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Full, Conscious, And Active Participation: The Laity As Ecclesial Subjects In An Ecclesiology Informed By Bernard Lonergan, Mary Utzerath Apr 2011

Full, Conscious, And Active Participation: The Laity As Ecclesial Subjects In An Ecclesiology Informed By Bernard Lonergan, Mary Utzerath

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Unresolved problems and tensions regarding the status and role of the laity persist nearly a half-century following Vatican II. While the magisterium focuses on issues related to the appropriateness or ability of lay persons to carry out roles in the Church that have traditionally belonged to the ordained, sociological surveys indicate that the experience of lay members of the Church in the United States and in much of the Western world includes inadequate formation, confused Catholic identity, marginalization, low levels of commitment in young Catholics, and the steady exodus of Catholics. These problems of the laity are symptomatic of problems …


Editorial For Theological Studies (March 2011), David G. Schultenover Mar 2011

Editorial For Theological Studies (March 2011), David G. Schultenover

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Moral Analysis Of A Procedure At Phoenix Hospital, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2011

Moral Analysis Of A Procedure At Phoenix Hospital, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "The Rise And Fall Of Theological Enlightenment: Jean-Martin De Prades And Ideological Polarization In Eighteenth-Century France" By Jeffrey Burson, Ulrich Lehner Jan 2011

Review Of "The Rise And Fall Of Theological Enlightenment: Jean-Martin De Prades And Ideological Polarization In Eighteenth-Century France" By Jeffrey Burson, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Art And Religion In Eighteenth Century Europe" By Nigel Aston, Ulrich Lehner Jan 2011

Review Of "Art And Religion In Eighteenth Century Europe" By Nigel Aston, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Solidarity, Subsidiarity, And Preference For The Poor: Extending Catholic Social Teaching In Response To The Climate Crisis, Jame Schaefer Jan 2011

Solidarity, Subsidiarity, And Preference For The Poor: Extending Catholic Social Teaching In Response To The Climate Crisis, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Grounding Catholic social thought is the belief that each human person has an intrinsic dignity and a desire for relationships with others that should lead to cooperating for their mutual good, making decisions individually and collectively to achieve it, and showing preference for the poor, vulnerable, and suffering in decision-making and actions. Rooted in the sacred scriptures, reflected upon at least implicitly for centuries by theologians, and taught by bishops of the Roman Catholic Church (the magisterium), principles to guide our decisionmaking and actions began to be considered collectively toward the end of the 19th century as “Catholic social teaching” …


The Global War On Terror: Who Wins, Who Loses?, G. Simon Harak S.J. Jan 2011

The Global War On Terror: Who Wins, Who Loses?, G. Simon Harak S.J.

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Pursuing Dialogue Between Theologians And Engineers, Jame Schaefer, Paul C. Heidebrecht Jan 2011

Pursuing Dialogue Between Theologians And Engineers, Jame Schaefer, Paul C. Heidebrecht

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Preface: Saint John Mary Vianney And The Search For An Authentic Model Of Priestly Living And Ministry, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Jan 2011

Preface: Saint John Mary Vianney And The Search For An Authentic Model Of Priestly Living And Ministry, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Patristic Interpretation Of Scripture Within God's Story Of Creation And Redemption, William Kurz Jan 2011

Patristic Interpretation Of Scripture Within God's Story Of Creation And Redemption, William Kurz

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Community: To What End?, Stephen D. Long Jan 2011

Community: To What End?, Stephen D. Long

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Confronting The Climate Crisis: Catholic Theological Perspectives, Jame Schaefer Jan 2011

Introduction To Confronting The Climate Crisis: Catholic Theological Perspectives, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Confronting the Climate Crisis: Catholic Theological Perspectives is the culmination of a three-year study by participants in the Catholic Theology and Global Warming Interest Group of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). This interest group was established in 2008 when several members of the CTSA shared a desire to respond theologically to the complex and vexing problem of global climate change. Some had already been addressing environmental issues from the perspectives of the various sub-disciplines of theology in which we have been trained (e.g., biblical, historical, systematics, ethics) because inherent in our vocation as theologians is a calling by …


Malcolm X And The Limits Of 'Authentically Black And Truly Catholic:' A Research Project In Black Radicalism And Black Catholic Faith, Bryan Massingale Jan 2011

Malcolm X And The Limits Of 'Authentically Black And Truly Catholic:' A Research Project In Black Radicalism And Black Catholic Faith, Bryan Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Based on the talk he delivered during the 2010 Annual Meeting, Massingale here tackles head-on the unvoiced questions with which most of us have struggled at some point in our careers and ministries. He begins by unveiling the conflicted ramifications of ‘authentically black and truly Catholic’. Echoing Copeland’s reference in Volume IV to the price that black scholars and theologians must pay to “speak and act and live in truth” (p. 75), Massingale explores Malcolm X’s call for Black Nationalism and its synthesis and coexistence with Integrationism in current Black Catholicism. Finally, he asks a series of haunting questions about …


The Synod As Ecclesial Conversation, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Jan 2011

The Synod As Ecclesial Conversation, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Ecclesial Meaning Of The Eucharist, Susan Wood Jan 2011

The Ecclesial Meaning Of The Eucharist, Susan Wood

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of "Abt Dominikus Hagenauer (1746-1811) Von St. Peter In Salzburg: Tagebücher 1786–1810", Ulrich Lehner Jan 2011

Review Of "Abt Dominikus Hagenauer (1746-1811) Von St. Peter In Salzburg: Tagebücher 1786–1810", Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Systemic Erasure Of The Black/Dark-Skinned Body In Catholic Ethics, Bryan Massingale Jan 2011

The Systemic Erasure Of The Black/Dark-Skinned Body In Catholic Ethics, Bryan Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

One of the questions I address in my scholarly work is this: What would Catholic theological ethics look like if it took the "Black Experience" seriously as a dialogue partner? To raise the question, however, is to signal the reality of absence, erasure, and "missing" voices. The question is necessary only because the "Black Experience"--the collective story of African American survival and achievement in a hostile, exploitative, and racist environment--and the bodies who are the subjects of this experience have been all too often rendered invisible and therefore "missing" in U.S. Catholic ethical reflection.


Social Justice And Common Good: What Are They For?, Thomas Hughson Jan 2011

Social Justice And Common Good: What Are They For?, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Last Shall Be First: Human Potential In Genetic And Theological Perspectives, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2011

The Last Shall Be First: Human Potential In Genetic And Theological Perspectives, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The notion of “human potential” provides a fruitful window through which to explore the competing conceptual frameworks of contemporary genetics and Christianity. The contemporary cultural frame of genetics conceives of human potential in a broadly positive manner: the source of personal and societal flourishing is located within individual bodies, waiting to be identified and unleashed by genetic science and medicine for the good of persons and society. In the Judeo-Christian narrative, human individual, biological potential is far less relevant—and, in fact, may be construed as an impediment to the achievement of personal and social flourishing. Implications for the dialogue between …


Laity, Susan K. Wood Jan 2011

Laity, Susan K. Wood

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Church In Africa: Salt Of The Earth?, Joseph Ogbonnaya Jan 2011

The Church In Africa: Salt Of The Earth?, Joseph Ogbonnaya

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

This book is an attempt at a critical, constructive, and creative theological praxis of social transformation in Africa. The authors apply a multi-disciplinary approach to examining how Christianity in Africa is engaging the problems of Africa's challenging social context. This is a prophetic work that applies the symbols of "salt" and "light" as ecclesiological images for reenvisioning the path towards procuring abundant life for God's people in the African continent through the agency of African Christianity. The contributors to this volume ask these fundamental questions: What is the face of Jesus in African Christianity? What is the face and identity …


Love, Faith, And Reason: On Academic Life As A Vocation, Thomas Hughson Jan 2011

Love, Faith, And Reason: On Academic Life As A Vocation, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Miracles In Christianity, Ralph Del Colle Jan 2011

Miracles In Christianity, Ralph Del Colle

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Editorial. Rational Therapy: A Defense Against Evidence-Based Medicine, Norman C. Reynolds Jr., Robert Boak Slocum Jan 2011

Editorial. Rational Therapy: A Defense Against Evidence-Based Medicine, Norman C. Reynolds Jr., Robert Boak Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


David Bentley Hart And Pope Benedict: Atheist Delusions, The Regensburg Lecture, And Beyond, Ralph Del Colle Jan 2011

David Bentley Hart And Pope Benedict: Atheist Delusions, The Regensburg Lecture, And Beyond, Ralph Del Colle

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Heirs Of The Enochic Lore: ‘Men Of Faith’ In 2 Enoch 35:2 And Sefer Hekhalot 48d:10, Andrei Orlov Jan 2011

The Heirs Of The Enochic Lore: ‘Men Of Faith’ In 2 Enoch 35:2 And Sefer Hekhalot 48d:10, Andrei Orlov

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Nature And Scripture In The Abrahamic Religions: Up To 1700, Jame Schaefer Jan 2011

Review Of Nature And Scripture In The Abrahamic Religions: Up To 1700, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.