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Scotosis And Structural Inequality: The Dangers Of Bias In A Globalized Age, Kate Ward
Scotosis And Structural Inequality: The Dangers Of Bias In A Globalized Age, Kate Ward
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Educating For Ecological Responsibility: Bernard Lonergan, Pope Francis, And A Local Case Study Prompted By A Global Reality, Jame Schaefer
Educating For Ecological Responsibility: Bernard Lonergan, Pope Francis, And A Local Case Study Prompted By A Global Reality, Jame Schaefer
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Bernard Lonergan’s philosophy of knowing and Pope Francis’s magisterial teachings yield a complementary trajectory toward educating for ecological responsibility. A concrete example was demonstrated by students in the capstone seminar required for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics (INEE) at Marquette University in Spring 2017. After exploring Lonergan’s explanation of responsibility, his philosophy of education in which he underscores the need to integrate different ways of knowing, and the pope’s call for “integral ecology” when addressing and acting on ecological problems, the INEE seminar and its outcomes are described. They demonstrate local ways in which individuals and their religious communities …
A Response To Professor Levering, Marcus Plested
A Response To Professor Levering, Marcus Plested
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Ethics And Public Discourse: Building A Bridge Between Theology And The Destitute Sick, Alexandre A. Martins
Ethics And Public Discourse: Building A Bridge Between Theology And The Destitute Sick, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Church Of The "Few" For The "Many": Ratzinger's Missiology Of Representation, Aaron Pidel
The Church Of The "Few" For The "Many": Ratzinger's Missiology Of Representation, Aaron Pidel
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Grace At The End Of Life: Rethinking Ordinary And Extraordinary Means In A Global Context, Conor M. Kelly
Grace At The End Of Life: Rethinking Ordinary And Extraordinary Means In A Global Context, Conor M. Kelly
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Catholic Social Ethics And Public Health: Searching For A Liberating Bioethics, Alexandre Andrade Martins
Catholic Social Ethics And Public Health: Searching For A Liberating Bioethics, Alexandre Andrade Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This article argues that the option for the poor offers an ethical imperative to analyze bioethical issues that are not restricted to the traditional discussion on the use of medical technology and the health professional-patient relationship. The author presents a bioethics in a liberationist key that integrates Catholic social teaching into healthcare issues and ethical challenges to promote justice through a public system based on the right to healthcare. This essay begins by examining the option for the poor, presented by Catholic social teaching, and how it relates to healthcare. Then, it analyses data and studies showing the relationship between …
The Leftist Political Parties In Light Of Simone Weil's Criticism: The Workers' Party Case, Alexandre A. Martins
The Leftist Political Parties In Light Of Simone Weil's Criticism: The Workers' Party Case, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Given the socio-political context of Latin American countries and their leftist and center-leftist parties that had governed some countries since the beginning of the 2000’s, this essay will present Simone Weil’s anthropology of a rooted people towards social justice guided by a spirituality of supernatural justice. This anthropology supports her criticism of political parties that this essay will use to examine the Brazilian context and its Workers’ Party that governed the country for over thirteen years and ended its tenure after a process of impeachment. Although Simone Weil seems to be pessimistic as to whether multiparty or monoparty political systems …
A Catholic Response To “ ‘Do Not Quench The Spirit’: Charisms In The Life And Mission Of The Church”, Joseph Mueller
A Catholic Response To “ ‘Do Not Quench The Spirit’: Charisms In The Life And Mission Of The Church”, Joseph Mueller
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
John’S Gospel And The Ethics Of Freedom And Love, Alexandre A. Martins
John’S Gospel And The Ethics Of Freedom And Love, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Imperative Connection Between Scripture And Ethics In A Catholic Context, Conor M. Kelly
The Imperative Connection Between Scripture And Ethics In A Catholic Context, Conor M. Kelly
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Virtue Ethics In Social Contexts, Kate Ward
Virtue Ethics In Social Contexts, Kate Ward
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
On Pediatric Vaccines And Catholic Social Teaching, Conor M. Kelly
On Pediatric Vaccines And Catholic Social Teaching, Conor M. Kelly
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Determining whether, and when, to get one's children vaccinated has become an increasingly controversial decision, often leaving parents fearful of making the “wrong” choice. Part of the challenge stems from the fact that what is rationally optimal for an individual is inherently at odds with the best outcome for the community, meaning that if everyone acted out of self-interest with respect to pediatric vaccines, communal health would suffer significantly. Given these tensions, the issue of pediatric vaccines benefits greatly from the nuanced assessment of Catholic social teaching. Specifically, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's “four permanent principles” of human …
A Soldier’S Faith: The Civil War Experiences And Reflections Of William Porcher Dubose, Robert B. Slocum
A Soldier’S Faith: The Civil War Experiences And Reflections Of William Porcher Dubose, Robert B. Slocum
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
The noted Episcopal theologian William Porcher DuBose was a seminarian when the American Civil War began. He was torn between continuing his studies for ordination and joining the Confederate Army. He felt duty bound to defend his homeland, and he served heroically, wounded in combat, and taken as a prisoner of war. Troubled by the senselessness and inhumanity of war, he was eventually ordained and served as a military chaplain. He devoted himself to faith and ministry when he realized his country and culture were lost. DuBose vividly presents his views on war and faith in his wartime correspondence with …
The Divine Comedy At Corinth: Paul, Menander And The Rhetoric Of Resurrection, Michael B. Cover
The Divine Comedy At Corinth: Paul, Menander And The Rhetoric Of Resurrection, Michael B. Cover
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This article asks how the New Comedy of Menander might have influenced Paul's theological rhetoric in 1 Cor 5–15. An intertextual reading of Paul's letter against the backdrop of Menander's Samia reveals a number of shared topics, ethical concerns and dramatic characteristics. Paul's citation of Menander's Thais in 1 Cor 15.33 is part of this larger strategy to frame the struggles in Corinth within the ambit of Greek household ‘situation comedy’. Like Menander, Paul hybridises tragic and comic motifs throughout his epistle, inflecting the comedy of the Christ narrative with tragic examples of human misapprehension in this plea for ecclesial …
Faith In Creation: Martin Luther's Sermons On Genesis 1, Mickey L. Mattox
Faith In Creation: Martin Luther's Sermons On Genesis 1, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Philo Of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography By Maren R. Niehoff, Michael B. Cover
Review Of Philo Of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography By Maren R. Niehoff, Michael B. Cover
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Laudato Si’: Integral Ecology And Preferential Option For The Poor, Alexandre A. Martins
Laudato Si’: Integral Ecology And Preferential Option For The Poor, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This essay examines Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si’ from a Latin American perspective and its reception in this part of the world, especially in Brazil. It focuses on two aspects of Laudato si’: its dialogical approach, and the connection it makes between ecological issues and poverty. These two aspects allow us to understand Francis’s proposal of integral ecology and how the preferential option for the poor becomes central to his perspective. In addition, this essay explains how Latin American theology and pastoral experience are present in Pope Francis’s thought.
Solidarity And Social Justice In Promoting Mental Health And Wellness Among Impoverished People: Looking From Mercy And Liberation, Alexandre A. Martins
Solidarity And Social Justice In Promoting Mental Health And Wellness Among Impoverished People: Looking From Mercy And Liberation, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This paper reflects on issues of justice and mental health from a theological approach that intends to show an ethics of social responsibility and caring ground on a new social Samaritan paradigm. It has the Brazilian context of public health as the starting point for its analysis and an example to support a theological perspective that stresses the crucial importance of a community-based approach able to integrate patient, family, ecclesial community, and society in order to shape public policies that respond to mental health demands and challenges. In addition, this paper suggests an ethics of personal, communal, and social responsibility …
Review Of The Cosmic Common Good: Religious Grounds For Ecological Ethics By Daniel P. Scheid, Jame Schaefer
Review Of The Cosmic Common Good: Religious Grounds For Ecological Ethics By Daniel P. Scheid, Jame Schaefer
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Book Review Of Maximus The Confessor. Jesus Christ And The Transfiguration Of The World, By Paul M. Blowers, Marcus Plested
Book Review Of Maximus The Confessor. Jesus Christ And The Transfiguration Of The World, By Paul M. Blowers, Marcus Plested
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
People Or Profit: A Comparison Of Health Care In Brazil And The United States, Alexandre A. Martins
People Or Profit: A Comparison Of Health Care In Brazil And The United States, Alexandre A. Martins
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This essay offers a reflection about the increasing influence of profit in Catholic health care. Based on Jesus' teaching that shows that the need of the wounded person on the street comes first (Luke 10: 25-37), Catholic health care ministry has the challenge to create services where people, not profit, come first.
Luther The Iconographer Of The Saints Of Genesis, Mickey L. Mattox
Luther The Iconographer Of The Saints Of Genesis, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Conceiving God: Literal And Figurative Prompt For A More Tectonic Distinction, Robert Masson
Conceiving God: Literal And Figurative Prompt For A More Tectonic Distinction, Robert Masson
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
John Sanders’ Theology in the Flesh, the first comprehensive overview of the toolkit that contemporary cognitive linguistics offers for theological appropriation, despite its remarkable success, gives rather minimal attention to blending theory, one of the discipline’s most formidable tools. This paper draws on blending theory to offer an alternative to Sanders’ chapter on conceiving God. Central to the proposal is claim that God-talk, like many of the advances in science, technology, and art, entails a kind of tectonic understanding and conceptual mapping that is neither literal nor figurative.
Unveiled Faces: The Heavenly Counterpart Traditions In Joseph And Aseneth, Andrei Orlov
Unveiled Faces: The Heavenly Counterpart Traditions In Joseph And Aseneth, Andrei Orlov
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
From one of the Manichaean psalms we learn that in the final moments of his life Mani was beholding his heavenly double with “eyes of light.” This was not the only encounter this Syrian visionary had with his upper celestial identity. The Cologne Mani Codex tells us that the heavenly counterpart first manifested himself to Mani at the age of twelve and he continued his visits, to assist with revelations, until Mani’s death. In several texts Mani’s celestial alter ego is designated as a spirit and even called the Paraclete, the same title the Holy Spirit bears in the Fourth …
Martin Luther's University Lectures And Biblical Commentaries, Mickey L. Mattox
Martin Luther's University Lectures And Biblical Commentaries, Mickey L. Mattox
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Filling The Gaps In Civil Society The Role Of The Catholic Church In Latin American Democratization, John Thiede, Matthew Carnes
Filling The Gaps In Civil Society The Role Of The Catholic Church In Latin American Democratization, John Thiede, Matthew Carnes
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
In this paper, we seek to draw lessons about the roles that religious institutions can play in promoting democracy in deeply divided societies by examining the experience of the Catholic Church in Latin America. We focus on the cases of Chile and El Salvador, two countries where the Catholic Church played a decisive role in advancing democracy after autocratic military rule. These two cases illustrate where theology and action productively promoted social change in highly conflictual societies. We note challenges to democracy in the region, but also new opportunities in the era of the first Latin American pope, Francis.
The Death Of Tragedy: The Form Of God In Euripedes's Bacchae And Paul’S Carmen Christi, Michael B. Cover
The Death Of Tragedy: The Form Of God In Euripedes's Bacchae And Paul’S Carmen Christi, Michael B. Cover
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Scholarship on Phil 2:6–11 has long wrestled with the question of “interpretive staging.” While acknowledging that Jewish sapiential and apocalyptic literature as well as Roman apotheosis narratives provide important matrices for the hymn, the following study pinpoints a third backdrop against which Paul's dramatic christology would have been heard in Philippi: Euripidean tragedy. Echoes of Dionysus's opening monologue from Euripides's Bacchae in the carmen Christi suggest that Roman hearers of Paul's letter likely understood Christ's kenotic metamorphosis as a species of Dionysian revelation. This interpretive recognition accomplishes a new integration of the hymn's Jewish and imperial-cultic transcripts. Jesus's Bacchic portraiture …
Responding To Small Island Nations Imperiled By Human-Forced Climate Change: An Ethical Imperative For Christians, Jame Schaefer
Responding To Small Island Nations Imperiled By Human-Forced Climate Change: An Ethical Imperative For Christians, Jame Schaefer
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
Small island nations are increasingly imperiled by larger nations that are emitting most of the greenhouse gases, forcing changes in the global climate, and causing catastrophic ecological and social problems. Among the most adversely affected people are islanders who are suffering immense health, economic, and cultural injustices that should be addressed at all levels of governance. Leaders of Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic denominations have been responding meaningfully to the plight of the small island nations by drawing motivation from their theological traditions for mitigating the problems and calling all Christians to act individually, collectively within their parishes, and …
Lumen Gentium And Unity In Christ, Andrew J. Kim
Lumen Gentium And Unity In Christ, Andrew J. Kim
Theology Faculty Research and Publications
This essay contends that Lumen Gentium ( LG ) harmoniously integrates three interrelated but importantly distinct kinds of Christian unity. While the emphasis upon sacramental unity found in Dominus Iesuscontrasted with the emphasis upon ecumenical unity developed in Peter Knauer’s influential essay, ‘“katholische Kirche” subsistiert in der “katholischen Kirche”’ may be set in opposition to each other and thus regarded as demonstrative of a lack of coherence in LG , this essay argues that Lumen roots these kinds of unity in the mystical unity between Christ and the Church. The significance of this mystical unity, as opposed to a …