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Fanning the Flame
What Does Baptism in the Holy Spirit Have to Do with Christian Initiation?
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The authors of this document supply much-needed clarification of baptism in the Holy Spirit. They also provide evidence that baptism in the Spirit belongs not to the personal experience of the few, not at all to private piety, but to the public official liturgy of the Church. Baptism in the Spirit...
Believing in a Revealing God
The Basis of the Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
What is faith? Is it a thing one has or a human activity? What is revelation? Is it a deposit of truths in the past or God's action in the present?
These questions are addressed by renowned religious educator Gabriel Moran, who draws upon biblical and theological traditions set within today's...
Saint Paul
Master of the Spiritual Life "in Christ"
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
In Saint Paul, Elliott C. Maloney explores what the great saint says about the spiritual life, the “how to” in the day-to-day activities and concerns of Christians. How should people live in covenant relationship with God, committed to seeking God’s will in every aspect of their lives? Spirituality...
A World Church in Our Backyard
How the Spirit Moved Church and Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
How did a culturally diverse world church emerge in our local neighborhoods and backyards? Rather than an accidental coincidence, diversity in our country, neighborhoods and pews was intentionally brought about through the Spirit’s prompting of historical events. The jubilee of the Second Vatican...
Anthropology
Seeking Light and Beauty
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Drawing on the wisdom and teaching experience of highly respected theologians, the Engaging Theology series builds a firm foundation for graduate study and other ministry formation programs. Each of the six volumes—Scripture, Jesus, God, Discipleship, Anthropology, and Church—is concerned with...
From the Beginning to Baptism
Scientific and Sacred Stories of Water, Oil, and Fire
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
In From the Beginning to Baptism, Linda Gibler takes readers on a journey 'from the depths of space and the beginning of time through sacred Scripture and church history 'to discover the origins and creative power of water, oil, and fire. She traces the lives of those elemental entities through their...
Sorting Out Catholicism
A Brief History of the New Ecclesial Movements
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Focolare, Community of Sant’Egidio, Neocatechumenal Way, Legionaries of Christ, Communion and Liberation, Opus Dei. These are but a few of the most recognizable names in the broader context of the so-called ecclesial movements. Their history goes back to the period following the First Vatican Council,...
Keys to Galatians
Collected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Over the course of five decades of scholarly work on the New Testament, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor has never been afraid to explore and question ideas that other scholars have simply presumed. In Keys to Galatians, he offers fresh perspectives on a rather neglected New Testament letter.
This book...
Memory and Honor
Cultural and Generational Ministry with Korean American Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Memory and Honor is a theological reflection on the American experience of the people of Korean descent. It is a reflection on the heritage of rupture, displacement, and resettlement as the key to identity and hope for those continuing to live in between the cultures, languages, and belief systems...
Accompanied by a Believing Wife
Ministry and Celibacy in the Earliest Christian Communities
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
What light does the New Testament shed on the practice of celibacy for the sake of the kingdom? In his newest work, renowned Scripture scholar Raymond F. Collins turns his attention to the question, which, of course, has important implications for the church in our own day. Though the answer is not...
by Raymond F. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
One of the most exciting of Paul's letters, First Corinthians offers a vantage point from which modern readers can reflect on the diversity in Christian Churches today. In First Corinthians, Raymond Collins explores that vantage point as well as the challenge Paul posed to the people of his time 'and...
The Gift of Being
A Theology of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
In view of the critical environmental problems confronting the modern world, reflection on the nature and meaning of the world and on humanity's place in it becomes increasingly important. While Christian theology has done this for centuries, the present situation calls for a serious rethinking of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Sacraments speak a language and disclose their power through symbols. Beyond ‘representing’ another reality, sacramental symbols are intimately connected with the reality they express and sources of joy, solace, confrontation, peace, healing, strength, and life-giving sustenance to the initiated.
In...
She Who Imagines
Feminist Theological Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The idea and ideal of "beauty" has been used to oppress women of different ages, body types, skin color, and physical ability. The theoretical discussion of aesthetics has also been conditioned by these same dynamics of power and oppression. In She Who Imagines, a diverse set of scholars...