Theology Archives

Holiness gone wild: Spiritual flourishing in diversity and disability
- Interviews
- June 26, 2017
Redemptive suffering becomes a witness in the world – and that is one reason why we need the stories of saints who had disabilities. Theologian Pia Matthews has written a new book where she looks at life with her own daughter who has complicated disabilities, as well as how her family has learned to appreciate that the great gifts they have received are not the only gifts on offer.
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Seeking common ground: We agree on more than we think
- Church in the US, Interviews
- June 22, 2017
Julie Hanlon Rubio, author of ‘Hope for Common Ground,’ argues that we agree on more than we think we do, and share a sense that political change is needed but are realistic enough to know that politics can’t solve all our problems. She also says local solutions to bigger problems are more possible to envision and enact.
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Women in theology issue takes center stage at Africa conference
- AfricaUND, Global Church
- March 22, 2017
In the short amount of time since women have begun being actively engaged in theology in Africa, they have made a significant contribution. M. Shawn Copeland, professor of theology at Boston College, told Crux what has been done and what future steps can be taken to improve the role of women in the Church.
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Meet the bishop who’s the living memory of the African church

March 22, 2017

Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu, now 80, served as Africa’s lone theological expert at the Second Vatican Council, and he’s given his life to the quest for an African Catholic theology that’s both authentically universal but also authentically, and vibrantly, African.

In Rome, a new generation of Benedict XVI scholars is on the rise

The Ratzinger Foundation will provide courses for a group of graduate students to further their studies on the former Pope, cardinal, and theology professor. According to Pierluca Azzaro, who translated Ratzinger’s complete works into Italian, there is “increasing interest toward Joseph Ratzinger’s theology.”

Ethicist says ghostwriter’s role in ‘Amoris’ is troubling

It turns out that the most important footnote in ‘Amoris Laetitia’ may be one that’s not there, because a key passage of the document is lifted almost verbatim from a 1995 essay in theology by Archbishop Victor Fernandez — raising troubling questions about Fernandez’s role as ghostwriter, and the magisterial force of his ideas.