Past Book Reviews
Issue
Publication Date
Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600–1800. Eds. Ulrich L. Lehner, Richard A. Muller, and A. G. Roeber
Peter C. Phan
November 21, 2017
Book Review: God and Difference: The Trinity, Sexuality, and the Transformation of Finitude. By Linn Marie Tonstad
Christopher Hadley
November 21, 2017
Book Review: The Fragility of Consciousness: Faith, Reason, and the Human Good. By Frederick G. Lawrence
Jeremy D. Wilkins
November 21, 2017
Book Review: The Roots of Pope Francis’s Social and Political Thought: From Argentina to the Vatican. By Thomas R. Rourke
Rafael Luciani
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Defending the Faith: An Anti-Modernist Anthology. Ed. and Trans. William H. Marshner
David G. Schultenover, S.J.
November 21, 2017
Book Review: Revelation: Towards a Christian Interpretation of God’s Self-Revelation in Jesus Christ. By Gerald O’Collins, SJ
Stephen T. Davis
November 19, 2017
Davis Revelation Towards a Christian Interpretation
Book Review: Catholic Education: In the Light of Vatican II and Laudato Si’. Dermot A. Lane
Jane E. Regan
August 21, 2017
Book Review: The Cosmic Common Good: Religious Grounds for Ecological Ethics. By Daniel P. Scheid
Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.
August 21, 2017
Feminism and the Vatican
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[The recent “Letter on the Collaboration of Men and Women” (2004) published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith continues Pope John Paul ...
An Ecclesiology of Groaning: Augustine the Psalms and the Making of Church
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[The author offers a new approach to Augustine’s understanding of Church and exegesis by concentrating on his practice of preaching about the psalms. More than ...
Eucharistic Origins: From the New Testament to the Liturgies of the Golden Age
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[Reviewing 20th-century research into the origins of the Eucharist, the author observes that many of the Church’s theologians have yet to appropriate the significance of ...
Revisiting Affective Knolwedge and Connaturality in Aquinas
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[The author investigates the nature and function of affective cognition through connaturality in Thomas Aquinas. Its modulations are disclosed in the human attraction to happiness, ...
Gender and the Process of Moral Development in the Thought of Paul Evdokimov
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[In the writings of Orthodox theologian Paul Evdokimov (1901–1970), Western theology can find new resources regarding the relationship between gender and moral development. The author ...
The Liturgical Functions of Consecrated Women in the Byzantine Church
Theological Studies
February 1, 2005
[Although the ordained order of deaconesses vanished in the Byzantine Church, some women continued to fulfill, either informally or formally, various liturgical functions in public ...
Theology’s Responsibility and Tasks in Today’s Church and World
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[In this lecture, delivered originally at the Catholic University of America, Washington, the Archbishop of Strasbourg develops a question close to his heart, namely theology’s ...
Cultures Religions and Power: Proclaiming Christ in the United States Today
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[The author describes three challenges that the current cultural, religious, and political contexts of the United States present to the Church’s mission: cultural diversity caused ...
When Magisterium Becomes Imperium: Peter Damian on the Accountability of Bishops for Scandal
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of Cincinnati has appropriately criticized the attempt to judge by today’s standards those bishops who in the past routinely reassigned clerical sexual ...
For What Shall We Repent? Reflections on the American Bishops Their Teaching and Slavery in the United States 1839-1861
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[The author explores the intersection of history and theology, focusing on a theological analysis of the American Catholic response to slavery. The article places 19th-century ...
Foundations Once Destroyed: The Catholic Church and Criminal Justice
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[On several occasions in recent years, the Catholic bishops of the United States have sought to present the Catholic position in matters pertaining to crime ...
Recognizing the Presence of Christ in the Liturgical Assembly
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[The author discusses Christ’s presence as perceived and symbolized when an assembly gathers to celebrate Eucharist. Her article consists of four parts: (1) a brief ...
Remembering Rosa Parks: Recognizing a Contemporary Prophetic Act
Theological Studies
December 1, 2004
[As the United States prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1955 act of civil disobedience by Rosa Parks, it is critical that any ...
The Indissolubility of Marriage: Reasons to Reconsider
Theological Studies
September 1, 2004
[The present teaching of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of indissolubility of marriage has a complex history. It is based upon scriptural, sacramental, ethical, ...
Homosexuality and the Counsel fo the Cross
Theological Studies
September 1, 2004
[The papal magisterium counsels gay Catholics to join their sufferings to the Cross of Christ. This counsel raises questions concerning its assumptions about the complex ...
The Magisterium’s Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage: An Ethical Analysis and Critique
Theological Studies
September 1, 2004
[The author examines the arguments used by the magisterium against same-sex marriage. Most of these arguments have features that make them problematic for public debate ...
Hans urs von Balthasar and Contemporary Feminist Theology
Theological Studies
September 1, 2004
[The author initiates a dialogue between Hans Urs von Balthasar and contemporary feminist theology, focusing on three areas: theological anthropology, theological method, and Christology. Each ...
The Ethics of Trade Policy in Catholic Political Economy
Theological Studies
September 1, 2004
[Increased international trade characterizes economic globalization. Three views of such trade can be found in Catholic political economy. (1) From the 1930s to the mid-1960s: ...
Cohabitation: Past and Present Reality: A Response to Lisa Sowle Cahill
Michael G. Lawler
September 1, 2004
[Social scientific research, here only briefly summarized, discriminates between nuptial cohabitors, who have already made the commitment to marry, and non-nuptial cohabitors, who have not ...
The Symbolic Realism of U.S. Latino/a Popular Catholicism
Roberto S. Goizueta
May 1, 2004
[The author argues that Latino/a popular Catholicism in the United States embodies important aspects of a non-modern Catholic worldview that have been obscured, or even ...