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Challenging The Idea Of Divine Omnipotence: Jewish Voices And A Christian Response, John C. Merkle
Challenging The Idea Of Divine Omnipotence: Jewish Voices And A Christian Response, John C. Merkle
Theology Faculty Publications
It is a widespread assumption that among Jews, as also among Christians and Muslims, omnipotence is considered one of God's essential attributes. Many people also assume that the idea of divine suffering is a non-Jewish idea, but many Jews, including prominent philosophers and theologians, have challenged the idea of divine omnipotence, and many have spoken of God's suffering along with God's creatures and of needing help to redeem creation. In the first part of this essay, I focus on four Jewish religious thinkers—Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hans Jonas, Edward Feld, and Melissa Raphael—for whom the idea of divine omnipotence is problematic, …
Anger And Hope In Rural American Liturgy, Benjamin Durheim
Anger And Hope In Rural American Liturgy, Benjamin Durheim
Theology Faculty Publications
Sociologists and political scientists have published a number of studies recently dealing with the tumultuous and often angry ethos of rural and small-town America. However, while a number of scholars have recognized that the anger and resentment present in much of the atmosphere of rural and small-town America is multifaceted and deeper than a simple desire for policy change, very little scholarly work has focused specifically on the role of ritual in exacerbating or alleviating social anger in these contexts. This article argues that the liturgical cultivation of hope is a powerful antidote to the vitriol of the political atmosphere …
Converting Consumerism: A Liturgical-Ethical Application Of Critical Realism, Benjamin Durheim
Converting Consumerism: A Liturgical-Ethical Application Of Critical Realism, Benjamin Durheim
Theology Faculty Publications
Critical realism as a lens of thought is not new to theological inquiry, but recently a growing number of theologians have been using its conceptual frameworks to guide their thought on how social structures function theologically, and how ethics might function in light of its insights. This article pulls these developments into the nexus of liturgy and ethics, applying critical realist categories to contemporary understandings of how liturgical celebration (and the structures thereof) form, inform, and/or malform Christian ethical imaginations and practices. The article begins with a brief survey of the main tenets of critical realism and their histories in …
Almsgiving As Patronage: The Role Of Patroness In Third Century North African Christianity, Charles A. Bobertz
Almsgiving As Patronage: The Role Of Patroness In Third Century North African Christianity, Charles A. Bobertz
Theology Faculty Publications
In the social world of the third century Roman Empire the most important determinant of political and social status and advancement was the giving and receiving of patronage. By means of a close study of two of Cyprian of Carthage’s well known treatises, De opere et eleemosynis (On Almsgiving) and De habitu virginum (On the Dress of Virgins) within the context of the larger social reality of the Roman patronage system, this study seeks to explore the level of status and authority that women benefactors (patronesses) may have enjoyed within parts of the early Christian Church and ultimately how such …
Transcendent Mind, Emergent Universe In The Thought Of Michael Polanyi, Vincent Smiles
Transcendent Mind, Emergent Universe In The Thought Of Michael Polanyi, Vincent Smiles
Theology Faculty Publications
This essay vindicates two major aspects of the science-based philosophy of Michael Polanyi: 1. His concept of tacit knowing, and 2. His concept of the multi-levelled character of reality. These two notions relate closely with one another, and together support the thesis to be argued here, that when it comes to understanding human beings, and most especially the human mind, science and religion have to meet on the common ground of the transcendent capacities of human beings, which are pointers to the transcendent character of the universe. The mind is an emergent of the universe, as are all of its …
Christ As Chrism, Christ Given Away, Anna Mercedes
Christ As Chrism, Christ Given Away, Anna Mercedes
Theology Faculty Publications
This article develops the concept of Christ not as static body but as chrism for bodies. Christ as chrism travels in the matrix of relationality, on a vector toward the benefit of others. Conceptualizing christ as chrism potentially avoids both exclusionary and colonizing tendencies in Christian polity, and frames a Christian ethics that, while vulnerable and risky, marks the sanctity of the one giving Christ away.
On Liturgy And Lectionary: The Word Of Life In The Body Of Christ, Martin Connell
On Liturgy And Lectionary: The Word Of Life In The Body Of Christ, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
In 1843 the Catholic bishop of Philadelphia, Francis Patrick Kenrick, wrote to the Public School Board of Controllers to ask that Catholic children be spared reading of the Protestant Bible [the King James Version, KJV] and that anti-Catholic vitriol be excised from textbooks of the public schools. Historians focus on the translation divide – the Protestant King James Version versus the Catholic Douai-Rheims – but the issue closer to the heart of the matter was ritual formation (and malformation) of Christian believers, well-heeled Protestants versus poor Catholics. What happened in summer 1844, I suggest, was more accurately Rite Riots rather …
The Date Of Easter And Shakespeare’S ‘Progress Of The Stars’: Creed And Chronometry In The Sixteenth Century, Martin Connell
The Date Of Easter And Shakespeare’S ‘Progress Of The Stars’: Creed And Chronometry In The Sixteenth Century, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" opens with the question "Is this a holiday?" followed by another, "What, know you not?" The queries seem benign and, perhaps, humorless four centuries after the drama about the assassination of the ancient Roman emperor premiered at the Globe Theater in 1599, but – within a century of King Henry VIII's start of the Church of England (1534) – chronometry was a grave matter of church and state. Shakespeare's first Roman play coincided with the worst span of controversy between the Vatican and Canterbury, and Flavius's questions reveal social rubs between churches and calendars in late …
What Is Life And How Do We Know It? Theological Possibilities In Michael Polanyi's Epistemology, Vincent M. Smiles
What Is Life And How Do We Know It? Theological Possibilities In Michael Polanyi's Epistemology, Vincent M. Smiles
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Clothing The Body Of Christ: An Inquiry About The Letters Of Paul, Martin Connell
Clothing The Body Of Christ: An Inquiry About The Letters Of Paul, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
In four decades of the reform of Roman Catholic worship after Vatican II, virtually no critical attention has been accorded the New Testament witness about Jesus' or the first-century church's clothing.It's a striking lacuna, for clothing is omnipresent in the New Testament. In this inquiry about clothing, I take up one aspect of the earliest Christian ritual tradition and suggest that ritual clothing has been excised from much of Christian imagination and its academy as a result of Protestant hegemony in biblical and historical criticism. By looking closely at what is said of clothing in the letters of Paul, I …
Second-Grade Children Speak: Artistic Expression Of Sin And Forgiveness In The Sacrament Of Reconciliation, Jennifer Beste
Second-Grade Children Speak: Artistic Expression Of Sin And Forgiveness In The Sacrament Of Reconciliation, Jennifer Beste
Theology Faculty Publications
Despite a long-standing historical debate in Catholicism about whether second grade is an age-appropriate time to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, there has been a virtual absence of Catholic children's own voices and perspectives about this sacrament and its spiritual and moral effects. Joining a growing number of religious scholars who stress the need to engage in child-centered research, I conducted a qualitative study interviewing Catholic second graders about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The purpose of this article is to analyze their drawings of this religious ritual. According to many psychologists and art therapists, children can best capture how they …
On ‘Chrism’ And ‘Anti-Christs’ In 1 John 2:18-27: A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell
On ‘Chrism’ And ‘Anti-Christs’ In 1 John 2:18-27: A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
This inquiry studies 1 John because it has the most explicit testimony in the New Testament to initiation by anointing and the unique word χρίσμα, "chrism." Chrism was — and in some churches still is — an ointment whose name is rooted in the verb χριειν, "to anoint." Critical studies have amply demonstrated that the title "Christ" had theological carriage in the first century, but rarely, if ever, has it been suggested that the theological title also had liturgical bearing. It seems almost too blithe a suggestion to posit that those who became members of the body of Christ, the …
Making Christ Of The Man Born Blind (John 9:1-41): A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell
Making Christ Of The Man Born Blind (John 9:1-41): A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
"The End Of Faith?" Science And Theology As Process, Noreen L. Herzfeld
"The End Of Faith?" Science And Theology As Process, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Theology Faculty Publications
A spate of recent books would claim that science’s only role vis a vis theology is to discredit it. Sam Harris, in The End of Faith, credits religious faith as the source of much of the violence in today’s world. Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, views religion as, at best, a profound misunderstanding, and at worst a form of madness. Both find an antidote to such irrationality in science. To Harris and Dawkins religion is a body of accumulated knowledge. However, religion can also be thought of as a process, one based on experience, questions, and results. …
A New Member Of The Family? The Continuum Of Being, Artificial Intelligence, And The Image Of God, Noreen L. Herzfeld
A New Member Of The Family? The Continuum Of Being, Artificial Intelligence, And The Image Of God, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Theology Faculty Publications
Are the scientific and religious definitions of life irreconcilable or do they overlap in significant areas? What is life? Religion seems to imply that there is a qualitative distinction between human beings and the rest of creation; however, there is a strong tradition in Christianity and in Eastern thought that suggests that the natural world also has a relationship with God. Human dominion over other parts of creation exists, but does not obviate this connection, nor give humans a circle unto themselves. The concept of humans being created in the image of God can be used to explain why we …
The Gift Of Myrrh To A Church That Smells, Martin F. Connell
The Gift Of Myrrh To A Church That Smells, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Lessons From Srebrenica: The Danger Of Religious Nationalism, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Lessons From Srebrenica: The Danger Of Religious Nationalism, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Terminator Or Super Mario: Human/Computer Hybrids, Actual And Virtual, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Terminator Or Super Mario: Human/Computer Hybrids, Actual And Virtual, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Theology Faculty Publications
Is a human/computer hybrid feasible: If so, in what ways would such hybridization affect our concept of what it means to be human? There are two forms of such hybridization, the actual and the virtual. Actual hybridization involves the implantation of mechanical devices in the human body. In actual hybridization the computer comes to us and to our body to enhance our functioning in our world. In virtual hybridization we go to the computer, projecting our minds into the world of cyberspace and being formed there. Perhaps the most common form of virtual hybridization is the immersion our children experience …
On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell
On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
This three-part essay reflects on the vocation of liturgical theologians in a culture in which there is a general antipathy toward the influence of religious rituals on personal formation and decision-making.1 Part ι considers a few foundational nineteenth-century authors of the American Renaissance for reflections on the aversion to Christian ritual behavior. Part 2 takes up the sermons of a few nineteenth-century revivalist preachers. Part 3 suggests five challenges to liturgical theologians who teach and think in the complex social and religious environment of the United States.
‘Just As On Easter Sunday’: On The Feast Of The Presentation Of The Lord, Martin F. Connell
‘Just As On Easter Sunday’: On The Feast Of The Presentation Of The Lord, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Creating In Our Own Image: Artificial Intelligence And The Image Of God, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Creating In Our Own Image: Artificial Intelligence And The Image Of God, Noreen L. Herzfeld
Theology Faculty Publications
There is remarkable convergence between twentieth-century interpretations of the image of God (imago Dei), what it means for human beings to be created in God's image, and approaches toward creating in our own image in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Both fields have viewed the intersection between God and humanity or humanity and computers in terms of either (1) a property or set of properties such as intelligence, (2) the functions we engage in or are capable of, or (3) the relationships we establish and maintain. Each of these three approaches reflects a different understanding of what …
Attolite Portas, ‘Open Up, You Doors!’: Liturgical Narrative And Christ’S Descent, Martin F. Connell
Attolite Portas, ‘Open Up, You Doors!’: Liturgical Narrative And Christ’S Descent, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
From the New Testament to late antiquity the narrative of Christ's descent to the dead – preaching the good news there, and, in some accounts, baptizing them – was received and, by the fourth and fifth centuries, nearly omnipresent in paschal theology.Neither faith nor baptism exempts any Christian from death, but the waters of baptism, as Paul wrote to the Romans (6:3-4), wed believers into a community of faith in which mysteries are celebrated and transitions marked, enabling believers to face sickness, catastrophe, dying, and death with eyes wide open. Christ's descent to the dead deepens God's life in us.
Review Of The Dramatic Liturgy Of Anglo-Saxon England, By M. Bradford Bedingfield, Martin Connell
Review Of The Dramatic Liturgy Of Anglo-Saxon England, By M. Bradford Bedingfield, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Ambrose Of Milan's Method Of Mystagogical Preaching, By Craig Alan Satterlee, Martin Connell
Review Of Ambrose Of Milan's Method Of Mystagogical Preaching, By Craig Alan Satterlee, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Descensus Christi Ad Inferos: Christ’S Descent To The Dead, Martin F. Connell
Descensus Christi Ad Inferos: Christ’S Descent To The Dead, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
The narrative of Christ’s descent was nearly omnipresent in the early Church. Yet a change of Latin vocabulary from “descensus ad inferos” (Christ’s descent to the dead) to “descensus ad inferna” (Christ’s descent into hell) prompted a change in what was proclaimed. The earlier stratum portrayed Christ preaching to those who, while on earth, did not hear the word of God, while the latter described the reconciliation of sinners. The author here considers the vitality of this creedal statement and what is lost when the descent is absent from Christian experience.
Review Of Reviving Sacred Speech: The Meaning Of Liturgical Language. Second Thoughts On Christ In Sacred Speech, By Gail Ramshaw, Martin Connell
Review Of Reviving Sacred Speech: The Meaning Of Liturgical Language. Second Thoughts On Christ In Sacred Speech, By Gail Ramshaw, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Did Ambrose’S Sister Become A Virgin On December 25 Or January 6? The Earliest Western Evidence For Christmas And Epiphany Outside Rome, Martin F. Connell
Did Ambrose’S Sister Become A Virgin On December 25 Or January 6? The Earliest Western Evidence For Christmas And Epiphany Outside Rome, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Ambrosianum Mysterium: The Church Of Milan And Its Liturgical Tradition, By Cesare Alzati. Trans. George Guiver, Martin Connell
Review Of Ambrosianum Mysterium: The Church Of Milan And Its Liturgical Tradition, By Cesare Alzati. Trans. George Guiver, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Heresy And Heortology In The Early Church: Arianism And The Emergence Of The Triduum, Martin F. Connell
Heresy And Heortology In The Early Church: Arianism And The Emergence Of The Triduum, Martin F. Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
The Triduum, the three-day liturgy of Easter — from Holy Thursday evening through Easter Sunday — has been so common an experience of the Christian liturgical year that it is difficult to imagine a time when the Triduum was not. But for at least the first three centuries of Christian worship, this annual celebration of Easter was only one rite, a single grand annual assembly of confessors, and soon-to-be confessors, embracing the life of God incarnate in Jesus Christ and in the members of the community. The theology of this unitive rite took in all aspects of the redemption wrought …
Review Of The Antenicene Pascha: A Rhetorical History, By By Karl Gerlach, Martin Connell
Review Of The Antenicene Pascha: A Rhetorical History, By By Karl Gerlach, Martin Connell
Theology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.