Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, this book claims that the image of God in us tells us something about God and how we know God. It tells us that God, though not identical with us, communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way that offers precious clues about God's transcendence.
Paul, Biblical Commentary, and the Development of Doctrine in the EarlyMiddle Ages
The figure of Antichrist has gripped the Christian imagination for two thousand years. But Antichrist does not spring fully from the pages of Scripture. Rather, he emerges over a millennium of reflection on hints and clues scattered throughout Scripture and Christian tradition. In particular, the image of Antichrist is tied in a vital way to the ......
Servais Pinckaers, O.P., is one of the preeminent Catholic moral theologians of his generation. His highly acclaimed works, among them The Sources of Christian Ethics, offer a thoroughly Thomistic and contemporary vision of the Christian moral life. They reflect the philosophical and spiritual prowess of a moral theologian who is estranged neither ......
Offers a take on theological anthropology. The author looks to the multiple and conflicting notions of the human in contemporary thought, and particularly three key variables: culture, self, and race. His reframing of these concepts locates human endeavor, development, transcendence, and liberation in the messiness of struggle and strife.
Takes a look at contemporary trends in Old Testament theology. This book investigates how a variety of perspectives and methodologies have impacted how the Old Testament is read in the twenty-first century, including: literary criticism; rhetorical criticism, feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies; liberation theology; and more.
Explains Christianity's indispensable moral conviction about God's care, rapport with the earth, the nature of ownership, the bond between justice and peace, the nature of enmity, the illogic of militarism, and the creative potential of the human species. This book also includes questions for group discussion.
Written by leading experts on Aquinas's theology, the essays in Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas bear common witness to a central theological conviction: the tasks of biblical exegesis and speculative theology, though distinct, indwell and inform each other. As the first book-length study of the full breadth of Aquinas's Commentary on the ......
Based on the author's twenty years of teaching and on her own experience in pastoral care, this is a basic pastoral-care text to assist in the emotional and spiritual preparation of pastoral caregivers. The author sees pastoral care as the interconnection and interplay of love of God, love of neighbour, and love of self.
An Inquiry Into The Possibility Of Religion Without Myth
A compilation of articles, this title includes Karl Jaspers' critical analysis of Rudolf Bultmann's interpretation of Christianity, in which he rejects the premise that any religion can or should be understood without its mythical framework. Bultmann defends his approach, suggesting that Jaspers has not really understood his intent or meaning.
