A complete and practical scriptural guide to the lectionary that includes background on all three cycles and suggestions for application to life today. Includes optional readings for years B and C: The Holy Family, Baptism of the Lord, Ascension, and Pentecost.
An overview and brief synthesis of the history of preaching from a Catholic perspective, with special emphasis on liturgical, multicultural and postmodern homiletics.
For each man, the book explores the major influences on his thought, and his reflections on anti-Semitism, interfaith dialogue, the meaning of God and faith, and why both the Church and God were silent at Auschwitz. The two are united by their common passion for memory, the remembrance of human suffering, and the suffering unto God. This is a work of enduring interest to anyone involved in Holocaust studies, Jewish/Christian dialogue, theological studies, and the problem of evil."Hope against Ho...
Practical advice for preachers everywhere, written out of long experience and deep learning. Homilists will welcome its advice about language, the role of the imagination, preaching and prophecy, the liturgical setting of the preached word, social justice.
A challenge to the belief that Christianity fulfilled and therefore replaced Judaism, this book looks at the early Church's shared history with Judaism and at anti-Jewish bias present in history, literature, and liturgy. Suggests sensitive ways for Christians to relate to Jews today.
Surveying lectionary passages from the Gospel of John which hold the potential for a false and detrimental presentation of Jews or Judaism, this book offers preachers and catechists a way to use such passages without misrepresentation or prejudice.
This book presents new models for understanding our bond with the Jewish people, the religious significance of the Holy Land, and a theological understanding of the State of Israel.
