Past Book Reviews
Issue
Publication Date
Book Review: T&T Clark Companion to the Doctrine of Sin. Eds. Keith L. Johnson and David Lauber
James T. Bretzke S.J.
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Die Flüchtlingspolitik, der Staat und das Recht. Trans. Christian Walter und Martin Burgi
Christopher Adair-Toteff
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Friends and Other Strangers: Studies in Religion, Ethics and Culture. By Richard B. Miller
Lisa Sowle Cahill
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Teología Pública: Una voz para la Iglesia en sociedades plurales. By Gonzalo Villagrán
Grégoire Catta
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Signposts to God: How Modern Physics & Astronomy Point the Way to Belief. By Peter Bussey
Guy Consolmagno
November 21, 2017
Book Review: The Weight of Love: Affect, Ecstasy, and Union in the Theology of Bonaventure. By Robert Glenn Davis
Elizabeth Dreyer
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Church in the Making: An Apophatic Ecclesiology of Consubstantiality. By Nikolaos Loudovikos
João Eleutério
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Heavenly Bodies: Incarnation, the Gaze, and Embodiment in Christian Theology. By Ola Sigurdson
Rosemary P. Carbine
November 21, 2017
Book Review: An Anomalous Jew: Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans. By Michael F. Bird
Michael L. Cook
November 21, 2017
Book Review: The Practice of Catholic Theology: A Modest Proposal. By Paul J. Griffiths
Donna Teevan
November 21, 2017
Tradition and Doctrinal Development: Can Vincent of Lérins Still Teach the Church?
Theological Studies
February 1, 2006
The article examines the thought of the fifth century theologian, Vincent of Lérins, particularly his claims that there is great progress and development in Christ’s ...
Loisy’s L’vangele et l’√âvangile et l’√âglise in Light of the Essais
Theological Studies
February 1, 2006
In his epochal work, L‘Évangile et l’Église, Alfred Loisy claimed to offer a purely historical refutation of Adolf von Harnack’s Das Wesen des Christentums (1900). ...
Fundamental Moral Theology at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Theological Studies
February 1, 2006
The author’s survey of the writings of moral theologians over the past five years shows a deep concern about both the nature of moral theology ...
Christian Salvation: Biblical and Theological Perspectives
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[To provide order to the welter of metaphors employed in Christian soteriology, the authors study them within their underlying systems or “models.” The “prophetic” model, ...
Bodily Resurrection and the Dialectic of Spirit and Matter
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[Christian belief in bodily resurrection is implicitly challenged by contemporary natural science with its empirical evidence for the interdependence of mental and bodily functions and ...
Valuing Earth Intrinsically and Instrumentally: A Theological Framework for Environmental Ethics
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[Philosophers have struggled with value theory as one of the most recalcitrant problems for environmental ethics. Theologians can benefit from their efforts when retrieving and ...
A Dialectic Engagement with the Social Sciences in an Ecclesiological Context
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[Ecclesiologists have long acknowledged a possible role for the social sciences in their discipline. The author examines the difficulties theologians face in utilizing the social ...
Ghislain Lafont and Contemporary Sacramental Theology
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[The author demonstrates how Ghislain Lafont looks “through” the critiques of meta-narrative and ontotheology for an appropriate ground for theology. Lafont appeals to sacramental memorial ...
Genetic Anomaly or Genetic Diversity: Thinking in the Key of Disability on the Human Genome
Theological Studies
December 1, 2005
[Thinking in the key of disability reconfigures scientific presumptions to accept identified genetic anomalies as instances of the great diversity possible in the human genome. ...
Bernard Lonergan at the Service of the Church
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[Cardinal Martini, archbishop emeritus of Milan, and currently scholar in residence in Jerusalem, delivered this inaugural address on November 17, 2004, during a three-day international ...
Feminist Mariologies: Heteronomy/Subordination and the Scandal of Christology
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[Cardinal Martini, archbishop emeritus of Milan, and currently scholar in residence in Jerusalem, delivered this inaugural address on November 17, 2004, during a three-day international ...
U.S. Catholic Social Thought Gender and Economic Livelihood
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[Feminist Mariologies are partly the reaction of a justified anger to centuries of discrimination against women enshrined in the very Scriptures, in the central theological ...
Family as Domestic Church
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[The author analyzes U.S. Catholic perspectives on economic livelihood at the beginnings of the 20th and 21st centuries, giving particular attention to the influence of ...
Newman and Theological Liberalism
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[The identity of the family as the domestic church is not self-evident yet it has sustained serious theological development since Vatican II. The question is ...
Searching for Josef Pieper
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[The author’s point of departure is the fact that both “liberals” and “conservatives” appeal to John Henry Newman to support their positions. However, Newman’s attitude ...
Reconciling the Cross in the Theologies of Edward Schillebeeckx and Ivone Gebara
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[In some recent prominent studies, Josef Pieper has merited only brief attention. He is presented as one who accommodated Roman Catholic theology and philosophy with ...
Assisted Nutrition and Hydration and the Catholic Tradition: The Case of Terri Schiavo
Theological Studies
September 1, 2005
[The author explores areas of consonance and contrast in the backgrounds and methodologies of Edward Schillebeeckx and Ivone Gebara, especially as these are illumined in ...
The Ministerial Priesthood and Liturgical Anamnesis in the Thought of Edward J. Kilmartin, S.J.
Theological Studies
June 1, 2005
[The article explores the possibilities for a constructive theology of priesthood drawn from the work of Edward J. Kilmartin, S.J. (1923–1994). Placing Kilmartin’s direct treatment ...
Is Creation Eternal?
Theological Studies
June 1, 2005
[The author examines the integral relationship between the Trinity and creation based on the theology of St. Bonaventure. Divine action is considered not as episodic ...
Faith in Deaf Culture
Theological Studies
June 1, 2005
[Deaf people often have been outsiders in a hearing Church. The message of the Church has not reached Deaf people because the language, symbols, culture ...