Informative, intelligent, and readable, this book provides a quick resource to questions on all things papal for students, general readers, and the media.
A short, accessible, thorough introduction to, and overview of, Christian teaching on death, judgment, hell and heaven, called in theology the "four last things."
Joseph Fitzmyer, eminent New Testament scholar, gives twenty-five succinct and well worked out answers to the major questions about the person of Jesus in Scriptures in this revised edition of A Christological Catechism.
Invites us to enter into the spiritual transformation and the expansion of consciousness that the extraordinary discoveries especially in quantum physics and cosmology are opening up for us today and inviting us to apply to our God quest, to our personal understanding of ourselves, and to our view of the world we live in.
Now revised, this is an important, timely, and critical work that provides the tools necessary for the reader to undertake an investigation of feminist theological thought.
Demonstrates that, though there has been considerable disagreement and even polemic between Christians on the topic of purgatory, there is significant room for agreement between Catholics and many heirs of the Reformation concerning what happens after death.
A collection of articles that looks at the interconnected relationships involving religion, morality and public policy, from a variety of opinions and voices.
This work connects the Holy Spirit not only to our personal and ecclesial lives, but also to her presence and action outside the church in other religious traditions, in the world, and in all of creation.
A survey of the Judeo-Christian tradition and the contemporary theological conversation concerning ways of speaking of God's relation to suffering people and to a world in which suffering is such a stark reality.
Traces metaphors and images used to describe the Holy Spirit in the pastoral, spiritual works of six authors from the fourthth to the fourteenth century: Augustine, Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena, and Julian of Norwich.
Beginning with its anthropological foundations, Robin Ryan explores the development of Christian eschatology—the consideration of the "last things," our anticipation of our "joyful hope" as the liturgy says. Working his way through Scripture, the Christian tradition, and modern theology, Ryan ends with a reflection on Julian of Norwich's teaching about hope grounded in the love of God as exemplified by the passion of Christ, and considering the mystery of suffering."This work is a lucid overview...
A logical presentation of the sacraments as the principle acts of worship in the Catholic church. Synthesizes contemporary research on symbol, ritual, and sacramental, liturgical, and pastoral theology into a single, readable resource. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion.
