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Idda, Sherry Coman 2026 Martin Luther University College, Waterloo, ON

Idda, Sherry Coman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Idda (2026), directed by Irene Dionisio.


Moving On: Purgatorial Seriality And Unanswered Prayer In Lost’S “Ab Aeterno”, Christian Wilken 2026 Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf

Moving On: Purgatorial Seriality And Unanswered Prayer In Lost’S “Ab Aeterno”, Christian Wilken

Journal of Religion & Film

“Ab Aeterno” (Lost, 6.09) distills the series’ religious logic with unusual explicitness by staging theodicy not as doctrine but as narrative procedure. This article argues that the episode converts Catholic sacramental form (confession, absolution, and penitential address) into a serial ethics of endurance in which closure is structurally deferred. Richard Alpert’s confession establishes a subject who seeks an authorized word that would stabilize suffering, yet the priest’s refusal (“I can’t”) installs a theology of unanswered prayer that becomes the template for Richard’s long durée of waiting. Jacob’s “cork” parable then supplies a katechontic justification of restraint: evil is not abolished …


Piercing The Veil In Sinners: Theological Insights From The Juke Joint, Antonio D. Sison CPPS 2026 Catholic Theological Union, Chicago

Piercing The Veil In Sinners: Theological Insights From The Juke Joint, Antonio D. Sison Cpps

Journal of Religion & Film

Celebrated as a critical and commercial success, Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying opus Sinners has also been considered as one of the most culturally significant films of 2025. It also promises to be one of the most theologically resonant films of the year. This is evinced not only in its thematic and literary bases but, importantly, in its very audiovisual language and grammar, its stylistic strategies qua film. As reasoned in this essay, Coogler’s film is a rich locus theologicus, a nexus for theological discovery and insight.Sinners kindles the hermeneutical impulse to dialogue with African American/Pan-Africa theologies exemplified by the …


Front Cover, 2026 Duquesne University

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Spiritan Horizons

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Student Essay Winners, 2026 Duquesne University

Student Essay Winners

Spiritan Horizons

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Introduction, 2026 Duquesne University

Introduction

Spiritan Horizons

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Fr. Henri Le Floch Cssp—The Forgotten Pioneer Of Poullart Studies. Part I, Eamonn Mulcahy CSSp 2026 Duquesne University

Fr. Henri Le Floch Cssp—The Forgotten Pioneer Of Poullart Studies. Part I, Eamonn Mulcahy Cssp

Spiritan Horizons

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How The Spiritan Mission And Spirituality Can Bring Hope Today, Igono Abel Raphael CSSp 2026 Duquesne University

How The Spiritan Mission And Spirituality Can Bring Hope Today, Igono Abel Raphael Cssp

Spiritan Horizons

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A Spirit-Led Movement: From Missionary Sending To Lay Vocation: The Development Of Lay Spiritans In The United States (1965–2026), John Hansen PhD, Anne Marie Witchger Hansen PhD 2026 Duquesne University

A Spirit-Led Movement: From Missionary Sending To Lay Vocation: The Development Of Lay Spiritans In The United States (1965–2026), John Hansen Phd, Anne Marie Witchger Hansen Phd

Spiritan Horizons

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The Dynamics Of Hospitality: A Paradigm For Promoting And Doing Authentic Catholic Theologies, Gregory Olikenyi CSSp 2026 Duquesne University

The Dynamics Of Hospitality: A Paradigm For Promoting And Doing Authentic Catholic Theologies, Gregory Olikenyi Cssp

Spiritan Horizons

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Animating Spiritan Education Through Communities Of Practice, Steve Hansen PhD, Anne Marie Witchger Hansen PhD 2026 Duquesne University

Animating Spiritan Education Through Communities Of Practice, Steve Hansen Phd, Anne Marie Witchger Hansen Phd

Spiritan Horizons

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Visit To A Place Of Worship, Emma Mindach 2026 Duquesne University

Visit To A Place Of Worship, Emma Mindach

Spiritan Horizons

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Forming Students For Mission Trips, William H. Christy CSSp 2026 Duquesne University

Forming Students For Mission Trips, William H. Christy Cssp

Spiritan Horizons

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Bede Uche Ukwuije, Trinity And Inculturation: The Humanity Of God And The Future Of African Theolog Y. University Of Notre Dame Press, 2026. X + 351 Pages. $65 (Hardcover); $51.99 (Ebook), George Worgul 2026 Duquesne University

Bede Uche Ukwuije, Trinity And Inculturation: The Humanity Of God And The Future Of African Theolog Y. University Of Notre Dame Press, 2026. X + 351 Pages. $65 (Hardcover); $51.99 (Ebook), George Worgul

Spiritan Horizons

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Table Of Contents, 2026 Duquesne University

Table Of Contents

Spiritan Horizons

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Whose Mind Is It Anyway? A Phenomenological Reflection On The Experience Of Spiritan Christian Thinking, Jeffrey McCurry PhD 2026 Duquesne University

Whose Mind Is It Anyway? A Phenomenological Reflection On The Experience Of Spiritan Christian Thinking, Jeffrey Mccurry Phd

Spiritan Horizons

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Continuing The Quest For Morality Truly Christian, Truly African: The Achievement Of Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. Edited By Maurice Agbaw-Ebai And Matthew Levering. South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’S Press, 2025. Xiii + 391 Pages. $36., James Chukwuma Okoye CSSp 2026 Duquesne University

Continuing The Quest For Morality Truly Christian, Truly African: The Achievement Of Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. Edited By Maurice Agbaw-Ebai And Matthew Levering. South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine’S Press, 2025. Xiii + 391 Pages. $36., James Chukwuma Okoye Cssp

Spiritan Horizons

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From Source And Summit To Parish Practice: A Qualitative Analysis Of Eucharist And Social Outreach, Erik Sorensen S.J. 2026 Saint Paul University

From Source And Summit To Parish Practice: A Qualitative Analysis Of Eucharist And Social Outreach, Erik Sorensen S.J.

Journal of Global Catholicism

A small-scale qualitative study in a Catholic parish situated in Ottawa, Canada, offers insights into the complex relationship between that community's worship and its commitment to social justice. This article brings the lived theology of this community into dialogue with the academic and magisterial perspectives on the Eucharist as the source and summit of Christian life. The dialogue is framed by the Theological Action Research Network's four voices of theology: operant, espoused, formal, and normative. This framework helps to center the marginalized theology of the faithful in the pews. In this case, the parish offered a dynamic theology of welcome …


“Ite Missa Est”: How Can The Altar Alter Attitudes And Actions?, Ebenezer Akesseh 2026 St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary, Accra

“Ite Missa Est”: How Can The Altar Alter Attitudes And Actions?, Ebenezer Akesseh

Journal of Global Catholicism

This paper brings into focus the relationship between personal agency and so-

cial structure, demonstrating that what we celebrate on the altar forms within

us the proper dispositions that can help prevent the occurrence of corruption.

The first part examines corruption from a socio-cultural perspective and ex-

plains the incidence and effects of corruption. The second part discusses the

relationship between worship and the formation of actions and attitudes. It

highlights the need to embody the social implications of our celebrations. Using

responses from interviewees, the third part illustrates that the celebration of the

Eucharist shapes the commitments and conduct …


The Lived Liturgical Experience Of Non-Catholic Participants In The Roman Catholic Mass: Tactical Ecumenism In Overlapping Ritual Systems, Sarah Kathleen Johnson 2026 Saint Paul University

The Lived Liturgical Experience Of Non-Catholic Participants In The Roman Catholic Mass: Tactical Ecumenism In Overlapping Ritual Systems, Sarah Kathleen Johnson

Journal of Global Catholicism

In religiously diverse social contexts, liturgical practices anchored in one reli-

gious tradition often gather diverse communities. In such contexts, it is wise to

assume that people who are not Catholic may be present at any Roman Cath-

olic Mass. This article explores the lived liturgical experience of non-Catholic

Christians who participate routinely in the Roman Catholic Mass through a

mixed-methods study of a religiously diverse treble vocal ensemble that sings

weekly at Mass on a Catholic university campus. It describes how Catholic and

non-Catholic Christian singers interpret practices surrounding the eucharistic

meal in contrasting ways: non-Catholic Christians experience the …


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