Gerald O Collins Sj: 14 books
by Gerald O’Collins, SJ, and Daniel Kendall
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Proposes and explains ten principles that can guide the use of the scriptures in theology, then tests these principles by applying them to central issues about Jesus Christ, the Trinity and the doctrine of the Church.
Jesus Our Redeemer
A Christian Approach to Salvation
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2007
Jesus Our Redeemer examines what it means when Christians call Jesus their 'Redeemer' or 'Saviour'. It tackles such questions as: How can redemptive events in the past (Christ's life, death, and resurrection) bring about saving effects in the present? Why do human beings need redemption, both individually...
Lost in Translation
The English Language and the Catholic Mass
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
In this book, Gerald O'Collins, SJ, takes a systematic look at the 2010 English translation of the Roman Missal and the ways it fails to achieve what the Second Vatican Council mandated: the full participation of priest and people. Critiquing the unsatisfactory principles prescribed by the Vatican...
by Gerald O'Collins, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Many observers greeted the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) as the most important religious event in the twentieth century. Its implementation and impact are still being felt in the Catholic Church, the wider Christian world, and beyond. One sea change that Vatican II brought concerned Roman Catholic...
Revelation
Toward a Christian Theology of God's Self-Revelation in Jesus Christ
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Since the late 1980s the theme of God's self-revelation has been treated only briefly in Christian theology, at times simply ignored, and often confused with biblical inspiration. Revelation: Towards a Christian Theology of God's Self-Revelation lays out its basic characteristics, and begins by distinguishing...
Inspiration
Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Inspiration: Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration anchors its study of inspiration firmly in the Scriptures and examines the inspired nature of the Bible and its inspiring impact. Gerald O'Collins begins by examining classical view of inspiration expounded by Karl Barth and Raymond...
Saint Augustine on the Resurrection of Christ
Teaching, Rhetoric, and Reception
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Despite an enormous amount of literature on St Augustine of Hippo, this work provides the first examination of what he taught about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Augustine expounded Christ's resurrection in his sermons, letters, Answer to Faustus the Manichean, the City of God, Expositions of...
Christology : A Biblical Historical and Systematic Study of Jesus
A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
In this fully revised and updated second edition of his accessible account of systematic Christology Gerald O'Collins continues to challenge the contemporary publishing trend for sensationalist books on Jesus that are supported neither by the New Testament witness nor by mainline Christian beliefs....
The Second Vatican Council
Message and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Convened by Pope John XXIII, the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) profoundly changed the self-image and life of the Catholic Church. But understanding, interpreting, and implementing Vatican II still remain a task far from completed. Pope Francis has given fresh impetus toward practicing the Council’s...
by Gerald O'Collins, SJ, and Edward G. Farrugia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Identifies and clarifies a thousand central terms, providing necessary information about their origin, the history of their usage, and their place in the story of Christianity.
Jesus Our Priest
A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?) and soteriology (what did he do as Saviour?). A number of notable, ecumenical documents on Christian ministry have also appeared. But in all this literature there is surprisingly little reflection...
by Gerald O'Collins, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Fresh, new themes of reflection in the areas of prayer, Jesus, and God, by a prominent theologian and speaker.
by Gerald O'Collins, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
After clarifying the meaning of Jesus resurrection from the dead, this book presents the reasons that support believing in it and accepting the promise it conveys.
Tradition
Understanding Christian Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
A 1963 report on tradition from the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches signalled a substantial convergence between the churches over Christian tradition and its relationship to Scripture. However, since the 1960s theologians have regularly ignored the theme of tradition. The...