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Has The Silence Been Broken? Catholic Theological Ethics And Racial Justice, Bryan Massingale Mar 2014

Has The Silence Been Broken? Catholic Theological Ethics And Racial Justice, Bryan Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

This survey discusses the emerging contours of a distinctive Catholic ethical approach to race, racism, and racial justice. Among its features are the adoption of a more structural and cultural understanding of human sinfulness, engaged intellectual reflection, concern about malformed white identity, an intentional dialogue with African American scholarship and culture, and the cultivation of spiritual practices and disciplines. The “Note” concludes with a discussion of the global challenges of racialization and the future challenges for Catholic ethical reflection on racism.


The Hidden Faces Of Racism: Catholics Should Stand Firm On Affirmative Action, Bryan N. Massingale Jan 2014

The Hidden Faces Of Racism: Catholics Should Stand Firm On Affirmative Action, Bryan N. Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


How Enlightened Can A Monk Be? The Efforts Of Eighteenth-Century German Benedictines To Reform Monastery And Church, Ulrich Lehner Mar 2013

How Enlightened Can A Monk Be? The Efforts Of Eighteenth-Century German Benedictines To Reform Monastery And Church, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

This article investigates how German Benedictines in the eighteenth century tried to reform monastic life and Catholic theology by adopting various aspects of Enlightenment lifestyle and thought. It demonstrates the intellectual diversity that existed in this religious order and the order's intensive dialogue with contemporary culture.


Review Of Urspruenge Des Atheismus By Winfried Schröder, Ulrich Lehner Jan 2013

Review Of Urspruenge Des Atheismus By Winfried Schröder, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Challenges Michael Buckley's claims in At the Origins of Modern Atheism (1990) that modern atheism had its foundation in d'Holbach and Diderot, that historical biblical criticism helped the emergence of atheism, and that natural theology was the "midwife" for atheist thought.


Sexism In Practice: Feminist Ethics Evaluating The Hookup Culture, Conor M. Kelly Oct 2012

Sexism In Practice: Feminist Ethics Evaluating The Hookup Culture, Conor M. Kelly

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Hooking up—the practice of pursuing sexual activity without any expectation of a relationship—has become a fixture of the U.S. college experience, resulting in an identifiable hookup culture across the country that can and should benefit from a feminist analysis. Sociological research reveals that this practice appeals to college students by ostensibly providing greater independence than traditional relationships. An outside analysis of these claims, however, demonstrates that the heterosexual hookup culture operates in a decidedly sexist fashion. In fact, the four common features of this culture: lack of commitment, ambiguous language, alcohol use, and social pressure to conform, all undermine the …


Love And Citizenship: Catholics In An Election Year, Thomas Hughson Feb 2012

Love And Citizenship: Catholics In An Election Year, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Beyond Ecumenical Dialogue, Thomas Hughson Jan 2012

Beyond Ecumenical Dialogue, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


A Parallel That Limps: The Rhetoric Of Slavery In The Pro-Life Discourse Of U.S. Bishops, Bryan Massingale Jan 2012

A Parallel That Limps: The Rhetoric Of Slavery In The Pro-Life Discourse Of U.S. Bishops, Bryan Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Penitence [Dictionary Entry], M. Therese Lysaught Nov 2011

Penitence [Dictionary Entry], M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Missional Churches In Secular Societies: Theology Consults Sociology, Thomas Hughson May 2011

Missional Churches In Secular Societies: Theology Consults Sociology, Thomas Hughson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The church is missionary by nature. But what about public church mission in secular societies? Furious religion mobilizing against rebarbative secularity? Withdrawal to seek exemplary perfection? To the contrary, theologically principled consultation with the sociology of J. Casanova on deprivatized religion leads to public witness in modern societies. Public theology can interpret deprivatized religion as an expression of prophetic and kingly elements in church mission. However, sociology leaves the priestly element as if private. What might ecclesiology, missiology, and public theology say about a public aspect of the priestly element in the church’s witness in modern societies?


Ethics Brewed In An African Pot, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Apr 2011

Ethics Brewed In An African Pot, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

Doing ethics in African Christianity raises the challenge of over-generalization in the midst of diversity and variety. This essay surveys the wide ethical landscape of Africa, explores key ethical issues on the continent within the context of the world church, and proposes priorities for action in view of a global ethical partnership.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Review Of Chesterton And Tolkien As Theologians: The Fantasy Of The Real By Alison Milbank, Robert B. Slocum Jan 2010

Review Of Chesterton And Tolkien As Theologians: The Fantasy Of The Real By Alison Milbank, Robert B. Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of Chesterton And Tolkien As Theologians: The Fantasy Of The Real, By Alison Milbank, Robert B. Slocum Jan 2010

Review Of Chesterton And Tolkien As Theologians: The Fantasy Of The Real, By Alison Milbank, Robert B. Slocum

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

In this regard, writers such as G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien can be understood as theologians who "offer a theology of art as practice," a practical theology that takes the reader "into an intuition of being through the enchanted experience of art" (p. 166). In this regard, the writings of Chesterton and Tolkien provide a much-needed renewal as they counter "the loss of sign-making capaciti'" and the "draining of shared meaning from cultural discourse in the twentieth century" (p. 163).


Justice For The Displaced: The Challenge Of Christian Understanding, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Jan 2010

Justice For The Displaced: The Challenge Of Christian Understanding, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Vox Victimarum Vox Dei: Malcolm X As Neglected "Classic" For Catholic Theological Reflection, Bryan Massingale Jan 2010

Vox Victimarum Vox Dei: Malcolm X As Neglected "Classic" For Catholic Theological Reflection, Bryan Massingale

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Enlightenment And Ecumenism, Ulrich Lehner Oct 2009

Enlightenment And Ecumenism, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The contribution of monasticism to Christian theology's framework in almost all periods is undisputed. However, the eighteenth century as a period of monastic theology is still—unjustly—overlooked. That was precisely the time when monks, mostly Benedictines, challenged the traditional ways of theologizing and, along with a number of dedicated individuals, initiated what came to be called the Catholic Enlightenment.1 This movement worked not only for a renewal of ecclesiastical practice and thought, but also for a peaceful dialogue between the Christian churches and even toward an ecumenical theology. One of the most intriguing figures of this enlightened theology is the Swabian …


Reclaiming Our Identities, M. Therese Lysaught Apr 2009

Reclaiming Our Identities, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Suffering In Communion With Christ: Sacraments, Dying Faithfully, And End-Of-Life Care, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2009

Suffering In Communion With Christ: Sacraments, Dying Faithfully, And End-Of-Life Care, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


From The Challenge Of Peace To The Gift Of Peace: Reading The Consistent Ethic Of Life As An Ethic Of Peacemaking, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2008

From The Challenge Of Peace To The Gift Of Peace: Reading The Consistent Ethic Of Life As An Ethic Of Peacemaking, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Ethics Of Hiv/Aids Prevention: Paradigms Of A New Discourse From An African Perspective, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Jan 2008

Ethics Of Hiv/Aids Prevention: Paradigms Of A New Discourse From An African Perspective, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


"Doing" Ethics In An Ecclesial Context: What Is Health Care Ethics's Connection To An Understanding Of The Catholic Church?, M. Therese Lysaught Mar 2007

"Doing" Ethics In An Ecclesial Context: What Is Health Care Ethics's Connection To An Understanding Of The Catholic Church?, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Love Your Enemies: Toward A Christoform Bioethic, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2007

Love Your Enemies: Toward A Christoform Bioethic, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Love And Liturgy, M. Therese Lysaught Jan 2007

Love And Liturgy, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Lies Of War: Building An Ethics Of Peace, Daniel Maguire Oct 2005

The Lies Of War: Building An Ethics Of Peace, Daniel Maguire

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Aquinas's Summa Theologiae As Pedagogy, Mark Johnson Jan 2005

Aquinas's Summa Theologiae As Pedagogy, Mark Johnson

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Die Bedeutung Der Philosophie Immanuel Kants Für Die Gegenwärtige Katholische Theologie In Den Vereinigten Staaten Von Amerika, Philip J. Rossi Jan 2005

Die Bedeutung Der Philosophie Immanuel Kants Für Die Gegenwärtige Katholische Theologie In Den Vereinigten Staaten Von Amerika, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.