A vivid and disquieting narrative of Jesuit slaveholding and its historical relationship with Jesuit universities in the United States The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is renowned for the quality of the order's impact on higher education. Less well known, however, is the relationship between Jesuit higher education and ......
A vivid and disquieting narrative of Jesuit slaveholding and its historical relationship with Jesuit universities in the United States The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, is renowned for the quality of the order's impact on higher education. Less well known, however, is the relationship between Jesuit higher education and ......
Examines and evaluates the contributions that Charles E Curran has made to the field of Catholic moral theology over the years. This title assesses the development of specific topics in contemporary moral theology to which Curran has made his mark, particularly in fundamental ethics, sexual and medical ethics, and social and political ethics.
Examines and evaluates the contributions that Charles E Curran has made to the field of Catholic moral theology over the years. This title assesses the development of specific topics in contemporary moral theology to which Curran has made his mark, particularly in fundamental ethics, sexual and medical ethics, and social and political ethics.
Explores the issues of Church authority and the priesthood. This book offers a critique of contemporary Vatican policies, and issues a call for the Church to enter into a greater dialogue with the millions of sincere Catholics who feel increasingly disenfranchised and alienated by a Church they see as out of touch with the real world.
The year 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. This volume provides an analysis of Vatican II, the most decisive and far-reaching event in the modern Catholic Church.
Focusing on five broad areas of interest - Law as a Teacher, Religious Liberty and Its Limits, Conversations about Culture, Conversations about Belief, and Cases and Controversies, this title demonstrates how thoughtful and purposeful engagement can contribute to rich, constructive, and difficult discussions between moral and cultural traditions.
Focusing on five broad areas of interest - Law as a Teacher, Religious Liberty and Its Limits, Conversations about Culture, Conversations about Belief, and Cases and Controversies, this title demonstrates how thoughtful and purposeful engagement can contribute to rich, constructive, and difficult discussions between moral and cultural traditions.
A Generous Symphony offers an appraisal of Balthasar's literary achievement and explicates his literary criticism as a distinctive theology of revelation. This book examines the important question of how students of literature, like Balthasar, can be transformed into theologians by attending to the implicit presence of Christ in all things.
