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Incompatible with God's Design is the first comprehensive history
of the Roman Catholic women's ordination movement in the United
States. Mary Jeremy Daigler explores how the focus on ordination,
and not merely "increased participation" in the life and ministries
of the church, has come to describe a broad movement. Moving well
beyond the role of such organizations as the Women's Ordination
Conference, this study also addresses the role of international and
local groups. In an effort to debunk a number of misperceptions
about the movement, from its date of origin to its demographic
profile, Daigler explores a vast array of topics. Starting with the
movement's historical background from the early American period
through the early twentieth century to Vatican II and afterward,
she considers the role of women (especially Catholicism's more
religious adherents) in the movement's evolution, the organization
of the ordination movement in the United States, the role and
response of clergy and Vatican teachings, the reality of
international influences on the U.S. movement, and the full range
of challenges-past and present-to the ordination movement.
Incompatible with God's Design is compelling reading for any
student of theology and women's studies, as well as those
interested in staying abreast with the changing role of women
within the U.S. Roman Catholic Church.
"Volume I" consists of three parts: Preliminary Notions,"
"Historical Overview of the Liturgy," and "Liturgical Sources."
Articles and their contributors include "A Definition of Liturgy,"
by Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB; "Liturgical Families in the East," by
Ephrem Carr, OSB; "Liturgical Families in the West," by Gabriel
Ramis; "Bible and Liturgy," by Renato De Zan; "Liturgy and the
Fathers," by Basil Studer, OSB; "Liturgy and Ecumenism," by Patrick
Lyons, OSB; "History of the Liturgy Until the Fourth Century," by
Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB; "History of the Eastern Liturgies," by
Manel Nin, OSB; "History of the Roman Liturgy Until the Fifteenth
Century," by Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB; "History of the Roman
Liturgy from the Sixteenth Until the Twentieth Centuries," by Keith
F. Pecklers, SJ; "History of the Liturgies in the Non-Roman West,"
by Jordi Pinell I Pons, OSB; "Liturgical Documents of the First
Four Centuries," by Basil Studer, OSB; "Byzantine Liturgical
Books," by Elena Velkova Velkovska; "Other Liturgical Books in the
East," by Manel Nin, OSB; "Liturgical Books of the Roman Rite," by
Cassian Folsom, OSB; "Liturgical Books of the Non-Roman West," by
Gabriel Ramis; "Liturgical Textual Criticism," by Renato De Zan;
"Criticism and Interpretation of Liturgical Texts," by Renato De
Zan; "Translation of Liturgical Texts," by Anscar J. Chupungco,
OSB; and "Liturgical Law," by Frederick R. McManus.
More than forty authors from Asia, Africa, Latin America, North
America, and Eastern and Western Europe have contributed to the
"Handbook." Many are professors and graduates of the Pontifical
Liturgical Institute in Rome. Each author, while drawing material
from liturgical tradition and from ancient, medieval, and modern
sources, writes also from a particular research and personal
interest in a subject. Although diverse in style, the authors
collectively express a spirit of fidelity to the Church, to its
doctrine and tradition, and to its mission. The result is a
cohesive view of the meaning, purpose, and celebration of Christian
worship.
"Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB, is the director of the Paul VI
Institute of Liturgy in the Philippines and professor of liturgical
inculturation at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. Among
his publications are "Liturgies of the Future: The Process and
Methods of Inculturation"and "Liturgical Inculturation: Sacraments,
Religiosity, and Catechesis, "published by The Liturgical
Press.""
The meditations of St. Francis of Sales on the loving nature of God
and the Holy Spirit contain abundant spiritual insight - this
edition contains all twelve of his books, complete and unabridged
with annotations. A superb compendium of thoughts which examine the
multi-faceted nature of holiness in the Christian religion, the
Treatise on the Love of God is lauded for its immense expressions
of emotional and spiritual depth. The supreme will of God, acting
in myriad ways, is shown to be the origination of all love on the
Earth. The author discusses topics such as God's influence over his
creations, the manner in which men often shun or repulse the love
of God, and how such love - when accepted - can progress a living
soul's fulfillment. Following the lessons of God will result in
benevolence, yet such a following requires humbleness: we must
concede to God being the source of all that is good, loving and
worthy in the universe.
John Foxe's ground-breaking chronicle of Christian saints and
martyrs put to death over centuries remains a landmark text of
religious history. The persecution of Christians was for centuries
a fact of living in Europe. Adherence to the faith was a great
personal risk, with the Roman Empire leading the first of such
persecutions against early Christian believers. Many were
crucified, put to the sword, or burned alive - gruesome forms of
death designed to terrify and discourage others from following the
same beliefs. Appearing in 1563, Foxe's chronicle of Christian
suffering proved a great success among Protestants. It gave
literate Christians the ability to discover and read about brave
believers who died for expressing their religion, much as did Jesus
Christ. Perhaps in foretelling, the final chapter of the book
focuses upon the earliest Christian missions abroad: these, to the
Americas, Asia and other locales, would indeed see many more
martyrs put to death by the local populations.
In Introduction to Mariology, Fr. Manfred Hauke provides a
synthesis of Mariology and the biblical fundaments and development
of Marian doctrine. While it works as a comprehensive introduction
suitable for courses on the subject, it is in reality a panoramic
view on the entire Marian doctrine, and as such will be essential
for the theological formation of seminarians, priests, theologians,
and all kinds of educated Catholics. With an unparalleled
bibliographic citation of Marian literature across a dozen
languages, it is also a perfect gateway to further research on the
subject. It begins with Biblical doctrine, which is important
especially for the dialogue with Protestant denominations: Catholic
Mariology can be traced in its "embryonic" state already in Holy
Scripture. From there Hauke presents a historical overview of the
whole development of Marian doctrine, before developing further
historical details in the subsequent chapters dedicated to
systematic issues. The first systematic step approaches the figure
of Mary through her role in the mystery of the Covenant between God
and redeemed humanity; her being "Mother of God" and companion of
the Redeemer is the "fundamental principle." Then the four
established Marian dogmas are presented: divine maternity,
virginity, Immaculate Conception (in a chapter on Mary's holiness
more broadly), and bodily Assumption. A close look is given to
maternal mediation which includes a part dedicated to the "Mater
Unitatis". A stand alone chapter is dedicated to Marian
apparitions; authentic apparitions are presented as a part of
prophetic charisma. The last chapter presents the basics on Marian
devotion which culminates in the consecration to Mary (as a
response to her maternal mediation). Already available in Spanish,
Italian, Portugese, and Korean, this landmark work is published
here for the first time in English.
This book is a cultural and intellectual history of
anti-Catholicism in the period 1840-1870. The book will have two
major themes: trans-nationalism and gender. Previous approaches to
anti-Catholicism in the United States have adopted an exclusively
national focus. This book breaks new ground by exploring the
trans-Atlantic ties joining opponents of Catholicism in the United
States and in France. The anticlerical works of major French
writers such as Jules Michelet and Edgar Quinet flowed into the
United States in the middle decades of the century. From the French
perspective, the United States offered a model in combating the
alleged ambitions of the Church. The literature and ideas which
passed through this trans-Atlantic channel were overwhelmingly
concerned with masculinity, femininity and domesticity. On both
sides of the Atlantic, anti-Catholic literature was filled with
images of priests or Jesuits craftily usurping the authority of
fathers, of young girls tricked into entering convents and then
subjected to merciless sexual and physical abuse, of families torn
apart by the agents of the Church. Of course, the gender and
domestic ideals underlying this opposition to Catholicism were not
identical across the two societies. Nevertheless, gender and
domesticity acted as a platform on which the trans-Atlantic case
against Catholicism was built.
Vecsey, a professor of religion and Native American studies at
Colgate University, concludes his trilogy on Native American
Catholicism with a study of how Indian Catholics have tried to
follow the route of two separate traditions, each with its own
expectations and identities. He examines the lives of American
Indian Catholics who have been leaders in their communities and in
the Church and considers how these men and women have brought
together their Indian and Catholic identities to accomplish a
cultural and religious syncretism within themselves.
This work provides a comprehensive examination of Christian
Democracy in Latin America from its nineteenth-century origins to
the events of the 1990s. Lynch treats the record of Christian
Democratic parties in the most crucial areas of economic concern in
Latin America: chapters on land reform, nationalization, and the
emergence of free market capitalism point up the relationship
between politics and economics. Lynch concludes that had Latin
America's Christian Democrats followed their own policy
prescriptions, both they and Latin America would be better off.
Instead, Christian Democrats abandoned their roots in Catholic
social thought, embraced statism, and left their countries
completely unprepared for the upsurge in liberal economic reform
that swept Latin America in the 1980s.
This work provides a comprehensive examination of Christian
Democracy in Latin America from its nineteenth-century origins to
the events of the 1990s. The author treats the record of Christian
Democratic parties in the most crucial areas of economic concern in
Latin America: chapters on land reform, nationalization, and the
emergence of free market capitalism point up the relationship
between politics and economics. Lynch concludes that had Latin
America's Christian Democrats followed their own policy
prescriptions, both they and Latin America would be better off.
Instead, Christian Democrats abandoned their roots in Catholic
social thought, embraced statism, and left their countries
completely unprepared for the upsurge in liberal economic reform
that swept Latin America in the 1980s.
This work will be of interest to scholars and students in Latin
American studies, Third World studies, political economy,
comparative politics, and religion and politics.
Cardinal James Gibbons' famous and eloquent defense of Catholicism
stands as one of the finest religious documents of his era,
employing the Bible and devotional wisdom much more than arcane or
complex theology. Writing in the 19th century, Cardinal Gibbons was
moved to author this book after working for years in the
priesthood. Seeking to remind readers of the vitality and merits of
Catholicism, Gibbons attempts to both clarify the principles of the
faith and spurn unjust criticisms. Religious concepts such as The
Holy Trinity, and the important relationship the Bible has to the
life of the church is investigated. The festivals and ritual
sacraments that Catholics undertake, such as the taking of bread
and wine to symbolize the flesh and the blood of Christ, are
described in detail for their founding principles. Other traits of
Catholicism, such as celibacy among the priesthood and the customs
of matrimony, are explained.
An archive-based account of the developmental years of the
University of Notre Dame. During these years, university leaders
strove to find the additional resources needed to transform their
succesful boarding school into an ethically diverse modern Catholic
university. The history of the University of Notre Dame from 1842
to 1934 mirrors in many ways the history of American Catholicism
during those years. For reasons having to do more with football
than religion, most Americans think first of Notre Dame when they
think of Catholic universities. Burns, a former Notre Dame faculty
member and longtime columnist for U.S. Catholic magazine, traces
the emergence of American Catholics from a minority status in
society to the elevation of Notre Dame as a great American
university. He argues that having one of the most successful
college football teams in history helped establish Notre Dame's
popularity and reputation in American culture and history. Burns
keeps the reader entranced with a narrative filled with lively
characters and events. Here we meet Notre Dame founder Reverend
Edward Sorin, the KKK in Indiana, Knute Rockne and a host of other
heroes and cowards, mountebanks and millionaires, all of whom
played a part in the astonishing years covered by this story.
The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of
near-constant debate and criticism since his death over half a
century ago. Powerful myths have arisen around him, and central to
them is the dispute surrounding his alleged silence during the
years of the Holocaust. In this groundbreaking work, historian Paul
O'Shea examines the papacy as well as the little-studied pre-papal
life of Eugenio Pacelli in order to illuminate his policies,
actions, and statements during the war. Drawing carefully and
comprehensively on the historical record, O'Shea convincingly
demonstrates that Pius was neither an anti-Semitic villain nor a
"lamb without stain." Ultimately, Pius's legacy reveals the moral
crisis within many parts of the fractured Christian Commonwealth as
well as the personal culpability of Pacelli, the man and pope.
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