Past Book Reviews
Issue
Publication Date
Book Review: Kate Ward: Wealth, Virtue and Moral Luck: Christian Ethics in an Age of Inequality
William C. Mattison
June 6, 2022
Reviews & Shorter Notices – May 1968
Theological Studies
May 1, 2022
Exploration into God Richard P. McBrien pp. 310–311 God-Talk: An Examination of the Language and Logic of Theology William C. McFadden S.J. ,pp. 311–313 Toward an American Theology John R. Donahue S.J. pp. 314–315 Religions of Mankind: Today & Yesterday Thomas Berry ,pp. 315–318 The Four Gospels: An Introduction Joseph A. Fitzmyer S.S. pp. 318–320
Book Review: Welker, Michael: In God’s Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit
Joseph A. Bracken S.J.
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Ables, Travis: The Body of the Cross: Holy Victims and the Invention of the Atonement
Chelsea Jordan King
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Groome, H. Thomas: What Makes Education Catholic: Spiritual Foundations
Thomas P. Rausch S.J.
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Porter, Jean: The Perfection of Desire: Habit, Reason, and Virtue in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
David Cloutier
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Tanner, Kathryn: Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism
Mary Doak
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Vogt, Markus: Christliche Umweltethik: Grundlagen und zentrale Herausforderungen
William A. Barbieri
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Scholz, Susanne and Santiago Slabodsky: The New Diaspora and the Global Prophetic: Engaging the Scholarship of Marc H
SimonMary A. Aihiokhai
February 28, 2022
Book Review: Aers, David: Versions of Election: From Langland & Aquinas to Calvin & Milton
Felisa Baynes-Ross
February 28, 2022
Book Review: T. Abernethy, Andrew: Discovering Isaiah: Content, Interpretation, Reception
Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
February 28, 2022
Synodality and the New Media
During his pontificate, Pope Francis has both broadened and enhanced the concept of synodality and the synodal process to involve “especially those on the periphery ...
Reconfiguring Ignacio Ellacuría’s Symbolic Conception of “the Crucified People”: Jesus, the Suffering Servant, and Abel
This article offers an appreciative but critical appraisal of Ignacio Ellacuría’s concept of “the crucified people,” which identifies the oppressed peoples of history with both ...
Pope Francis on the Practice of Synodality and the Fifth Australian Plenary Council
This article argues that Pope Francis adopts a practice-focused approach to synodality, and it examines key elements of that approach, including the practice of ecclesial ...
Ignatius Loyola’s “Hierarchical Church” as Dionysian Reform Program
This article argues that Ignatius Loyola, in proposing the “hierarchical Church” as norm for judgment and feeling, meant to evoke and commend aspects of the ...
De Lubac and Suárez: A Reappraisal
Because of his hostility to pure nature theory, Henri de Lubac has typically been viewed as opposing Francisco Suárez’s metaphysics. His proximate target was the ...
Rethinking Gregory of Nyssa’s Mystical Theology: The Role of Hostile Powers in Homilies on the Song of Songs
The aim of this article is to rethink the way scholarship conceives Gregory of Nyssa’s so-called mystical theology by directing attention to his account of ...
Turning toward a Theology of Transformation: Notes from the Borderlands
This article brings Chicana theorist Gloria Anzaldúa’s notion of “self” and “borderlands/mestiza consciousness” into conversation with M. Shawn Copeland’s call to “turn theology toward persons.” ...
Race, Gender, and Christian Mysticism: The Life of Zilpha Elaw
Drawing on the spiritual autobiography of the nineteenth-century Black female preacher Zilpha Elaw, this article argues that it should be included in the canon of ...
Religious Nationalism, a Global Ethic, and the Culture of Encounter
This article sketches the global ethic proposed by Hans Küng and how Pope Francis’s writings on a culture of encounter help advance it. Religious nationalism ...
Children and the Eucharist at the Council of Trent
This article examines the relationship between children and the Eucharist at Trent by studying the Acta of Sessions XIII and XXI and by historically and ...
Catholicity and Translatability: Renewing Rahner on the World Church
Karl Rahner famously proclaimed that Vatican II marked the beginning of a new Christian epoch, that of the “world church” (Weltkirche). He also proposed that ...
A Feminist Theology of Testimony
Feminist activists and women’s studies scholars have referred to moments where women understand the impact of sexism on their lives as clicks. Karl Rahner’s account ...
Beyond “The Anonymous Christian”: Reconsidering Rahner on Grace and Salvation
Karl Rahner acknowledged freely that “the anonymous Christian,” as a category, could be problematic. His interest, he stressed, was not in the term but in ...
Reaching Up to the Mind of Lonergan: The Contribution of Robert M. Doran, SJ (1939–2021)
Robert M. Doran, who died in early 2021, made prolific and important contributions to Lonergan studies, especially arguing for some creative innovations and practical applications. ...
A Blemished Offering: Economy, Eucharist, and the Limits of Epiphanic Conversion
This article critiques Enrique Dussel’s use of the conversion of Bartolomé de Las Casas to ground his argument for a clear correspondence between Christian economic ...
The Chimera of a “Deinstitutionalized Church”: Social Structure Analysis as a Path to Institutional Church Reform
Anger over long-standing systemic dysfunction in the Roman Catholic Church has led to a disenchantment with the church’s institutional reality. However, for those committed to ...
Human Trafficking, Coercion, and Moral Agency in Agricultural Labor
The isolation and perceived interchangeability of agricultural laborers places them at risk for trafficking, and coercion often plays a significant role in keeping them at ...
Data Ethics, AI, and Accompaniment: The Dangers of Depersonalization in Catholic Health Care
Health-care systems use AI-driven data analytics to target high-cost patients for early interventions. Many ethicists see these programs as enacting a preferential option for the ...