"For Balthasar, the Eucharist is Christ's thanksgiving to the Father in heaven for having given Him the gift of giving Himself for all. Ciraulo shows in a convincing way that this eternal ...thanksgiving is given to us as God's most precious gift that moves us toward fulfillment in heaven." --Fr Jacques Servais, editor of Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Spiritual Exercises.
The Political Theology of the Reformation Littlejohn, Bradford
Political theology : the journal of Christian Socialism,
05/2018, Volume:
19, Issue:
4
Journal Article
The givenness of desire Rosenberg, Randall S
The givenness of desire,
2017, 20170516, 2017, 2017-05-16
eBook
Open access
"In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S. Rosenberg examines the human desire for God through the lens of Lonergan's "concrete subjectivity." Rosenberg engages and integrates two major scholarly ...developments: the tension between Neo-Thomists and scholars of Henri de Lubac over our natural desire to see God and the theological appropriation of the mimetic theory of René Girard, with an emphasis on the saints as models of desire. With Lonergan as an integrating thread, the author engages a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthasar, Jean-Luc Marion, René Girard, James Alison, Lawrence Feingold, John Milbank, among others. The theme of concrete subjectivity helps to resist the tendency of equating too easily the natural desire for being with the natural desire for God without at the same time acknowledging the widespread distortion of desire found in the consumer culture that infects contemporary life. The Givenness of Desire investigates our paradoxical desire for God that is rooted in both the natural and supernatural."--
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.
This open access book explores unusual perceptual, or perception-like, experiences. These are often meaningful to those who have them and may be sympathetically or unsympathetically interpreted by ...others. One interpretation, especially when voices are associated with unusual behaviour, is that they are evidence of mental disorder. Ostensibly such interpretations are sympathetic (showing concern for someone who is ill) but in practice they are used to deny the meaning and value of the experiences for those concerned, thus depriving them (and others) of creative and innovative ways of understanding the human condition. The question is thus one of the meaning. Are such experiences meaningful only as indicators of a diagnosis, or are they meaningful in other ways, shedding light on human self-understanding and perhaps even a wider spiritual reality? Psychiatry has tended to see such phenomena as diagnostically meaningful but not as sources of deeper insight into the human condition. This book takes three 14th century examples of women who heard spiritually significant voices: Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Joan of Arc. Each of these women, in different ways, has left an enduring legacy in literature and history. Modern psychiatric commentary on the voices that they reported has generally focussed on diagnosis rather than on wider questions of meaning. These commentaries will be used as a lens through which to consider how contemporary psychiatric practice might be enriched by the humanities and enabled to find a more spiritually empathetic, if not also sympathetic, enriching and meaning enhancing perspective on unusual mental phenomena. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.
In The Method of Christian Theology, Rhyne Putman guides readers through the essential "first words" of systematic theology. Written for entry-level theology students, this book gives clear ...suggestions about how to use theological sources, how to reason through difficult problems, and how to apply theological reflection to paper writing and preaching. By studying the foundations of theology, readers will be better equipped to serve God's people in whatever ministry they are called to.
Medieval theology, in all its diversity, was radically theo-centric, Trinitarian, Scriptural and sacramental. It also operated with a profound view of human understanding (in terms of intellectus ...rather than mere ratio). In a post-modern climate, in which the modern views on 'autonomous reason' are increasingly being questioned, it may prove fruitful to re-engage with pre-modern thinkers who, obviously, did not share our modern and post-modern presuppositions. Their different perspective does not antiquate their thought, as some of the 'cultured despisers' of medieval thought might imagine. On the contrary, rather than rendering their views obsolete it makes them profoundly challenging and enriching for theology today. This book is more than a survey of key medieval thinkers (from Augustine to the late-medieval period); it is an invitation to think along with major theologians and explore how their thought can deeply challenge some of today's modern and post-modern key assumptions.
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