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The Need of the Theologian? Commending Eric Mascall

Theology is an ecclesial and ascetic undertaking. Mascall insisted that theology must speak in such a way that, in the words of John's Gospel, we might believe.

Clarity About Ambiguity

The Ambiguity of Being Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural By Jonathan R. Heaps Catholic University of America Press, 250 pages. $85 “For by grace you have...

My Life as a Bible Teacher

I am a systematic theologian by training, disposition, and vocation. I am grateful for this call, difficult and daunting though it is. What has surprised...

The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Queen

The Death and Life of Speculative Theology A Lonergan Idea By Ryan Hemmer Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2023. Pp. 184. $95 Review by Eugene R. Schlesinger In our context...

Saint Stephen, the Law of the Cross, and a Church that Would Rather Die than Kill

By Eugene R. Schlesinger Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 23:34 Lord, do not hold this sin against them. Acts 7:60 Let...

After COVID-19: A Brave New World? A Bishop in Confinement Wonders About the Future

President Emmanuel Macron of France, in a speech on March 12, 2020, described what he thinks needs to happen after the epidemic is over : We...

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