or that Wittgenstein has “delivered” them from the grip of their own religious particularity. No; they have learned from Wittgenstein the skill of silence. Their theology, like Wittgenstein’s philosophy, comes to …

Defending Hauerwas, Brad Kallenberg, Terrence Tilley, M. Lysaught

Brad J. Kallenberg

The commentary begins: Jeffrey Stout and Stanley Hauerwas have long been friends and conversation partners. One would not know that from reading Stout’s “Not of This World” (October 10). Nor does one emerge from Stout’s essay with an accurate sense of Hauerwas’s position. Stout’s presentation is incomplete in many ways. For example, he labels Hauerwas’s ethic as “perfectionist,” implying that it is, in the words of the article’s title, unrealistic or “not of this world.” However, Stout fails to mention Hauerwas’s untiring emphasis on human sinfulness and-most crucially- the subsequent centrality of the practices of forgiveness and reconciliation. This is …

The Faith And Rationality Of Dalit Christian Experience, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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The Silent Body Of Audrey Santo, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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Images Of The Body In The Life And Death Of A North Indian Catholic Catechist, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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Meet The Mormons: From The Margins To The Mainstream, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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The Saint Of Worcester: Why Pilgrims Visit Audrey Santo, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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A Hidden Life, Matthew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

The author recalls a former student whose traditional Catholic devotion celebrated the hidden life, a life cut short by domestic violence.

Hypostatic Union And The Subtle Body: An Analysis Of Christian Yogic Practice, Mathew Schmalz

Mathew Schmalz

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The Fall Of The Fall: A Brief Political History, William Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

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Pope Francis: The Reformer, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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Unaffiliated Lay Vincentians: Trends And Opportunities For The Vincentian Family, Scott Kelley, Jessica Werner

Scott Kelley

In 2013, DePaul’s Office of Mission & Values (OMV) commissioned a survey of “unaffiliated lay Vincentians,” young adults, ages 18-35, who have had a formative experience in the Vincentian mission either as a student or post-graduate volunteer at a Vincentian institution. Working with Dr. Jessica Werner, Director of Lay Vincentian Missionaries, Dr. Scott Kelley, assistant vice president for Vincentian Scholarship for OMV, shares the survey’s results and what they mean for the larger Vincentian Family.

Caritas In Communion: Theological Foundations Of Catholic Health Care, M. Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

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“Giving Witness, Receiving Testimony”, Michael Budde

Michael Budde

No abstract provided.

“The Church In The Streets: Eucharist And Politics,”, William Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

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The Color Of Christ In Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister

Elizabeth McAlister

“What Happens In The Catholic Church Matters To Everyone”, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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“What Africans Want From The Next Pope”, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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“Why The Next Pope Should Be African”, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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“Canada’S Beauty Reflected In Catholic Universities”, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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“Westphalia And Back: Complexifying The Church-World Duality In Catholic Thought,”, William Cavanaugh

William T. Cavanaugh

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“The Second African Synod And The Challenges Of Reconciliation, Justice, And Peace In Africa’S Social Context: A Missionary Theological Praxis Of Reconciliation—Part 2", Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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“The Second African Synod And The Challenges Of Reconciliation, Justice, And Peace In Africa’S Social Context: A Missionary Theological Praxis Of Reconciliation—Part 1”, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

No abstract provided.

Poverty Reduction And Vincentian Higher Education Institutions, Marco Tavanti, Craig Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

Dr. Marco Tavanti and Craig Mousin discuss with Dr. Scott Kelly the university's responsibility for poverty reduction as expressed in the conferences and special number of Vincentian Heritage "What would Vincent do? Vincentian Higher Education and Poverty Reduction"

Memoir Of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters Of Charity Of St. Joseph's, Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.

The Carondelet Seminary, John Rybolt

John E Rybolt

The St. Louis Theological Seminary, Carondelet, Missouri, has virtually disappeared from history. This study reviews the available documentation. It describes the role that the Vincentian Fathers (Congregation of the Mission) played in its life (1848-59), and their conflicts with Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick.

Kenrick's First Seminary, John Rybolt

John E Rybolt

The Theological Seminary of St. Louis (1838-48) was the first seminary opened by Bishop (later Archbishop) Peter Richard Kenrick. This study reviews its foundation, history, and eventual closure, and the role the Vincentians (Congregation of the Mission) played in it. Illustrations accompany the text.