Theology (Exegetical Historical Practical etc.)
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Misterio Sacramental – (Spanish)
$27.95Add to cartHaffner outlines how the sacraments are the chief means in the Church through which God’s people are reconciled to the Father, through His Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit. The book illustrates classical issues like the conditions for the validity and the efficacy of the sacraments, as well as the minister, recipient and effects of these sacred mysteries; it deals with particular topics like the necessity of Baptism, the sacrificial character of the Eucharist, and the nature of Marriage. As he examines each sacrament in turn, the author also explores how new ecumenical questions affect Christian sacramental understanding.
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Dilemma Of Divorced Catholics (Revised)
$8.95Add to cartFew aspects of the Church’s teachings are as misunderstood – or as misrepresented – as that involving marriage and divorce. In this book, Father John Catoir spells out clearly, concisely and faithfully what the Church really has to say on the subject. This updated edition of a Catholic classic couldn’t have come along at a better time.
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Mestizaje : Re Mapping Race Culture And Faith In Latina Latino Catholicism
$30.00Add to cartThe concept of Mestizaje–a reference to the distinctive biological and cultural intermixture that occurred in the “New World”–has become a foundational category in U.S. Latina/o theology. This book traces the subversive and innovative ways in which Catholic theologians, such as Virgilio Elizondo, Orlando Espin, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, and Pilar Aquino, have turned this concept into a powerful framework for articulating the experiences of faith of Latina/o communities. At the same time the author examines some of the limitations and contradictions inherent in this concept and explores new language for describing the vibrant and complex ethno-cultural and religious identity of Latina/o communities today.
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Way Of Humility
$19.95Add to cartIn addition to his eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Songs and the Sermons on the Liturgical Year, in which he follows the calendar from Advent through autumn, Bernard of Clairvaux composed these ‘sermons on various subjects’. His choice and handling of subject matter provides insights into Bernard the abbot more than to Bernard the public figure and renown preacher.
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Reading The Bible As Gods Own Story
$15.95Add to cartHow should Catholics read the Bible? Beyond the history and literature of the Bible, Catholics need to discover God’s own story-and his way of looking at the world. Noted Scripture scholar William Kurz draws from the writings of two church fathers, Sts. Irenaeus and Athanasius, to show how we can read the Bible as the story of God-with the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as its climax. Like a good mystery novel, when we know how the story ends, we can read it again from the beginning in order to search for important clues that will help us see God’s plan for the world and how we fit into that plan. Kurz examines passages from both the Old and New Testament to demonstrate that, as we approach the Bible in faith, we bring new life and meaning to Scripture.
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Catholic And Ecumenical
$51.00Add to cartA Church To Change
A Changing Church
Uniform No Longer
Estranged Sisters
Reform To Reformation
Reformation In England
Leaning Toward The Future
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Ecumenical consciousness has not always been part of the Catholic experience. Frederick M. Bliss, S.M. traces how the concern for ecumenism came about-from uneasy tension to confidence in the true grace of catholicity. This new edition follows significant developments in dialogues with the Catholic Church up to 2006 and suggests likely trends of continuing change. It studies the forces that had an impact on the Second Vatican Council, forces that continue to steer the church into relationships with other Christian communities, other religions, and the world. -
Catholic And Ecumenical
$145.00Add to cartA Church To Change
A Changing Church
Uniform No Longer
Estranged Sisters
Reform To Reformation
Reformation In England
Leaning Toward The Future
Additional Info
Ecumenical consciousness has not always been part of the Catholic experience. Frederick M. Bliss, S.M. traces how the concern for ecumenism came about-from uneasy tension to confidence in the true grace of catholicity. This new edition follows significant developments in dialogues with the Catholic Church up to 2006 and suggests likely trends of continuing change. It studies the forces that had an impact on the Second Vatican Council, forces that continue to steer the church into relationships with other Christian communities, other religions, and the world. -
Faith Of Our Fathers
$12.00Add to cart1. “No Creed But Christ”?
2. A Corporate Confession
3. Faith And Godliness
4. Access To The Father
5. Almighty Creator
6. God Of God
7. For Us And For Our Salvation
8. Crucified For Us
9. The Resurrection
10. The Ascension
11. Ascended And Coming Again
12. The Holy Spirit
13. Filioque
14. Who Has Spoken By The Prophets
15. One Church
16. One Baptism
17. The Life Of The World To Come
18. Key Players And The Historical Context
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It’s not whether you have a creed or not, just which.
“No creed but Christ.” This claim tries to remove the mess of doctrinal controversy. After all, doesn’t everyone know that “doctrine divides?” But would avoiding creeds and confessions really clear away confusion? What do you believe about Jesus? Was he really God? The answers to these important questions make a creed, even if it’s only poorly worded or false. Creeds are unavoidable.
As the church’s first “official” ecumenical creed, the Nicene Creed has protected and shaped the life of God’s people for centuries. L. Charles Jackson’s popular study walks readers through every line of the Nicene creed, highlighting its history and contemporary application, and revealing its grounding in Scripture. It shows us a Nicene Creed that is pastoral, practical, and personal. -
4 Times Peter
$15.95Add to cartBecause he plays such a prominent role in the New Testament and the tradition of the church, the apostle Peter has been the focus of much scholarship over the centuries. One wonders whether there can be anything more to say about Peter. Indeed, there is. In Four Times Peter Richard Cassidy takes a narrative critical look at Peter in the story of each gospel individually (rather than studying Peter via a side-by-side analysis of the gospels). Cassidy looks first to the character of Jesus in each of the gospels and then to the group of apostles as a whole before turning to Peter.
In the end, Four Times Peter allows an intriguing portrait of this apostle to emerge. Readers discover a portrait of Peter that would have been familiar to the earliest Christian communities. And it is this ancient portrait that gives modern readers a refreshing new sense of Peter.
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Road To Vatican 2
$17.95Add to cartThe Second Vatican Council is considered by most theologians to have been a decisive moment in the history of the Catholic Church. It produced a charter for the Church of the twentieth century and beyond and spawned thousands of books, articles, conferences, and doctoral theses over the last forty years. Part of the Council’s fascination lies in the many “stories” that surround it. In THE ROAD TO VATICAN II, author Maureen Sullivan tells the story behind the story by revealing how the Church moved from the rigid, hierarchical model espoused by Pius IX at Vatican I (1869-70) to the collegial, “communio” model that emerged under John XXIII at Vatican II (1962-65). She recounts the events and trends leading up to the Council and demonstrates how it became possible, in the four brief sessions that took place from 1962-65, for over 2,500 bishops-who often disagreed on the most critical issues-to produce sixteen documents that touched the very essence of the Catholic faith. THE ROAD TO VATICAN II is written-not for other theologians-but for men and women who are eager to have a more in-depth understanding of a watershed event that shaped their faith. The author focuses on the contributions of important theologians whose efforts over the years laid the groundwork for the Council and she documents their influence on many of the key documents that emerged. Sullivan argues that these theologians were indeed prophets among us, offering a renewed vision of the faith, a methodology to facilitate the theological endeavor, and a language of life rediscovered in the New Testament that could speak to contemporary men and women. These prophets often suffered because of their convictions, but Sullivan maintains that they were instruments of the Holy Spirit in our midst-and their story needed to be told.
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Contemplating The Trinity
$12.95Add to cartUnity, joy, simplicity, beauty, truth-these are the hallmarks of the three Persons in one God, the Trinity. In
Contemplating the Trinity, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher to the papal household, invites readers to turn to the Trinity so that they can enter into and experience the relationship of love that the divine Persons share with one another. Convinced that Christians today need a spirituality that is more clearly trinitarian, Fr. Cantalamessa draws from theology, spirituality, and art to articulate this new perspective and its implications. As readers accept Christ’s invitation to immerse themselves in the “bottomless sea without shores” that is the Trinity, they will find themselves on a journey that promises a deeper understanding of how this relationship of love can be our standard for holiness.Features a full-color inset of four famous works of art that depict the Trinity.
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God In The World
$24.95Add to cartA century has passed since Karl Rahner’s birth, and two decades have passed since his death. Yet this remarkable theologian has left a legacy of wisdom as relevant today as it was during Rahner’s time. In God in the World: A Guide to Karl Rahner’s Theology, Thomas O’Meara looks anew at Rahner’s insights and theological principles. Through O’Meara’s clear and engaging style, readers will discover-or rediscover, as the case may be-how invaluable Rahner is for the church today.
Rahner’s is a theology that considers both people and history as important. It is a theology that begins with grace as God’s “self-communication,” God’s gift of life shared with humankind. It is a theology that directly speaks to some of the tensions we as the church, the people of God, struggle with today: religious pluralism and salvation through Jesus Christ, the roles of priests and lay ecclesial ministers, the offices of bishops and popes, the movements of secular modernity and religious fundamentalism. O’Meara helps the reader find in Rahner a “traditional revolutionary” whose theology sees the depth, extent, and vitality of “faith, hope and love in the hearts of all people.”
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Mere Catholicism
$16.95Add to cartMere Catholicism explains in easily accessible, non-technical language the fundamental doctrines of Catholicism. It also shows how these doctrines follow naturally from the fundamental doctrines common to orthodox Christians mere Christianity . Catholicism can mystify or even repel other Christians, while its complexities can confuse Catholics themselves. Ian Ker s stimulating book makes Catholicism come alive as the fullness of Christianity.
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Creation Grace And Redemption
$28.00Add to cart‘A true integration of the old and the new-yielding creative insights into both contemporary life and traditional theological questions. A must for any theologically informed lay person or scholar-not for the reference shelf but for the nightstand!’ -Cynthia S. W. Crysdale.
The book provides a solid introduction to the themes of creation, grace, and redemption, integrating classical and modern theological resources with perspectives from science, cultural studies, and interfaith dialogue. From the Big Bang to cosmic consummation, from birth to death, the big questions of life emerge. Where does human existence stand in a cosmos some fifteen billion years old and seemingly indifferent to human suffering? This book explores Christian responses to these questions in an accessible style perfectly adapted to classroom use. -
Promise Of Baptism
$31.99Add to cartThe sacrament of baptism from a Reformed perspective is clearly and thoughtfully outlined in this useful book. James Brownson carefully explains the scriptural basis, the theological underpinnings, and the practical implications of this particular element of the faith. Organized into brief, tightly focused chapters “each of which centers on a key question” and introducing and defining key terms in the course of the discussion, The Promise of Baptism will be an important resource for pastors, as well as for students or laypersons seeking to better understand this sacrament that lies at the heart of the church’s life.
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Blessed Among Women
$12.49Add to cartThe Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorified saint in the Catholic Church. Catholic devotion to Mary is a worldwide phenomenon that continues to grow. Blessed Among Women takes a serious and critical look at how much devotion to the Virgin Mary is truly justified. This book also looks at how the Catholic Church views Mary’s role in God’s overall plan for our salvation and whether or not this view matches up with sacred scripture. It explores Catholic doctrines such as the Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity and Assumption of Mary. It also explores more controversial doctrines such as Mediatrix of all Graces, Queen of heaven, and the unofficial Coredemptrix doctrine. Chapter eight examines the apparitions of the Virgin Mary and their influence on Church doctrine regarding Mary. The final two chapters turn our attention towards the importance of pursuing the truth on these issues, wherever that leads. For Protestants and Catholics alike, this book is an important exploration into the controversial Church doctrines regarding the Virgin Mary. It emphasizes why it is important for all Christians to examine what the word of God says about these doctrines, knowing that if we follow God’s word, we can experience the peace and joy of knowing that we are saved.
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Pope Benedict Code
$12.95Add to cartWhen Pope Benedict XVI was elected in April 2005 much of hte media in the English-speaking world reacted with hostility. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he had for over twenty years been the Catholic Church’s voice as upholder of orthodox doctrine. Media comment assumed that this meant he should be unpopular. But within just a few weeks perceptions had changed, and the real person had been discovered: this was clearly a popular pastor, reaching out with a worldwide message at his inaugural Mass, cheered to the echo by over a million young people at World Youth Day, drawing huge crowds in St Peter’s Square, sitting with First Communicants at a children’s rally to teach and answer their questions. The Holy Father has emerged as a person of warmth and gentleness, communicating the Christian message with clarity, and emphasising the hope and joy it can bring to the world. For Catholics and non-catholics alike, the person of the Pope is a fascinating one. In this book we meet the man who is St Peter’s successor, read what he actually says and discover the way he thinks and acts. From a boyhood in a traditionally Catholic family in Bavaria, throught years as a professor, writer, and lecturer, to the years in Rome, his is a story worth discovering – and he is a teacher whose message is worth hearing. Joanna Bogle is a Catholic author, broadcaster and journalist. She writes for the Catholic press in Britain, America and Australia and broadcasts regularly with EWTN, the international Catholic television network. her many books include the best-selling A Book of Feasts and Seasons (celbrating the Church’s year in home and family) andbiographies of Fr Werenfried van Straaten (the founder of Aid to the Church in Need, Blessed Karl of Austria (A Heart for Europe) and Caroline Chisholm (The Emigrant’s Friend).
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Ethical Dimensions Of The Prophets
$24.95Add to cartDo the Old Testament prophets have a stake in modern ethics? They had a great impact in shaping Israel’s ethics, and they should also have an impact on ours, writes biblical scholar Joseph Jensen.
In Ethical Dimensions of the Prophets, Jensen shows us how the prophets never soft-peddled God’s message. Jeremiah lashed out against a tyrannical king. Hosea accused Israel of “harlotry” for worshiping false gods. And Amos railed about the God’s wrath because Israel failed to behave compassionately toward the weak and the poor.
Jensen wants readers to hear the prophets in their own terms as they addressed their biblical contemporaries. Yet he asserts that the teachings of the prophets contain valuable lessons for us to ponder and apply today, particularly when it comes to social justice. This book is designed for readers eager to move beyond an introductory understanding of the Bible.
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Overview Of The Book Of Revelation
$21.99Add to cartA preterite view of the book of Revelation, both Daniel and John forecast the Great Tribulation of 67-70 A.D. They also predict the “vials” of God’s wrath being poured out on the Roman Empire at the time of Domitian the “little horn” (92-96 A.D.). This overview shows the Lake of Fire to be synonymous with the “burning flame” of Daniel 7:11. Armageddon will be shown to be the name of the symbolic battle. “Gog and Magog” is the symbolic name of the “nations” fighting with the Roman Empire against the rider on the white horse (Jesus). The resurrections of Daniel 12:1-3 and Revelation 20:4-7 will be shown to be synonymous. Two distinct 3 1/2 year periods of time are set forth in Daniel and Revelation. They are referred to as “Times, Time, and Half a Time.” The Great Tribulation is shown to be synonymous with the 1,000-year reign.
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Hear O Heavens And Listen O Earth
$34.95Add to cartIn Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth, Joan E. Cook guides students of theology, Scripture, and ministry in reading the prophetic books according to the current methodologies for biblical study. She encourages readers to apply the messages of the prophets to contemporary religious and social concerns.
Cook focuses on how to read the Old Testament books of the prophets and addresses the pastoral implications. The study proceeds chronologically and biblical quotations and references are based on the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
Cook encourages students to engage the biblical text and suggests points for reflection and questions for thought and action based on each of the prophetic books.
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Introduction To The New Testament For Catholics
$29.95Add to cartThe title of this book may be a bit puzzling-a Catholic introduction to the New Testament? The New Testament belongs to all Christians, and the modern study of the New Testament has benefited from the contributions by scholars of all Christian denominations. But there are problems with the New Testament that are specific to Catholics. In this volume, Joseph Kelly provides an introduction to the New Testament for students and deals with the concerns of modern Christians reading the Bible. It’s a book that teachers can use rather than a book that presents teachers with problems they have to explain.
Kelly helps readers to understand what modern scholars say about the individual books. He argues that we can’t understand what role Jesus can play in modern life if we don’t understand what he meant to the earliest Christians.The New Testament tells the story of Jesus, the most remarkable person who ever lived, and of his disciples. It includes some of the most famous narratives in the world and the most memorable words ever spoken. It introduces us to great people who moved history and of those who took the difficult step of leaving the religions of their ancestors and families to become Christians. Kelly shows that in looking at the New Testament we see real people communicating with us-sharing their beliefs, their fears, and their hopes. Distant yet familiar, challenging yet comprehensible, the New Testament is a precious heritage, and one that Kelly recommends we must make our own.
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Love That Produces Hope
$29.95Add to cartFather Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., president of the University of Central America, leading Latin American philosopher, and liberation theologian, was assassinated with five Jesuit companions and two women on November 16, 1989. Love That Produces Hope brings together leading authorities on key aspects of Ellacuria’s thought. The book introduces readers to the groundbreaking life and thought of Ignacio Ellacuria. His biography and writings embody late twentieth-century transformations and tensions that reshaped the life of the Catholic church among the “crucified peoples” of Central America.
Love That Produces Hope evaluates the significance of Ellacuria’s work, particularly his impact on theology, philosophy, and education. Ellacuria found hope in his faith that God’s grace sustains the tenacious struggle of millions of men, women, and children to nurture those they love in the face of poverty and an uncertain future.
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Called To Participate
$19.95Add to cartCalled to Participate is the late Mark Searle’s last testament on liturgical reform. It draws on the teachings, writings, and international lectures of this noted liturgist and professor. “Where do we go from here?” Searle asks in response to the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council.
Searle offers a historical perspective of the roots of liturgical reform during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. He describes the nature of liturgy as ritual activity, where the people of God are invited to participate in liturgy as sharing in the life of God. Selected aspects of the liturgy are considered, such as the proclamation of the Word. He also comments on the social character of the liturgy, which is to move beyond the assembly to participate in God’s work in an outward or public ministry.
Called to Participate bids us to form a contemporary spirituality that is firmly rooted in the liturgy. It leads worshipers to find entry points into the mystery of God’s work in the world. It is a help to liturgical leaders to grasp the nature and function of liturgy and to inspire faith-filled planning, preaching, and catechesis.
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Religious Vows The Sermon On The Mount And Christian Living
$12.95Add to cartThe Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew’s Gospel is a good synopsis of Jesus’ teaching and the Beatitudes summarize the Sermon on the Mount. Bonnie Thurston reflects on the Beatitudes and their focus on the kingdom of heaven. She shows how the Sermon on the Mount deepens understanding of the spiritual virtues the vows are intended to nurture and how the values embodied in the vows are central to all Christian living.
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Eating Your Way Through Lukes Gospel
$16.95Add to cartRobert Karris spreads before us a unique and delightful framing of the food theme in the Gospel of Luke.
Karris describes the food and drink popular in Jesus’ day. He also documents the social, political, and general contexts in which the food was prepared and eaten. He outlines the social roles Jesus assumes in Luke’s Gospel in relation to food and meals, as well as the relationship between women and food. Karris also examines the eucharistic implications of the way food and drink are portrayed.
This volume invites readers to get actively involved in the process of discovery by checking Scripture references alongside the author. Food themes in the other three Gospels are also briefly compared with Luke’s Gospel. Questions to stimulate an appetite for discussion or reflection and suggestions for further reading are provided at the end of each chapter.
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Gregory Of Nyssa
$18.99Add to cartSt. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 CE), who came from an illustrious Christian family of Capadocia, became bishop of the small town of Nyssa in 371 and is known as one of the founders of mystical theology in the Church. In The Life of Moses, one of the most important books in the study of Christian mysticism, Gregory retells the story of Moses’s life from the biblical account in Exodus and Numbers and then refers back to these stories as the basis for profound spiritual lessons. The ultimate goal of Gregory’s spirituality is to strive for infinite progress in the never-completed journey to God. His exhortations to lead a life of virtue will inspire all who hope to increase their knowledge and love of God.
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Eschatology And Hope
$28.00Add to cartProbes Christian wisdom and contemporary thought to help us “give an accounting for the hope” that is within us (1 Peter 3:15) in troubled and uncertain times.
Anthony Kelly offers the reader an introduction to the central theme of Christian eschatology, the doctrine and study of what Christians hope for as they follow the Way taught by the prophets and saints and, above all, opened up in the paschal mystery of Jesus of Nazareth.
Kelly examines the concept of hope in general and how eschatology enlarges the scope of what humans anticipate in ways that transcend mere continuation of life after life. Hoping for life after death, a sage once said, is not a particularly “religious” action. Kelly helps the reader see that Christian hope involves much more than hope for immortality.
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Augustine And Literature
$137.00Add to cartIntroduction
Robert P. Kennedy, Kim Paffenroth, John Doody, And Marylu Hill
Literature To The Sixteenth CenturyThe Weight Of Love: Augustinian Metaphors Of Movement In Dante’s Souls
Phillip Cary
“Se Onne Isne Wealsteal Wise Ge Ohte”: An Augustinian Reading Of The Early English Meditation “The Wanderer”
Mary Agnes Edsall
“There’s A Divinity That Shapes Our Ends”: An Augustinian Reading Of Hamlet
Eric Plumer
Literature Of The Seventeenth CenturySt. Augustine And The Metaphysical Poets
Barry L. Craig
Eloquence For The Age Of Enlightenment: Fenelon’s Saint Augustine
Christine A. Jones
Justifying The Ways Of God And Man: Theodicy In Augustine And Milton
John Savoie
Nineteenth Century LiteratureThe Senescence Of The World: Augustine’s Idea Of History And Ibsen’s Emperor And Galilean
Thomas F. Bertonneau
“Descend That You May Ascend”: Augustine, Dostoevsky, And The Confessions Of Ivan Karamazov
Paul J. Contino
“Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me”: Eucharist And The Erotic Body In Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market
Marylu Hill
“Words, Those Precious Cups Of Meaning”: Augustine’s Influence On The Thought And Poetry Of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Emily Taylor Merriman
A Season In Hell, Or The Confessions Of Arthur Rimbaud
Glenn Moulaison
Feminine Wisdom In Augustine And Goethe’s Faust
Kim Paffenroth
Twentieth Century LiteratureFaulkner’s Augustinian Sense Of Time
Seemee Ali
Augustinian Physicality And The Rhetoric Of The Grotesque In The Art Of Flannery O’Connor
Debra Romanick Baldwin
Marking The Frontiers Of World War II With “Stabilized Disorder”: Rebecca West Reads St. Augustine
Mary Anne Schofield
Confessional Ethics In Augustine And Ralph Ellison
Mark ShiffmanAdditional Info
The influence of Christianity on literature has been great throughout history, as has been the influence of the great Christian, Augustine. Augustine and Literature considers the influence of Augustine on the theory and practice of an academic discipline of which he himself was not a practitioner-literature, especially poetry and fiction. The essays in this volume explore the many influences of Augustine on literature, most obviously in terms of themes and symbols, but also more pervasively perhaps in proving that literature strives for meaning through and beyond the fictional or metaphorical surface. The authors discussed in these essays, from Dante and Milton to O’Connor and Faulkner, all demonstrate a common concern that literature must be attentive to the highest things and the deepest journeys of the soul. Together these essays offer a compelling argument that literature and Augustine do belong together in the common task of guiding the soul toward the truth it desires. -
Spirituality And Mysticism
$26.00Add to cartA wise and trustworthy introduction to spirituality and mysticism, their meaning, and their importance for our age.
James Wiseman introduces spirituality as the “experience of anyone trying to live according to the highest ideals of his or her tradition.” At a second level it involves “the formulation of a teaching about that experience” and then scholarly reflection on the first two levels.
In Spirituality and Mysticism Wiseman explores the biblical origins and patristic development of a distinct Christian spirituality, through the middle ages and into modernity. He ends with reflections on how the new experience of being a world Christian body has brought in the richness of African, Asian, and Latin American experiences.
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Reading Salvation : Word Worship And The Mysteries
$19.95Add to cartThis inaugural issue captures something of the enormity of what the Church claims for Scripture. To read Scripture is to be “reading salvation”. Here we encounter the living Word of God who desires to lead all humankind to worship and communion in the mystery of His own divine life.
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Being Catholic : How We Believe Practice And Think
$21.99Add to cartA bishop is not only a spiritual shepherd but a teacher. In this book the author teaches in clear, concise language the basic beliefs and practices of Catholics and what shapes a Catholic’s thinking. The book discusses:
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Galilean Journey : The Mexican American Promise
$25.00Add to cartThe groundbreaking work in Hispanic theology, relates the story of the Galilean Jesus to the story of a new mestizo people.
In this work, which marked the arrival of a new era of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States, Virgilio Elizondo described the “Galilee principle”: “What human beings reject, God chooses as his very own”. This principle is well understood by Mexican-Americans, for whom mestizaje — the mingling of ethnicity, race, and culture — is a distinctive feature of their identity. In the person of Jesus, whose marginalized Galilean identity also marked him as a mestizo, the Mexican-American struggle for identity and new life becomes luminous.
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Rahner Beyond Rahner
$113.00Add to cartPreface
Introduction: Improbable Encounters?
Paul Crowley, S.J.
Part One: Encounters With ReligionsRahner Beyond Rahner: A Comparative Theologian’s Reflections On Theological Investigations
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
The Body Of Blessing
Thomas Sheehan
Constraints On The Theological Absorption Of Plurality
Catherine Bell
Karl Rahner’s Legacy And The Prospects For Muslim-Christian Understanding
David Pinault
Part Two: Encounters With CulturesFrom The Kulturkampf To China’s Cultural Christians
George Griener, S.J.
Guadalupe’s Challenge To Rahner’s Theology Of Symbol
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Rethinking Rahner On Grace And Symbol: New Proposals From The Americas
Robert Lassalle-Klein
Religious Disillusionment In A Land Of Illusions
Michael McCarthy, S.J.
Part Three: Encounters With Theology, Ethics And SpiritualityRahner’s Theology Of The Cross
Lois Malcolm
Rahner, Ethics And Cultures
David DeCosse
Rahner And The Avatar: The Challenge From Popular Religions
Mark F. Fischer
The Stillpoint: Autoeroticism Or Grace?
G. Donald Maloney
Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here? Rahner In The Pacific Rim And Beyond
Tom Powers, S.JAdditional Info
One hundred years after the birth of Karl Rahner, the contributors to this book ask whether and how Rahner’s theology can address new religious and cultural realities in the twenty-first century, particularly those realities found on what has come to be called the Pacific Rim. Stretching from California and Latin America, and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, this geographic region manifests an incredible cultural and religious diversity, but also many points of intersection and interpenetration, resulting in new forms of religion and spirituality. The theological categories generated by Rahner, such as the anonymous Christian and even the notion of a world church, meet steep challenges when read in contexts very different from that of Germany and the theological currents of the Atlantic. At the same time, the encounter between Rahner and the Pacific Rim results in fresh readings of Rahner not previously imagined, not only in places like China and Mexico, but even Los Angeles.Anchored by a seminal essay by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Harvard), contributors, include Thomas Sheehan (Stanford), Catherine Bell (Santa Clara), and George Griener, S.J. (Berkeley). Each essay examines the possibilities and limitations of Rahner’s theology in this newly configured Pacific world.
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Rahner Beyond Rahner
$36.00Add to cartPreface
Introduction: Improbable Encounters?
Paul Crowley, S.J.
Part One: Encounters With ReligionsRahner Beyond Rahner: A Comparative Theologian’s Reflections On Theological Investigations
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
The Body Of Blessing
Thomas Sheehan
Constraints On The Theological Absorption Of Plurality
Catherine Bell
Karl Rahner’s Legacy And The Prospects For Muslim-Christian Understanding
David Pinault
Part Two: Encounters With CulturesFrom The Kulturkampf To China’s Cultural Christians
George Griener, S.J.
Guadalupe’s Challenge To Rahner’s Theology Of Symbol
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Rethinking Rahner On Grace And Symbol: New Proposals From The Americas
Robert Lassalle-Klein
Religious Disillusionment In A Land Of Illusions
Michael McCarthy, S.J.
Part Three: Encounters With Theology, Ethics And SpiritualityRahner’s Theology Of The Cross
Lois Malcolm
Rahner, Ethics And Cultures
David DeCosse
Rahner And The Avatar: The Challenge From Popular Religions
Mark F. Fischer
The Stillpoint: Autoeroticism Or Grace?
G. Donald Maloney
Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here? Rahner In The Pacific Rim And Beyond
Tom Powers, S.JAdditional Info
One hundred years after the birth of Karl Rahner, the contributors to this book ask whether and how Rahner’s theology can address new religious and cultural realities in the twenty-first century, particularly those realities found on what has come to be called the Pacific Rim. Stretching from California and Latin America, and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, this geographic region manifests an incredible cultural and religious diversity, but also many points of intersection and interpenetration, resulting in new forms of religion and spirituality. The theological categories generated by Rahner, such as the anonymous Christian and even the notion of a world church, meet steep challenges when read in contexts very different from that of Germany and the theological currents of the Atlantic. At the same time, the encounter between Rahner and the Pacific Rim results in fresh readings of Rahner not previously imagined, not only in places like China and Mexico, but even Los Angeles.Anchored by a seminal essay by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Harvard), contributors, include Thomas Sheehan (Stanford), Catherine Bell (Santa Clara), and George Griener, S.J. (Berkeley). Each essay examines the possibilities and limitations of Rahner’s theology in this newly configured Pacific world.
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Myth Of Religious Superiority
$35.00Add to cartIn this challenging book, the leading exponents of the idea that all religions are a refraction of a truth no single tradition can exclusively reveal discuss what to make of that conviction in today’s world of interreligious strife.
For nearly twenty years the views of pluralists on the fundamental equality of all religions seemed to hold sway in academia. As many attacked that view as mistaken, its proponents listened to their critics. The seventeen contributors to this volume argue from a variety of perspectives for the continued soundness and relevance of the pluralist paradigm.
Overall these essays try to make the case that the next step in interreligious interchange ought to be the development of a multifaith, pluralistic theology of religion. -
Theology For Todays Catholic
$9.99Add to cartAll Christians are called to be theologians. We recognize within ourselves an innate hunger coming from God’s call to holiness that beckons us constantly to become something more, something greater than what we are at any given moment.
This newest addition to Liguori’s ever-popular Handbook for Today’s Catholic series helps the ordinary contemporary Catholic understand this shared experience of the faith by examining the nature and reality of salvation prayer, Christian fellowship, witness. Readers will be given tools that aid in intentionally living the Christian mystery each day while contributing to the kingdom of God on earth.
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Problems With Atonement
$18.95Add to cartThe origins of atonement are found in Paul’s writings. Popular Christian theology has understood them to mean that God demanded a bloody victim to pay for human sin. In Problems with Atonement Stephen Finlan examines the Christian doctrine of atonement and current debates about it. He considers its biblical foundation in Pauline texts, the Old Testament background, and the theological questions under discussion about atonement. He provides ancient historical background and raises questions, such as whether the Incarnation must be understood through the lens of atonement.
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Jesus Ben Sira Of Jerusalem
$21.95Add to cartQuestions of vocation and character formation become important to students as they continue to receive higher education. Jesus Ben Sira combines secular wisdom from Near Eastern wisdom sources and divine revelations from the Hebrew Bible to create the Book of Sirach. By applying form criticism to Ben Sira’s book, Daniel J. Harrington provides students with historical information of the psychological and sociological context underlying Ben Sira’s teachings, as well as an understanding of how Ben Sira’s ancient wisdom can contribute to personal and social formation in the 21st century.
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Towards A Truly Catholic Church
$24.95Add to cartHow should we understand church? Is it visible or invisible, one or many, local or universal, hierarchical or congregational in its structure, sacramental or biblical in its expression? Different Christians–whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or Evangelical–tend to approach these foundational questions through the lenses of their own histories and traditions. Some place great weight on the Church’s Christological foundations, and thus on history. Others place more emphasis on the dynamic work of the Spirit, with its capacity to introduce the new and the unexpected. Others see an original diversity of ecclesiologies, grounding a contemporary pluralism of confessions. These lenses color not just how Christians see the church today, but also how they imagine it for tomorrow.
In Towards a Truly Catholic Church, Thomas Rausch, SJ, draws on these different voices to develop a theology for the church that builds on the work of the Vatican II, is ecumenical in its approach, and envisions the church in the context of globalization. In an increasingly interconnected world, Rausch offers hope that tomorrow’s church will be a world church, a communion that reconciles unity in diversity.
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Jonahs Journeys
$14.95Add to cartThe book of Jonah has been richly commented upon by centuries of Christians and Jews. Writers of prose and poetry have loved it as well as those interested in liturgy. Jonah is a small book, and yet it is placed with issues that have shown themselves existentially powerful over time and among readers of many types and cultures. In essence, Jonah’s journey’s among interpreters have had a great deal of territory to explore.
In Jonah’s Journey’s, Barbara Green, O.P., focuses on the character Jonah and explores the variety of ways in which the prophet and the book have been represented and understood by various interpreters. The question of how readers construct meaning is central to the text.
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Jesus And Virtue Ethics
$42.00Add to cartThe Histories Of Moral Theology And New Testament Ethics
Methods: The New Testament And Moral Theology
The Kingdom Of God As Horizon And Goal: Who Ought We To Become?
Discipleship As Context: Who Are We?
The Sermon On The Mount And Christian Virtue Ethics: How Do We Get There?
Love As The Primary Value
Sin As Failure To Love
Politics From A Marginal Perspective
Justice And Social Justice
Embodiment And Community As The Context For Sexual Ethics
Marriage And Divorce
Celibacy, Homosexuality, And Abortion
The Bible And Nature: Friends Or Foes?
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Jesuits Daniel Harrington and James Keenan have successfully team-taught the content of this landmark study to the delight of students for years. In this book they take the fruits of their own experiences as theologians, writers, teachers, mentors, and friends to propose virtue ethics as a bridge between the fields of New Testament Studies and Moral Theology.Answering the call of the Second Vatican Council for moral theology to “draw more fully on the teaching of Holy Scripture,” the authors examine the virtues that both flow from Scripture and provide a lens by which to interpret Scripture. By remaining true to both the New Testament’s emphasis on the human response to God’s gracious activity in Jesus Christ and to the ethical needs and desires of Christians in the twenty-first century, the authors address key topics such as discipleship, the Sermon on the Mount, love, sin, politics, justice, sexuality, marriage, divorce, bioethics, and ecology.
Covering the entire sweep of ethical teaching from its foundations in Scripture and especially in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection to its goal or “end” with the full coming of God’s kingdom, the authors invite readers more deeply into an appreciation of the central biblical themes and how, based on the themes, Catholic Christian moral theology bears on general ethical issues in culture. Complete with reflection questions and suggestions for further reading, this book is essential reading for professors, students, pastors, preachers, and interested Catholics.
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Catholic Answers To Fundamentalists Questions (Expanded)
$8.99Add to cartThis edition has been updated in light of the changing social landscape and is written fro Catholics as well as questioning Christian Fundamentalists. It offers clear, accurate, and easy-to-read answers to many questions that sincere Christians ask about the Catholic faith.
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Holy Meal : The Lords Supper In The Life Of The Church
$20.00Add to cart“This is my body,” said Jesus at the Last Supper. What did he mean? Throughout church history, there have been various interpretations of his words. These differences have caused denominational ruptures that have yet to heal.
In A Holy Meal, Gordon T. Smith shows that we cannot appreciate the Lord’s Supper until we understand it. In light of the renewed attention given to the sacraments by all branches of the church, he examines the historic interpretations and seeks common ground among believers. In the process, he shows how the Lord’s Supper can infuse new meaning into the church as it confronts the forces of postmodernism and secularism.
A Holy Meal is essential reading for Christians who want to ponder the Lord’s Supper again–perhaps truly for the first time.
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Priesthood Of The Faithful
$29.95Add to cartThe New Testament describes the baptized as a “holy priesthood” and “a priestly people.” Vatican II clearly taught that the baptized become “a holy priesthood.” Their personal fidelity and lives led in loving obedience to the Gospel become “spiritual sacrifices” offered along with the body of the Lord in the Eucharist. The Priesthood of the Faithful explores this key doctrine of Christian faith and examines its significance for the spiritual growth and revitalization of the church. It focuses on the prophetic, pastoral, and priestly roles of the faithful with the aim of helping people experience their own lives as the fruitful blossoming of Christ’s grace in the world.
