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Aelred the Peacemaker
The Public Life of a Cistercian Abbot
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
In addition to being a prolific spiritual writer and the abbot of the premier Cistercian monastery in northern England, Aelred of Rievaulx somehow found the time and the stamina to travel extensively throughout the Anglo-Norman realm, acting as a mediator, a problem solver, and an adviser to kings....
Saint Columban
His Life, Rule, and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded in France: Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines. This volume also...
by William of Saint-Thierry, Arnold of Bonneval, Geoffrey of Auxerre
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
The First Life of Bernard of Clairvaux, traditionally known as the Vita Prima, originated to prepare the case for canonization of Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux. The work was begun by William of Saint-Thierry, continued by Arnold of Bonneval, and completed by Geoffrey of Auxerre.
When the initial...
by Phyllis Zagano
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
This introduction--a mere sampling of the men and women influenced by Ignatius--draws on the stories and writings of nineteen exemplary individuals as well as the corporate voice of the Jesuit order. Here we meet missionaries, scholars, artists, advocates, and martyrs. Contemplatives in action, they...
One in Christ
Virgil Michel, Louis-Marie Chauvet, and Mystical Body Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
What happened to the mystical body?
A theology that stoked much theological creativity in the first half of the twentieth century both in Europe and in the United States had receded by the latter half of the century. One in Christ explores the theology of the mystical body of Christ as developed...
by Jerome Kodell OSB
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Among the leaders of the early church, Barnabas is not as well-known as the likes of Peter or Paul. However, Barnabas vouched for Paul before the other apostles, traveled with him as an evangelizer, and then stepped aside when circumstances and Divine Providence demanded. Explore three fascinating...
Christ's Gift, Our Response
Martin Luther and Louis-Marie Chauvet on the Connection between Sacraments and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Sacramental theology has often been a challenging area of conversation between Catholics and Protestants. In Christ’s Gift, Our Response, Benjamin Durheim envisions a collaborative way forward, forging a conversation between two contemporary approaches to the connection between sacraments and ethics.
Drawing...
Ecclesiology and Postmodernity
Questions for the Church in Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
What in the world is postmodernity? Is it the dominant reality today? If it is, what does it mean to be a church in a postmodern world? It seems that the church had a difficult time coming to terms with a modern world, an era ruled by the claims of scientific certainty. Having done so, more or less,...
Beyond Dogmatism and Innocence
Hermeneutics, Critique, and Catholic Theology
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Behind every important development in Catholic doctrine and practice since the beginning of the modern period have been debates about the interpretation of Christianity’s classic texts and traditions and their ideological and practical implications.
Over the past century there have been breakthroughs...
Upward
Faith, Church, and the Ascension of Christ
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The ascension of Christ is usually taken for granted and often neglected. Indeed, it represents that forgotten dimension of faith in its reach beyond the categories, concepts, and concerns of our mundane existence, even in the church. This book is written with the conviction that there are further...
Rethinking Christian Forgiveness
Theological, Philosophical, and Psychological Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Is there such a thing as “Christian Forgiveness”? Christians speak as though there is. But what would it be? How would it differ from forgiveness as a basic human enactment? And if there is a distinctive Christian forgiveness, what might it have to say to our world today? To answer these questions,...
Sustaining the Hope for Unity
Ecumenical dialogue in a Postmodern World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
What is unity and how does it serve as a goal for ecumenical dialogue? How can churches, ecumenical organizations, ministers, and theologians effectively approach this goal in the twenty-first century? Sustaining the Hope for Unity offers a methodological reflection on these questions using insights...
Creation Is Groaning
Biblical and Theological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
If, as some scholars attest, Christianity has been complicit in the destruction of the environment, then Christianity can and must also have a role in changing human behavior in a way that helps to solve this massive problem. In Creation is Groaning, a set of highly regarded theologians and Scripture...
by Gregory the Great
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Gregory the Great (+604) was a master of the art of exegesis. His interpretations are theologically profound, methodologically fascinating, and historically influential. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in his exegesis of the Song of Songs. Gregory’s interpretation of this popular Old Testament...