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Despite all the hoopla about Pope John Paul II, some believe he has
been an unparalleled disaster in the history of the papacy and of
the Church. In "Crossing the Threshold of Confusion, " author
Andrew J. McCauley examines the record of this pope and discusses
the harm he has done or has allowed to have happened not only to
the Church but to Western civilization. McCauley uncovers countless
faults many Catholic leaders have overlooked, including: Pope John
Paul II's failure to enforce discipline in the Church, especially
against widespread sexual abuse by priests; his statements alleging
and implying universal salvation; the destabilization of marriage
caused by his theology of the body; the conflicting messages that
confuse the Church's position on capital punishment; his stance on
the nature of the Church as a result of Vatican II.This exploration
of recent Catholic history studies the ideas, writings, and
policies of Pope John Paul II, from his life a young priest to his
final days as pope, and examines their compatibility with
traditional Catholic doctrine and practice. "Crossing the Threshold
of Confusion" presents a case against the canonization of Pope John
Paul II and demonstrates how his record warrants condemnation.
In Crossings and Dwellings, Kyle Roberts and Stephen Schloesser,
S.J., bring together essays by eighteen scholars in one of the
first volumes to explore the work and experiences of Jesuits and
their women religious collaborators in North America over two
centuries following the Jesuit Restoration. Long dismissed as
anti-liberal, anti-nationalist, and ultramontanist, restored
Jesuits and their women religious collaborators are revealed to
provide a useful prism for looking at some of the most important
topics in modern history: immigration, nativism, urbanization,
imperialism, secularization, anti-modernization, racism, feminism,
and sexual reproduction. Approaching this broad range of topics
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this volume provides a
valuable contribution to an understudied period.
The polarization in the Church today can be traced back to a more
fundamental crisis in theology, one which has failed to connect our
mundane experiences and the mysteries of the Christian faith with
the person of Jesus Christ. Ecclesial discourse on the so-called
'hot- button issues' of the day too often take place without
considering the foundation and goal of the Church. And this is
unfortunately due to a similar tendency in the academic theology
that informs that ecclesial discourse. In short, much of
post-conciliar Catholic theology is adrift, floating aimlessly away
from the center of the Christian faith, who is Christ. The Center
is Jesus Christ Himself is a collection of essays which anchor
theological reflection in Jesus Christ. These diverse essays share
a unified focal point, but engage with a variety of theological
subdisciplines (e.g., dogmatic, moral, Biblical, etc.), areas
(e.g., Christology, Pneumatology, missiology, etc.), and periods
(e.g., patristic, medieval, and modern). Given the different
combinations of sub-disciplines, areas, and periods, theology is
susceptible to fragmentation when it is not held together by some
principle of unity. A theology in which the person of Jesus Christ
serves as that principle of unity is a Christocentric theology.
Together, the essays illustrate not only what Christocentric
theology looks like, but also what the consequences are when Christ
is dislodged from the center, whether by a conspicuous silence on,
or by a relativization of, his unique salvific mission. The volume
is published in honor of Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology
at Boston College, Rev. Dr. Robert P. Imbelli, who dedicated his
teaching and writing to bringing Christ back to the center of
Catholic theological discourse.
The Catholic Church through the Ages, now in its second edition, is
a one-volume survey of the history of the Catholic Church from its
beginning until (and including) the pontificate of Pope Francis.
The book explains the Church's progress by using Christopher
Dawson's division of the Church's history into six distinct "ages,"
or 350-400 year periods of time, each cycle beginning with great
enthusiasm and advancement and ending in decline and loss. Writing
with the experience of thirty years of teaching, the author has
fashioned an ideal text that combines substance with readability.
Undergraduates, graduates, and interested lay people have given the
author an idea of what topics should be emphasized. As a result, he
has emphasized such areas monasticism, the Crusades, medieval
theology, the Inquisition, Reformation, French Revolution, the
nineteenth century, and the Church in the United States. And he has
added material on the Oxford Movement, John Henry Newman's
contributions to the Oxford Movement and to the Catholic
intellectual tradition, and the Catholic literary revival that took
place in several countries in the early twentieth century, as well
as on the last three popes. As a supplement to each chapter, the
author has included an updated the recommended readings and
bibliography, as well as the audio-visual materials.
The book that can help you reconcile being both gay and Catholic
Sons of the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men spotlights
testimonials from over thirty gay Catholic men to answer the
question, How can you be gay and Catholic? Dr. Thomas B. Stevenson,
who received degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Boston
College, and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, explores
this question, using various interviews to thoroughly analyze the
many dimensions of being gay and Catholic while providing a
powerful and convincing criticism of Church teaching on
homosexuality. This thoughtful, surprisingly reverent book is the
answer for those gay readers who long for a religious connection,
as well as for Catholic readers and those in pastoral positions who
want and need to hear the stories of gay people firsthand. Sons of
the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men tells one storythe
story of what it is like to be gay and Catholicthrough the various
stories of over thirty gay Catholic men. Each chapter is arranged
thematically, beginning with experiences of being homosexual and
Catholic during childhood and youth. Subsequent chapters delve into
the ways these men each finally accepted themselves and integrated
their sexuality, related to others who did or did not understand,
dealt with homosexual promiscuity, found intimate relationships,
became a part of a community, and ultimately came to terms with the
Catholic Church and their faith. Throughout, these 'witnesses'
explain how their faith in God guides them through the various
experiences and issues they face. The positive aspects of Catholic
Christianity are respectfully explored at the same time as the
present Church teaching on homosexuality is challenged. Sons of the
Church uses interviews to explore: Catholics coming to terms with
their homosexuality the experiences of young men recognizing their
sexuality suffering and oppression by society and the Church
acceptance of self integration of goodness and lovability of
homosexuality moral issues of promiscuity among gay men gay
relationships and the Catholic dimensions of commitment criticisms
of gay culture the Catholic Church teachings on homosexuality the
answer to the question, How can you be gay and Catholic? Sons of
the Church: The Witnessing of Gay Catholic Men is enlightening
reading essential for educators, students, counselors, priests,
nuns, psychologists, and theologians. Catholic people, gay people,
and every educated reader will find that the interviews and ideas
here stimulate thought and create a greater understanding of the
issue of homosexuality and faith.
In this book Dr Ludlow compares and assesses two advocates of the belief that in the end God will save all people. It asks whether this idea of 'universal salvation' is a truly Christian concept. If it is a 'second tradition' in Christian theology, how has that tradition developed? What difficulties with the idea still remain?
I have traveled far and wide, far beyond the simple parish I
envisioned as a young man. My obligation of service has led me into
diverse yet interrelated roles: college teacher, theologian,
president of a great university, counselor to four popes and six
presidents. Excuse the list, but once called to public service, I
have held fourteen presidential appointments over the years,
dealing with the social issues of our times, including civil
rights, peaceful uses of atomic energy, campus unrest, amnesty for
Vietnam offenders, Third World development, and immigration reform.
But deep beneath it all, wherever I have been, whatever I have
done, I have always and everywhere considered myself essentially a
priest. -from the Preface
Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available
again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University
Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable
libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of
the finest scholarship of the last century.
Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Owen Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consquences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento and liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, and Tsarist Russia.
A distinctive and modern telling of the history of the Society of
Jesus in America The history of America cannot be told without the
history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be
told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of
Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of
Jesuits in America. Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic
overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial
era to the present. David J. Collins, SJ, describes the development
of the Jesuit order in the US against the background of American
religious, cultural, and social history. He investigates the
relationship of Jesuit activities in America to those in Europe
and, by the twentieth century, to those around the world as US
Jesuits are increasingly assigned to “foreign missions” and the
political and religious connections between the US and the world,
especially Latin America, grow. He covers the papacy’s
suppression of the order and its restoration period. He also
reflects on the future of the order in light of its past. Readers
familiar with the Jesuit tradition and those who are new to it will
learn from this book’s distinctive and modern perspective—using
twenty-first century scholarship and opinions on Jesuit
slaveholding, the sexual abuse crisis, and other contemporary
issues—on 500 years of Jesuit history in the United States.
This previously unpublished 1931 dissertation by Gaines Post covers
the interaction of the papacy with multiple universities from the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries and makes his research and
observations available on a range of topics, such as papal
intervention and influence in the areas of licensing to teach,
scholarly privileges, financial support, and dispensations for
study.
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