Theology Archives

Finding grace in singleness: How being single is still part of the Church
- Interviews
- August 14, 2017
For Christians, there are two states of life that are permanent: marriage and vowed religious life. But single people have a baptismal vocation, too – and we all should expect to live out seasons of singleness in some way or other.
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Theological titan of India dies at age of 78
- Global Church
- July 8, 2017
Father Augustine Kanjamala, SVD, “lived a convinced, committed life of a true religious with truth and sincerity.” The noted theologian and missionary taught mission theology in several seminaries in India and was once a scholar-in-residence at the Chicago-based Catholic Theological Union.
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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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Women in theology issue takes center stage at Africa conference

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.

Meet the bishop who’s the living memory of the African church

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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.