Past Book Reviews
Issue
Publication Date
Book Review: The Theological Roots of Christian Gratitude. By Kenneth Wilson
Paul J. Wadell
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Signs and Wonders: Theology After Modernity. By Ellen T. Armour
Mary Doak
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality. By Marcia Pally
Joseph A. Bracken S.J.
August 21, 2017
Book Review: A Ministry of Discernment: The Bishop and the Sense of the Faithful. By Amanda C. Osheim
Edward P. Hahnenberg
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Idol and Grace: On Traditioning and Subversive Hope. By Orlando Espín
María Teresa Dávila
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Apostolicity: The Ecumenical Question in World Christian Perspective. By John G. Flett
Joseph Martos
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Versöhnung und Kirche: Theologische Ansätze zur Realisierung des Friedens mit Gott in der Welt. By Bernhard Knorn
Dennis M. Doyle
August 21, 2017
Book Review: God’s Human Future: The Struggle to Define Theology Today. By David Galston
Sharon V. Betcher
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Martin Luthers Reformation der Ehe. Sein theologisches Eheverständnis vor dessen augustinisch-mittelalterlichem Hintergrund. By Christian Volkmar Witt
Christopher Adair-Toteff
August 21, 2017
Book Review: Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World. By Paul M. Blowers
Brian P. Dunkle, S.J.
August 21, 2017
Book Review: The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges. Edited by Thomas Banchoff and José Casanova
John W. Padberg SJ
August 21, 2017
Catherine Mowry LaCugna’s Contribution to Trinitarian Theology
Elizabeth T. Groppe
December 1, 2002
[Catherine Mowry LaCugna’s God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life (1991) constitutes a paradigm shift in present-day trinitarian theology. LaCugna was convinced that the ...
Responsibility for Human Rights: Contributions from Bernard Lonergan
John C. Haughey S.J.
December 1, 2002
[The moral category of human rights has been in jeopardy since the beginning of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) because of an indefiniteness ...
The Dual Vocation of Christian Parents
Julie Hanlon Rubio
December 1, 2002
[The author argues that Christian parents have a dual vocation: to care for their children and to contribute to the larger society. Recent theology on ...
The Theological Notes and the Interpretation of Doctrine
Harold E. Ernst
December 1, 2002
[The author first examines the application of the qualificatio theologica or theological norm as an aid to doctrinal interpretation in Catholic neo-Scholastic theology. He then ...
Eucharistic Sharing: Revising the Question
Jeffrey Vanderwilt
December 1, 2002
[The author provides a brief examination of Roman Catholic norms for sharing communion with non-Catholic Christians. He then discusses three areas of concern with respect ...
The Ordinary Universal Magisterium: Unresolved Questions
Richard R. Gaillardetz
September 1, 2002
[The conviction that the common teaching of the bishops was a sure guide for Christian faith goes back to the earliest centuries. In the decades ...
The Teaching Authority of Episcopal Conferences
Francis A. Sullivan S.J.
September 1, 2002
[Pope John Paul II in Apostolos suos has decreed that doctrinal statements to be issued by episcopal conferences either must have been approved unanimously, or, ...
Salvation and Liberation in the Practical-Critical Soteriology of Schillebeeckx
Derek J. Simon
September 1, 2002
[The practical-critical soteriology of Schillebeeckx understands and orients the experience of salvation in relation to liberating political praxis and social emancipation. Practical-critical soteriology develops the ...
Lonergan’s Contribution to Ecumenism
Catherine E. Clifford
September 1, 2002
[The author suggests that the reception of ecumenical consensus is related to an adequate appreciation of theological method. The functional approach outlined in Bernard Lonergan’s ...
Recovering the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Moral Theology
Charles E. Bouchard O.P.
September 1, 2002
[The gifts of the Holy Spirit played a major role in the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. For a variety of theological and ecclesial reasons, ...
Heritage and Discovery: A Framework for Moral Theology
Cynthia S. W. Crysdale
September 1, 2002
[In an effort to clarify foundational categories for moral theology, the author explores several polarities that have often been woven into discussions of moral formation. ...
Christ’s Salvific Message and the Nandi Ritual of Female Circumcision
Mary Nyangweso
September 1, 2002
[Female initiation rite is one of the many traditional practices found in some African communities. The many rituals during this time of initiation include female ...
The Ratzinger/Kasper Debate: The Universal Church and Local Churches
Kilian McDonnell O.S.B.
May 1, 2002
[The discussions between Joseph Ratzinger and Walter Kasper on the relationship between the universal Church and the local/particular churches touch on one of today’s major ...
The Theological Hermeneutics of Edward Schillebeeckx
Dennis Rochford M.S.C.
May 1, 2002
[The theological hermeneutics of Edward Schillebeeckx facilitated a reflection on Christology tied to the notion of “experience.” This allowed Schillebeeckx to interpret the experience of ...
Flannery O’Connor’s Use of Symbol Roger Haight’s Christology and the Religious Writer
Lucretia B. Yaghjian
May 1, 2002
[The author argues that Flannery O’Connor’s fiction and critical prose are informed by a theological understanding of symbol, a narrative Christology from below, and a ...
Postcolonial African Theology in Kabasele Lumbala
Mario I. Aguilar
May 1, 2002
[The author examines various trends and methodological developments in African Christian theology, particularly processes of “ordering” and subsequently “disordering” as a particularly African theological method. ...
Toward Global Ethics
Lisa Sowle Cahill
May 1, 2002
[Several earlier essays in this journal have explored questions such as whether it is possible to speak of intercultural dialogue about the common good in ...
The Exodus in the Christian Bible: The Case for ‘Figural’ Reading
Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
May 1, 2002
[Many Christians find the Christian Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testament, diffuse, lacking unity, and therefore difficult to use in systematic theology. Yet ...
Images of God within Systematic Theology
Joseph A. Bracken S.J.
May 1, 2002
[While respecting the freedom of expression inherent in Sally McFague’s notion of “metaphorical theology,” the author argues that the choice of a single governing image ...
On Contemporary Martyrs: Some Recent Literature
Lawrence S. Cunningham
May 1, 2002
[This brief ongoing survey reviews some current literature on martyrs with special emphasis on those who have died for the faith in our own time. ...