Ethics, Metaphysics, and Politics in the Thought of Germain Grisez
Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosophy and theology since the Second Vatican Council. This book considers issues in ethics, metaphysics, and politics that have been central to Grisez's work.
The Parting of the Ways Between Qumran and Enochic Judaism
Respected scholar Gabriele Boccaccini here offers readers a new and challenging view of the ideology of the Qumran sect, the community closely related with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Boccaccini moves beyond the Essene hypothesis and posits a unique relationship between what he terms "Enochic Judaism" and the group traditionally known as the Essenes. ......
Theology, Christian Learning, and the Christian Self
In this challenging dialogue of the book, three of today's most respected Christian thinkers explore the role of theology, the task of Christian learning, and the meaning of the self in our contemporary Western society. Jurgen Moltmann builds a case for the "public" nature of Christian theology and explores how expressions of faith from both the ......
This volume represents an attempt by 12 Roman Catholic scholars to take up the challenge of Global Stewardship - to raise up the rich traditions of value and distinctive commitments of a particular faith community as resources for an ethic of preservation, equity and restraint.
An excellent guide to the books of the Minor Prophets, this volume is unique for its theological depth. It was written to provide clergy with the tools to once again preach from these important texts with confidence and relevancy.
Ecumenical Resources for Responses to Religious Pluralism
This volume surveys the various theological approaches that Christian denominations bring to the issue of religious pluralism. In these diverse essays, writers from eleven different Christian traditions each share their confession's characteristic approaches to the challenges and possibilities raised by religious pluralism. Readers will gain an ......
Challenge and Gift of Black Folk, Contributions of African American Experience, World View and Thought to Catholic Theology
This text seeks to address the issue of education for African-American Catholics. The book argues for reform in Catholic higher education, suggesting that particular attention be paid to the inclusion and integration of the African-American experience in Catholic theology.
By all accounts, feminist theology is at a crossroads. Even as long-standing consensus wanes that women's experience is the source and norm of feminist theology, the specific and often contradictory experience ofdifferent groups are now highlighted, and new theoretical frameworks are emerging. This landmark volume explores central issues of ......
In After Our Likeness, the inaugural volume in the Sacra Doctrina series, Miroslav Volf explores the relationship between persons and community in Christian theology. The focus is the community of grace, the Christian church. The point of departure is the thought of the first Baptist, John Smyth, and the notion of church as "gathered community" ......
