Essays on Neoplatonism and Christianity in Honor of John O'Meara
Marking John O'Meara's retirement from the Chair of Latin at University College, Dublin, this collection of essays by his colleagues concentrates on two authors with whom he is particularly associated: Augustine and Eriugena, both of whom tries to reconcile in his own way the Christian faith with the wisdom of the Graeco-Roman world.
The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology
The Travail of Nature shows that the theological tradition in the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long-forgotten, ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled ......
"This is a fascinating study which confirms that there is as much support in the Fathers as in heterodox sources - though different! - for the idea of a suffering God." - Louis Dupre, Yale University "Joseph Hallman here makes a significant contribution to the perennial theological dilemma, how can an unchanging God relate to a changing ......
What does it mean to be human in a world filled with tragedy? With creativity and insight Edward Farley, one of today's most respected theologians, here addresses this universal and haunting question of evil. Farley anchors his discussion firmly in interhuman (I-thou) dynamics as a key to unfolding the personal and social spheres of human ......
Preface Introduction PART ONE: PROPHETS, HEALERS, AND LIBERATORS African Indigenous Churches The Church of the Lord (Aladura) The Cherubim and Seraphim Church The Church of Jesus Christ on Earth (Zaire) Zionist Churches in South Africa Church of Christ in Africa (Kenya) Ingigenous Elements of Worship ......
This book posits two pillars as the foundations of Paul's thought: 1) the interaction between coherence and contingency in Paul's interpretation of the gospel and 2) the apocalyptic character of his gospel. The author ventures to demonstrate how Paul's interpretation of the gospel as coherent is integral with Paul's communication of the gospel as ......
Hans Urs Von Balthasar on the Incarnation and Easter
Every March the Church celebrates the great mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption. By means of a profound meditation on the Annunciation and Easter, John Saward takes us to the mystical heart of Christianity. His guides on the journey are the theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar and Adrienne von Speyr, whose work Balthasar himself regarded as ......
In Part I, Braaten assesses Luther's view of justification and its subsequent interpretation by orthodoxy, by Calvin, by Ritschl and Harnack, by Tillich, and by Barth. In Part II, the discussion turns to ecumenical dialogues on justification and the relation of the doctrine to evangelization, to the distinction between law and gospel, to pastoral ......
