Theology

Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition?

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The early accounts of one of the most famous scenes in Christian history, the death of Peter, do not present a single narrative of the events, for they do not agree on why Peter requested to die in the precise way that he allegedly did.

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The Resurrected God is an exciting, innovative examination of the resurrection of Christ and its relationship to the doctrine of the Trinity in the mature work of Karl Barth, particularly across the three parts of Volume IV of ChurchDogmatics.

Amos Yong has stated that Veli-Matti Karkkainen has become "e;one of the more important theologians to be reckoned with in our time.

"e;A major challenge for people of faith is to resist the growing demonization of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism .

What difference does the virtue of patience make for our ability to engage deeply in the practice of patience?

This work offers a detailed reconstruction of the campaigns for and trials resulting in the beatification (in 1626) and subsequent canonization in 1169 of the Florentine mystic nun, Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607).

Peter Bukowski scheidet im Oktober 2015 mit seiner Pensionierung aus dem Dienst als Direktor des Seminars für Pastorale Ausbildung in Wuppertal aus.

In this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Itzhak Benyamini uses discourse analysis to lay out the way Lacan constructed his own intellectual discourse informed by Judeo-Christianity.

Handlungsformen von Seelsorge und ihre Wirksamkeit in klinischen Einrichtungen werden wissenschaftlich-evaluierend aufgezeigt.

Biblical Eschatology provides what is not found in any other single volume on eschatology: it analyzes all the major eschatological passages (including the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation), issues (including the second coming of Christ, the millennium, the rapture, and Antichrist), and positions (including all the major views of the millennium) in a clear, but not superficial, way.

The contemporary world is marked by a sense of vulnerability not seen since the end of the Cold War.

Beauty engages fourth-century bishop Gregory of Nyssa to address beauty's place in theology and the broader world.

Far too many churches in North America are either plateauing or dying.

During the past few decades a great amount of scholarly work has been done on the various prayer cultures of antiquity, both Graeco-Roman and Jewish and Christian.

This monograph details the life and ideas of Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari, the leading representative of secular Islam among the Iranian clergy and a pioneer of the Post-Islamist Movements in Iran.

In this volume of essays, Howard Wettstein explores the foundations of religious commitment.

Der Traktat Nedarim "Gelübde" befasst sich mit den Bestimmungen zur Rechtsgültigkeit von bedingten und unbedingten Selbstverpflichtungen.

Have you ever picked up a volume of theology, read the first page, and decided you would rather scrub the bathroom floor than read another page?

Was bewegt jüngere Menschen, sich angesichts vielfältiger Optionen einem Orden oder einer geistlichen Gemeinschaft anzuschließen?

Christianity is a global religion!

Originally published in Italian in 1978, The Transmission of Sin is a study of the origins of the doctrine of original sin, one of the most important teachings of the Catholic Church.

In this work, Karl Shuve provides a new account of how the Song of Songs became one of the most popular biblical texts in medieval Western Christianity, through a close and detailed study of its interpretation by late antique Latin theologians.

This book is an autobiographical memoir.

Die Frage nach dem politischen Umgang mit der Zeit – im Zuge von Digitalisierung und Tertiarisierung bereits hoch akut – hat angesichts der Covid-19-Pandemie noch an Dringlichkeit gewonnen: Das Jahr 2020 war geprägt von massiven und plötzlichen Umbrüchen, nicht nur der Arbeitswelt.

The Cappadocian Fathers had great influence on the church of the fourth century, having brought their passion for Christ and theological expertise to life in their ministry.

The Dionysian Mystical Theology introduces the Pseudo-Dionysian “mystical theology,” with glimpses at key stages in its interpretation and critical reception through the centuries.

Byzantine church law remains terra incognita to most scholars in the western academy.

Drawing upon Edward Schillebeeckx's theology and Judith Butler's philosophy, Adam Beyt uses the framework of nonviolent hope to construct a Catholic political theology responding to dehumanizing violence.

In Our Own Image is a work of comparative philosophical theology.

Religion wird im therapeutischen Kontext vielfach tabuisiert.

Auf der Suche nach authentischer religiöser Erfahrung richten sich viele Erwartungen auf "Mystik".

This volume introduces the main theological topics of Reformation theology in a language that is clear and concise.

Why do humans who seem to be exemplars of virtue also have the capacity to act in atrocious ways?

The letter sent at the conclusion of the Jerusalem council to gentile Christians includes the line, "e;It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us .

Heaney traces the hidden history of music's presence in Christian thought, including its often unrecognized influence on key figures such as von Balthasar, Barth and Bonhoeffer.