{"title":"Catholic Social Teachings","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"troubling-biblical-waters","title":"Troubling Biblical Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2c5c91;\"\u003eScholarly and stimulating look at the importance of the Bible for Blacks and of Blacks in the Bible. \"\"Lucidly written with profound messages . . .\"\"-\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Issues in Higher Education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2c5c91;\"\u003eA comprehensive and challenging look at the significance of the Bible for blacks, and the importance of blacks in the Bible. \"Timely . . . serious and creative.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eThe Catholic Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B015X3XFH8\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"u3g0y9-o6jzca-lr0e8l-l4pw2y\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis is a comprehensive and challenging look at the significance of the Bible for Blacks and the importance of Blacks in the Bible. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTroubling Biblical Waters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides critical resources for studying the Bible, especially in relation to Black religion and the Church. Felder pays particular attention to issues of racial pluralism in the Bible, Old and New Testament mandates of social justice, and other biblical teachings relating to the human family and its survival. Sound, detailed scholarship and organization offer a greater racial balance and corrective to biblical hermeneutics and their historiographic assumptions.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"space-y-4 show-lists\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCain Hope Felder\u003c\/strong\u003e (1943-2019) served as professor of New Testament language and literature at Howard University's School of Divinity from 1981 until his retirement in 2016.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B015X3XFH8\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"9qxlqa-3empjc-40zpvi-dq5y7b\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B015X3XFH8\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"pkj22h-kzzlpv-fn2esh-1q1nfv\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B015X3XFH8\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"tws1na-w4cfk3-eduw88-bbg9ub\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-4\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"d198r8-zd6ia6-g6gcve-q2gqwh\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstanceqHdUKIuTxST_UDmV6-5yLg\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_3\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"B015X3XFH8\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-logged-in=\"true\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23982757249088,"sku":"978-0-88344-535-8","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/TroublingBiblicalWaters.jpg?v=1747248057"},{"product_id":"id-rather-teach-peace","title":"I'd Rather Teach Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4184cc;\"\u003e“A welcome addition to the literature . . . belongs in every library.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Mary Reher in American Catholic Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4184cc;\"\u003e “In 1982, popular Washington Post columnist McCarthy was asked to teach a course at Washington's School without Walls. Responding to the suggestion that he teach writing, McCarthy said, \"I'd rather teach peace,\" and that's what he's been doing ever since in every kind of school all over the country. He teaches his students about the famous (Gandhi and King) and about those who should be famous (Dorothy Day and Jeanette Rankin). He tells them startling things (since the end of World War II, there has never been a democratically elected government as a result of U.S. military presence in a foreign country), and he encourages them to talk about what they're learning. Here he offers a kind of how-to manual, explaining how he gets kids to explore issues relating to peace and how he motivates them to think creatively. Instead of theory, he gives us practice --and a sense of the pleasure he takes from introducing his students to the joy of exploration. The book should be required reading for every educator in America. \"\u003cstrong\u003e--David Pitt, Booklist, American Library Association\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen acclaimed \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C., he responded, \"I'd rather teach peace.\" Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past three decades: teaching courses on nonviolence, conflict management, and peace studies in high schools, colleges, and prisons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ed Rather Teach Peace\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles one semester in six of these schools, as students find themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don't teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:118b2b15-71b7-482d-9f11-d7bd484456a4-1\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"92e9419f-e665-498c-9e6a-f4c490ab642d\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"481\" data-start=\"143\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColman McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e was a columnist for \u003cem data-end=\"200\" data-start=\"179\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e for 28 years and the founder of the Center for Teaching Peace, part of the Washington Peace Center, a nonprofit organization that helps schools establish peace studies programs. 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Each document includes a succinct introduction and a guide for further study.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the range and depth of documentation and analysis, this volume offers an essential Catholic resource for anyone grappling with these issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawn M. 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Topics include global strategies for combating homelessness, local ethical responses, and advocacy for special populations such as women, orphans, and veterans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include Cardinal Peter Turkson, Dame Louise Casey CBE CB, William T. Cavanaugh, Mar­a Teresa D¡vila, Shaji George Kochuthara, CMI, Elias Opongo, SJ, and Mary Mee-Yin Yuen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames F. Keenan, SJ, \u003c\/strong\u003eis the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCanisius Professor and director of the Jesuit Institute at Boston College, and the founder of CTEWC. 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Marcus Mescher's book is a great guide for understanding why this ethics of encounter is necessary and what it means in our daily lives, at a crucial time for the unity of our religious and civil communities.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eMassimo Faggioli, author, Pope Francis: Tradition in Transition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"The Ethics of Encounter puts the heart back into academic ethics: love of neighbor as deep connection, where we discover our common humanity and our unity in God. Any Christian seeker will find this work uplifting and spiritually rich. A gem for classroom use, it unites theology and a faithful way of life, with relatable examples such as social media, service trips, and climate change. No abstractions here! Mescher gives us a salutary dose of idealism and the hope we need in these fractious and discouraging times.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Lisa Sowle Cahill, author, Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Pacifism, Just War, and Peacebuilding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"After offering an insightful diagnosis regarding t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003ehe fraying of our social fabric, this volume proposes a hope-laden prescription for a renewal of our sense of belonging, precisely through an ethics of encounter as embraced by Pope Francis. Mescher's encouragement to deepen our solidarity with our neighbors is an essential step toward the personal and social transformation we so desperately need today.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Thomas Massaro, SJ, author, Mercy in Action: The Social Teachings of Pope Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"This is a commendable body of enthusiastic, inter-related, and thick themes. It is for scholars, students (including Bible or book studies), one's peers, and the wider ecumenical church. Social activists and those confessing the need for balancing action with contemplation will also benefit.\"\u003cstrong\u003e— Barry K. Morris, American Academy of Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"Marcus Mescher, American Academy of Religion \"Pope Francis' focus on a \"culture of encounter\" has been so central to his ministry that it is remarkable it has taken until 2020 for a book on the ethics of encounter, from the perspective of Catholic moral theology, to come out. Happily the book has found the right author in Marcus Mescher. He effortlessly weaves first-rate scholarship into accessible prose that, true to his training, is poised to help make a serious difference, both in the field of Christian ethics and in the actual lives of people who read it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Charlie Camosy, Horizons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"Mescher seeks a vision of solidarity that dwells in the “virtuous middle ground” between Gutiér-rez’s emphasis on the need for a fundamental break to seek out the suffering masses and Aquinas’s emphasis on honoring proximate obligations. Mescher is not seeking to split the difference but to fill in the gaps. Aquinas provides a foundation for solidarity in our preexist-ing roles and relationships. Gutiérrez pushes us to expand those relations to those in need outside our natural circle of concern. The intimacies of family life can then be viewed as a training ground and foundation for broadening intimacy and vulnerability to those in need anywhere.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Vincent Miller, Journal of Moral Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"Though it was clearly written prior to the definin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003eg events of 2020 the COVID pandemic, the movement for Black lives, and a controversial election season—The Ethics of Encounter nonetheless speaks to them, and its timeless message will continue to speak well beyond the year of its publication.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Jessica Wrobleski, Journal of Moral Theology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"This volume makes clear what the most pressing contemporary social injustices are, ranging from immigration to domestic violence, from “social sorting” to homophobia, from racism to poverty. Mescher presents the reader with impeccable and impressive research (both theological and interdisciplinary) to remind us of what ails our world.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Dan Cosacchi, America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"By linking solidarity with other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e virtues that are developed in daily life and through our encounters with others, Mescher does not close the door on radical forms of discipleship. Instead, he recognizes that intention, practice, time, reflection, and support is necessary for conversion towards solidarity. Without ignoring the ambiguity and risk of encounter, this book encourages the church to develop its moral imagination and to meet our neighbors with both courage and hope.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Amanda Osheim, Catholic Books Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"The Ethics of Encounter is everything writing on Catholic social teaching should be. It is grounded in the gospel, the Magisterium, and the lived experience of the kind of mercy that can truly transform lives. This book provides a method that can, and should be, replicated in other contexts, such as the United Kingdom. Many people mistake the encyclicals for guidebooks or roadmaps. This is not the case. Each encyclical has to be context contextualized particular situation. Unfortunately, much of the current literature on Catholic social teaching fails to do this. However, The Ethics of Encounter takes one of the most important church teachings of the 21st century and demonstrates how people of good will should integrate it into their lives. In doing so, Mescher has provided us with what I’m sure will become a classic in the field of Catholic social teaching.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Maria Power, William Temple Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\"What he has to offer is not merely theoretical but extremely practical, and is a good programmer for healing divisions and divisiveness in society. I must acknowledge that I have gained much from reviewing this book and hence would gladly recommend it to our readers.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- Peter B. Lobo, OP, Dominican Ashram\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3272b9;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480_97069250-39fa-430d-bfc2-059faf5f3344_480x480.webp?v=1660153812\" style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented here is an ethical framework for the culture of encounter that Pope Francis calls us to build. The book serves as a creative and constructive proposal for what it would take to build such a culture in an American context marked by rising individualism, racial tensions, class segregation, hyperpartisanship, and online echo chambers. In particular the work of well-known Jesuit Father Greg Boyle (\u003cem\u003eTattoos on the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e) and his work with gangs in Southern California provides a case study for overcoming fear, hatred, and trauma in order to practice Christian neighbor love that seeks solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Mescher\u003c\/strong\u003e is assistant professor of Christian ethics at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. He has authored multiple articles and book chapters on family life and the common good, liturgy and moral formation, and environmental ethics in publications including the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Catholic Social Thought\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJournal of Moral Theology\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Mescher_Ethics_of_Encounter_TOC.pdf?v=1648740198\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Mescher_Ethics_of_Encounter_Intro.pdf?v=1648740198\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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Rausch, SJ,\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The author of numerous award-winning books, he has served on several ecumenical dialogues, is the co-chair of Theological Commission for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and was advisor to the Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolás on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations from 2010 to 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rausch_Global_Catholicism_TOC.pdf?v=1648665467\" title=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Rausch_Global_Catholicism_Intro.pdf?v=1648665468\" title=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2021\/11\/12\/eucharist-real-presence-241625\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Global_Catholicism_by_Thomas_P._Rausch_SJ_Orbis_Books_February_17_2021_256_pp._30_What_do_Catholics_mean_when_we_say_the_Eucharist_is_the_true_body_and_blood_of_Christ_Thomas_P._Rausc_480x480.png?v=1653664726\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37561927631043,"sku":"978-1-62698-396-0","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Global-Catholicsm-653x1000.jpg?v=1747248910"},{"product_id":"christian-social-ethics","title":"Christian Social Ethics: Models, Cases, Controversies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 69, 145);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 69, 145);\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eAdvance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"535\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 69, 145);\"\u003e“A clear and engaging introduction to Christian social ethics that connects theological reflection with the pressing moral questions of contemporary society.”— \u003cstrong\u003eAmerica Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"722\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(18, 69, 145);\"\u003e“Glennon skillfully bridges tradition and modern social realities, offering readers a thoughtful and accessible guide to Christian moral reasoning.”— \u003cstrong\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA college-level introductory text in Christian social ethics that combines theory, cases, and analysis. Case studies include the use of drones in war; the Keystone XL pipeline; and Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Each chapter incorporates suggestions for further research, suggestions for praxis components and other teaching and learning activities, and discussion questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Glennon \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor of social ethics and chair of the department of religious studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY.  He is a co-author of \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to the Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (Orbis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Glennon_Christian_Social_Ethics_TOC.pdf?v=1648653682\" title=\"toc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Glennon_Christian_Social_Ethics_Intro.pdf?v=1648653682\" title=\"intro\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37562114965699,"sku":"978-1-62698-412-7","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/Christian-Social-Ethics.jpg?v=1747248917"},{"product_id":"catholic-social-teaching-1","title":"Catholic Social Teaching","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise and Reviews *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 88, 155);\"\u003eCatholic Media Association - Honorable Mention   \/  Catholic Social Teaching \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"492\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 88, 155);\"\u003e“A clear, thoughtful, and deeply informed guide to the principles of Catholic social teaching and their urgent relevance in today’s world.”— \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"492\"\u003eAmerica Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"673\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 88, 155);\"\u003e“O’Neill brings intellectual rigor and pastoral sensitivity to the Church’s social tradition, making complex ideas accessible and compelling.\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"673\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"673\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\" width=\"511\" height=\"51\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"673\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the many scholarly works interpreting Catholic social teaching or the compilations of abstract rules and documents, this book explains that Catholic social teaching is not a moral manual or rule book. Instead, borrowing a phrase from Pope Francis, the author notes that it is rather a grammar of our struggle for justice, love, and peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a concise and readable way ONeill discusses sources, history, and key themes of the Catholic social teaching tradition, as well as its implications for such issues as the ethics of war and peace, forced migration, and social reconciliation. Each chapter concludes with reflection questions, making it particularly helpful for classes and reading groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam O'Neill, SJ, \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor emeritus of social ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. 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Kohlhaas \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of moral theology at Loras College in Dubuque, IA. His work has been published in journals and magazines including \u003cem\u003eTheological Studies, Journal of Religious Ethics, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e US Catholic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary M. Doyle Roche \u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and author of \u003cem\u003eSchools of Solidarity: Families and Catholic Social Teaching \u003c\/em\u003e(Liturgical Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"toc\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Kohlhaas_Roche_Human_Families_TOC.pdf?v=1648653535\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"intro\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Kohlhaas_Roche_Human_Families_Intro.pdf?v=1648653535\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37567876038851,"sku":"978-1-62698-414-1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/Human-Families.jpg?v=1747248930"},{"product_id":"christian-tradition-in-global-perspective","title":"Christian Tradition in Global Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #41658e;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"\u003e* \u003cem\u003eAdvance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews*\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e“Schroeder offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to Christian tradition viewed through a genuinely global lens. A valuable resource for students, ministers, and all who seek to understand Christianity within today’s diverse contexts.” - \u003cstrong\u003eCatholicBooksReview.org\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e“A concise and accessible survey of Christian tradition framed by today’s global realities.” - \u003cstrong\u003eInternational Bulletin of Mission Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e“With his trademark clarity, readability, and comprehensiveness, Roger Schroeder gives a tour d’horizon of the global spread of the Christian message, from its beginning to our time. Each chapter presents an informative account of Christian missions in key historical periods, with reflections on ‘threads of Christian Tradition’ that allow readers to see both its continuity and novelty in each age. I most enthusiastically recommend this book for courses on church history and missiology for both professional degrees and continuing education.”\u003cb\u003e—Peter C. Phan, author, The Joy of Religious Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e“The first global history of Christianity that prioritizes spirituality, liturgy, church organization, and other features central to church life. This essential overview will fascinate, inform, and enlighten students everywhere.”\u003cb\u003e—Dana L. 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Its unique blend of in-depth historical research, rich imagery, and theological patterns makes this text readable and enlightening for students and scholars alike.”\u003cb\u003e—Kirsteen Kim, author, The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 97, 145);\"\u003e“This comprehensive yet manageable overview of Christian history shows the masterful pedagogical touch of Roger Schroeder, skillfully combining clear prose, acknowledgment of historical and theological complexity, and judicious thematic summations amid telling and vivid details. 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While written from a Catholic perspective, the book is inclusive of other Christian denominations, churches, and movements that are the various streams within Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Following the methodology and philosophy of the “new” church history, Schroeder tells the story of Christian tradition as much as possible from a non-Eurocentric\/non-Western perspective, one that is inclusive of the roles and movements of “non-Western people,” women, laity, and others who traditionally have been excluded from the written histories of Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Tradition in Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis uniquely suited for both students and teachers, as well as church leaders, in our globally connected world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger P. Schroeder, SVD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is professor of intercultural studies and ministry, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. His many books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is the Mission of the Church?; Christian Mission in Global Perspective\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(names one of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies by the Overseas Ministry Study Center of Princeton Theological Seminary) and , with Maria Cimperman, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngaging Our Diversity: Interculturality and Consecrated Life Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  (all Orbis Books).  An associate editor of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the International Bulletin of Mission Research he has also served as president of the American Society of Missiology, the Association of Professors of Mission, and the Midwest Fellowship of Professors of Mission. He is currently serving as Coordinator of Anthropos Institute, an international network of specialists in the social and religious sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Schroeder_Christian_Trad_in_Global_Persp_TOC.pdf?v=1648578632\" title=\"toc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Schroeder_Christian_Trad_in_Global_Persp_TOC.pdf?v=1648578632\" title=\"toc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Schroeder_Christian_Trad_in_Global_Persp_Intro.pdf?v=1648578632\" title=\"intro\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41040594239683,"sku":"978-1-62698-434-9","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626984349.jpg?v=1747248941"},{"product_id":"the-pandemic-and-the-people-of-god","title":"The Pandemic and the People of God: Cultural Impacts and Pastoral Responses","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #224e1c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #224e1c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #224e1c;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Catholic Media Association Award Winner\/Future Church *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 94, 118); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #105e76;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e“Arbuckle offers a penetrating cultural reading of the pandemic’s impact on the Church and society. His reflections are pastoral, realistic, and marked by hope.” - \u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Books Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #105e76;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“A thoughtful examination of how Catholic communities can respond creatively and faithfully in the aftermath of crisis.” - \u003cstrong data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"733\"\u003eCatholic Outlook (Diocese of Parramatta)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"900\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e“A timely and carefully argued work. Arbuckle sheds light on the cultural and spiritual challenges exposed by the pandemic and offers pathways toward renewal.” - \u003cstrong\u003eAustralasian Catholic Record\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"900\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e“The best book I have read on the pandemic. After an unflinching diagnosis, the book is a summons to radical, active, transformative hope among those who have the wits and the courage to ‘refound’ viable community. It is framed according to Catholic Social Teaching, but has a deep appeal for those of us outside that particular frame of reference. In Arbuckle’s knowing hands the pandemic becomes a venue for radical restorative hope.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Walter Brueggemann, author, \u003ci\u003eA Gospel of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e“This compelling treatise incisively dissects the chaos of the pandemic and masterfully articulates rites of passage and actionable strategies for refounding a post-COVID-19 world and church. A must-read practical guide for individuals, institutions, and nations yearning for a ‘new heaven and a new earth’ animated by solidarity, compassion, and justice.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e“The pandemic has caused cultural chaos throughout the world, and only through creative and inspired leadership that is convinced of the common good can all God’s people be led to a refounding of cultural stability. Like Pope Francis, Arbuckle is convinced that this can be effectively done by living out gospel values as we engage in health care reform, politics, racial and ecological justice, and the economy. These wise pages lay out the agenda for the church’s mission in a post-COVID world\u003cem\u003e.\u003cb\u003e—Stephen Bevans, SVD, co-author, \u003ci\u003eConstants in Context\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 108, 135);\"\u003e “Gerald Arbuckle is a brilliant and seasoned observer of social and ecclesial realities. His rich, perceptive analyses and interpretations of the pandemic and its consequences for church and world constitute an unequaled achievement in the considerable amount of pastoral-theological reflection now emerging.:\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, Loyola Marymount University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"45\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA noted Catholic theologian and anthropologist weaves together insights from anthropology and theology to provide an analysis of the role of the Church in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePope Francis and the People of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eturns to the crisis of COVID-19, its diverse impacts on people and communities, and how the Catholic Church might respond. First, Arbuckle offers a concise summary of the social, political, and economic impact of the pandemic, and goes on to craft an anthropological model of the global crisis and its consequences for the Church and for ministry. He then clarifies the Gospel’s pastoral responses that must guide the way forward for societies and the Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e With theological reflections and prompts at the end of each chapter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pandemic and the People of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides students, clergy, and pastoral ministers with a way to understand and to implement the pastoral responses that will help heal individuals, communities, and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGerald A. 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A noted scholar in both theology and anthropology, he is co-director of Refounding and Pastoral Development, a research ministry, in Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41043751370947,"sku":"978-1-62698-441-7","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ThePandemicandthePeopleofGod.jpg?v=1747248956"},{"product_id":"what-makes-education-catholic","title":"What Makes Education Catholic: Spiritual Foundations","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f6c1d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f6c1d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner   \/  Faith Formation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f6c1d;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A compelling vision of education rooted in faith, community, and the transforming love of God.”— \u003cstrong data-start=\"2565\" data-end=\"2595\"\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Grounds Catholic education in its true purpose: forming people of wisdom and compassion who live their faith in the world.”— \u003cstrong data-start=\"2732\" data-end=\"2749\"\u003eU.S. Catholic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“An indispensable guide for educators and leaders seeking to sustain the spiritual and moral foundations of Catholic schooling.” — \u003cstrong data-start=\"2890\" data-end=\"2920\"\u003eCatholic Education Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Deeply spiritual and profoundly practical—a vision for the future of Catholic education.”— America Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003e“What Makes Education Catholic is yet another masterpiece by Thomas Groome. Weaving together his mastery of storytelling and deep theological wisdom, Groome's impressive scholarship leads readers to understand not only what Catholic education is, but its value for our complex world.”\u003cem\u003e —\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003eMelodie Wyttenbach, PhD, Executive Director, Roche Center for Catholic Education, Boston College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003e“Thomas Groome's What Makes Education Catholic is the most magisterial and comprehensive account we have today on the Catholic educational tradition. Groome writes with complete control of the intellectually demanding material and renders it accessible and enjoyable not just for educators, but for parents and the general public as well. This gem of a book belongs in every thinking person's library.”\u003cem\u003e —\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003eDennis Shirley, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003e\"On the whole, the author excellently chronicles the history of Catholic education from its roots to today’s current events. He also considers what values Catholic faith emphasizes most, showcasing how anyone can benefit from its solid foundation regardless of one’s personal faith or beliefs. If you want to understand the nature of a Catholic-based education, Groome’s book will make an excellent resource to your queries.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e– \u003c\/em\u003eThe Moving Words Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(16, 121, 32);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe award-winning author of What Makes Us Catholic\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eprovides a rich history of Catholic education from its spiritual roots to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn this readable and timely work, Thomas Groome explores the basis of Catholic education, from the historical Jesus to the Didache, to Augustine and Aquinas to Merici, Seton, and Ward. Groome shows how these foremothers and fathers of Catholic education ground and shape the spirituality of Catholic educators today. It is these foundations that ensure that Catholic schools today deliver the education they promise to students—not only to Catholics but to those of many religious traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat Makes Education Catholic outlines a Catholic anthropology, sociology, cosmology, and epistemology. It demonstrates how all of us—educators and students, families and communities---serve a public faith that does justice and that is humanizing and emancipatory for one’s own good, for the common good, and for all creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas H. Groome, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is senior Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College, and is the long-serving Director of its PhD in Theology and Education. His best known major books are \u003ci\u003eChristian Religious Education\u003c\/i\u003e (Harper and Row), \u003ci\u003eSharing Faith\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins), \u003ci\u003eEducating for Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Crossroad), \u003ci\u003eWhat Makes Us Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins), \u003ci\u003eWill There Be Faith?\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperOne), and \u003ci\u003eFaith for the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (Paulist). He has made more than a thousand public presentations and has lectured widely and repeatedly throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0T5hsnCwdQA\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: 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Now is the perfect time for a sustained and thoughtful analysis of the place of conscience at the personal and institutional levels. The authors in this collection engage the tradition and advance it. A must-read for Catholic educators.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Reimer-Barry, University of San Diego\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5790d1;\"\u003e “First, every Catholic school administrator and diocesan education office needs a copy of this book. Then, across the country, we need to sit down and discuss each chapter together one-by-one over the course of many months, so that the wisdom and insight of each of the authors in this volume takes root in the daily discernment we are called to exercise as educational leaders.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Ann M. Garrido, author, \u003cem\u003eRedeeming Administration\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRedeeming Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Pope Francis's contextual theology of conscience is the guiding star for this project, which aims to be both theologically substantive and practically useful for teachers, professors, and administrators. Contributors include college professors, K-12 teachers, and school administrators, on topics such as: conscience and academic freedom, conscience formation and neuroscience, transgender students in Catholic schools, and cultivation of an ecologically sensitive conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKevin C. Baxter\u003c\/strong\u003e is director of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to his current role, he served as chief innovation officer for the National Catholic Educational Association and was superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDavid E. DeCosse\u003c\/strong\u003e is director of religious and Catholic ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, where he is also adjunct associate professor of religious studies. He is author of \u003cem\u003eCreated Freedom Under the Sign of the Cross: A Catholic Public Theology for the United States \u003c\/em\u003e(Cascade 2022) and a contributing writer at \u003cem\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is on Twitter @daviddecosse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Baxer_DeCosse_Conscience_Catholic_Educ_TOC.pdf?v=1648488906\" title=\"toc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Baxer_DeCosse_Conscience_Catholic_Educ_Intro.pdf?v=1648488888\" title=\"intro\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For the Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41056351748291,"sku":"978-1-62698-452-3","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/products\/9781626984523.jpg?v=1747248965"},{"product_id":"enacting-catholic-social-tradition-the-deep-practice-of-human-dignity","title":"Enacting Catholic Social Tradition: The Deep Practice of Human Dignity","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4784c7;\"\u003e“A rich discussion of how we can move from the principles of Catholic Social Tradition to lives concretely shaped by this tradition. 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In light of the testimony offered by modern-day prophets like Oscar Romero and Dorothy Day, Sedmak’s book provides essential and timely clarifications and criteria for the application of CST in the world and in the Church of today, with crucial attention to the pastoral and practical dimensions.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Massimo Faggioli, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"7aos37-s01ta8-4smbds-cc8mdq\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvides a needed emphasis on the fact that CST stems not from arbitrary laws laid down by Church leaders, but rather from moral guidance directly inspired by Scripture, especially the command to love Christ and the neighbor, even if doing so is extremely difficult in real-life situations. Through the use of multiple examples encountered both in parishes and in the secular world (e.g., racism, vegetarianism, taxation), the book gives helpful counsel on being mindful of particularity and contextual concerns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"gie5ma-s9wrod-ouq8z5-nmy2tu\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"hmm6c9-c2webm-w95n0i-q4yy9o\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClemens Sedmak\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of social ethics and director of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. 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This is an indispensable guide for analyzing and applying Fratelli tutti as well as the social mission of the Gospel.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Mescher, Xavier University, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Encounter: Christian Neighbor Love as a Practice of Solidarity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #235fb4;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003eSiblings All is a captivating post-conciliar theology – indispensable for understanding God’s revelation embodied in the call to social friendship and the mission of the church in our common, albeit troubled home.” —\u003cstrong\u003eAgbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #235fb4;\"\u003e“An instant classic and must-read for anyone interested in Catholic social teaching.”--\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Sean Winters, \u003cem\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"72\" width=\"376\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eForeword by Pope Francis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eIn the encyclical \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003eFratelli Tutti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), Pope Francis has offered a synthesis of his Magisterium. From its pages there emerges a “new dream” for humanity: a call to walk together, to join forces in building a more just and united world, and thereby to generate a better future for all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eIn introducing an in-depth reading of Francis’s themes, the authors begin by tracing his continuity with the themes and social teaching of the Second Vatican Council. In the second part, they highlight his original contributions, especially in \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003eFratelli tutti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Out of this constant dialectic with the tradition, the truth of “siblings all” appears as a “sign of the times” for our age, and a way for the Church to proclaim and transmit the Gospel to the contemporary world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eCardinal Michael Czerny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003e is a Czech-born Canadian Jesuit, named a cardinal in 2019. 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Trump’s racist rhetoric about Covid-19 as the ‘Chinese Virus’ has infected the American body politic with virulent and violent anti-Asian racism. Presenting Catholic Social Teaching in a new light, Cheah prescribes the vaccine that can prevent and heal the division and hatred that is tearing apart the American social fabric. His book is a must-read for all Americans.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“What a much-needed book in this time of yet another rise in anti-Asian sentiment! Cheah is the perfect theologian-author to write it, having been in the forefront of the struggle against anti-Asian racism for many years. His succinct yet profoundly insightful theological contextualizing is a tour de force.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulius-Kei Kato, King’s University College at Western University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“Cheah challenges the politics of exclusion of AAPI in racial discourses in churches, academia, and elsewhere by examining how Black and Asian Americans are racially positioned in American society and how their histories of oppression and liberation are interconnected. Through his discussion of toxic stereotypes he offers ways of building bridges, forming communities, and cultivating an antiracist society. It is essential reading for students, teachers, and those engaging in pastoral ministries.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion; author, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpirit Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4399b3;\"\u003e“This is clear analysis of Asian Americans’ complicated and subordinated racial position in the U.S., and more importantly, an invaluable theological application of how Catholic Social Teaching relates to the racism that Asians and Pacific Islanders face, and how readers can meet Jesus amidst our communities.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRussell Jeung, San Francisco State University; cofounder, Stop AAPI Hate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis is the most comprehensive analysis to date\u003c\/span\u003e of anti-Asian racism, told from a Catholic perspective. Cheah includes relevant Catholic Social Teaching documents, comparing and contrasting the Asian experience with anti-Black racism. The heart of the book is structured around three major stereotypes: perpetual foreigner, Yellow Peril, and the myth of the model minority. These are examined from the perspectives of history, Asian American Studies, Asian American marginal theology, biblical studies, and CST.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Cheah \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor and chair of the department of philosophy, theology, and religious studies at the University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eRace and Religion in American Buddhism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTheological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”: A Racial, Sexual, and Cultural Critique\u003c\/em\u003e, with Grace Ji-Sun Kim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480_97069250-39fa-430d-bfc2-059faf5f3344_480x480.webp?v=1660153812\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Cheah_Anti-Asian_Racism_Intro.pdf?v=1661259848\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Cheah_Anti-Asian_Racism_TOC.pdf?v=1661259848\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; 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G. is stirringly persuasive in showing us that the Christian story cannot be told without the immigrant story. Reading his book will call you to a truer, indeed blessed relationship to God, your neighbor and your very self.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eLeo J. O'Donovan, S.J., Jesuit Refugee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e\"This book could not come at a more opportune time, with more than three million refugees streaming out of Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing borders in search of safety and life. With his trademark spirituality and pastoral heart, Dan Groody teaches us to see the crucified body of Christ in the broken bodies of refugees and how their bodies are transubstantiated into the Eucharistic Body of Christ to give new life to us all. \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Migration \u003c\/em\u003eis an absolute must-read\u003cstrong\u003e.”--Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e“Weaving migrant stories, Scriptural reflections, and church documents around the various dimensions of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, \u003cem\u003eA Theology of Migration\u003c\/em\u003e is profound, yet practical. This significative contribution to Groody’s already important work is a timely word for all Christians.” \u003cstrong\u003e-M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas), PhD, Scripture Press Ministries Professor of Biblical Studies and Pedagogy, Wheaton College and Graduate School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e “This book is singularly powerful in its location of migrants, their dreams, cries, and relationship with God within the structure of the mass. It is ultimately about our faith: how we, in our understanding of and hospitality to migrants, make our own migration back to God.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Carolyn Y. Woo, Distinguished President’s Fellow for Global Development, Purdue University; author, \u003ci\u003eRising: Learning from Women’s Leadership in Catholic Ministries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e\"Groody explores both the “outer journey of migrants and the inner journey of faith,” framed by the eucharistic liturgy. He moves fluidly between the painful realities that migrants and refugees experience—hunger, thirst, violence, incarceration, rejection—and the body of Christ present at Mass, creating a “Eucharistic hermeneutic of migration directed toward the redemption of the world.” His description of the Mass Pope Francis celebrated in Lampedusa reveals parallels between the broken bodies of migrants and the Eucharist. This book serves as a powerful companion in understanding migration through the eyes of faith. \"\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhonda Miska\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eU.S. Catholic Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e“\u003c\/strong\u003eDan Groody has a very natural gift of theological wholeness. He intuits the whole picture. You do not need to be involved in immigration or refugee work to find great inspiration in this book. It is about community, a very full theology of church, and a foundation for mystical service and practical prayer in a deeply suffering world.\u003cstrong\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1c759e;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3793bc;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #28a1d7;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YU3kqzVXU6w\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a systematic theology of migration that seeks to reframe the operative political, social and cultural narratives through a Eucharistic narrative. The heart of it revolves around the outer journey of migrants, the inner journey of faith, and the divine journey into our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on accounts of migrants and refugees around the globe, the book explores the relationship between faith and justice, theology and migration, and Christian spirituality and the challenges of the modern world. From a theological perspective, it is about the God who first migrated to our world in the Incarnation and the God who calls people to migrate back to our spiritual homeland as citizens of the Kingdom. It explores the body of Christ as encountered inside of a church building in the sacrament of the Eucharist and the body of Christ as encountered outside of it in the least and the last of our world today (Mt. 25:31–46). In the context of the global migration and refugee crisis, it examines ways the divine and human intermingle on our earthly pilgrimage and transform us into the image and likeness of God to become bread for the world through the works of mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel G. Groody\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Holy Cross priest, \u003cspan\u003eVice President and Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan\u003eprofessor of theology and global affairs\u003c\/span\u003e at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored many books and articles, translated into seven languages, including \u003cem\u003eGlobalization, Spirituality, and Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, and is host of a podcast, “Heart’s Desire and Social Change” (heartsdesiresocialchange.com).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480.gif?v=1648062511\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Groody_A_Theology_of_Migration_Intro.pdf?v=1654616471\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Groody_A_Theology_of_Migration_TOC.pdf?v=1654616471\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202303\/what-were-reading-this-month-march-2023\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"286\" width=\"501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/ATheologyofMigrationTheBodiesofRefugeesandtheBodyofChristachievesabalancethatisuncommonascholarlytheologytextthatremainsfirmlyrootedinlivedreality._1_480x480.png?v=1680182607\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/fault-lines\/a-theology-of-immigration\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"286\" width=\"501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Fault_Lines_A_Theology_of_Immigration_None_of_us_have_a_permanent_residence_here_in_this_world_the_Reverend_Dan_Groody_says._By_Jay_Caspian_Kang_February_3_2026.png?v=1770314887\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41465052922051,"sku":"978-1-62698-487-5","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626984875.jpg?v=1747249004"},{"product_id":"the-nature-of-theology-challenges-frameworks-basic-beliefs","title":"The Nature of Theology","description":"\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2a5e09;\"\u003e*Catholic Media Association Award Winner*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1a4b93;\"\u003e\"A readable, serious, and compact \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSumma\u003c\/span\u003e that puts you in Roger Haight's renowned classroom, condensing the insights from a remarkably creative, dynamic theological career.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTom Beaudoin, Fordham University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1a4b93;\"\u003e\"A clear, lucid, and very accessible introduction to thinking theologically in response to current issues. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Nature of Theology \u003c\/span\u003ewill be widely used as an introductory text in theology courses because it demonstrates in content and organization how theological thinking can respond in holistic and transformative ways to the challenges of skepticism, relativism, and ontic pessimism.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSusan Abraham, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Pacific School of Religion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1a4b93;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"The Nature of Theology\u003c\/span\u003e offers rich resources for doing and teaching theology in an era shaped by scientific understandings of reality, characterized by religious and cultural pluralism, and marred by the reality of unspeakable suffering. At the level of both method and constructive engagement, this book provides a valuable introduction to contemporary theological discussions of classical doctrines.\"--\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePaul J. Schutz, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Santa Clara University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscusses the discipline of theology in light of our current situation. As with his 1990 book Dynamics of Theology, he is still seeking to clarify what the academic study of Christian theology is about, but here he is taking into account significant shifts in the context of theology during the past three decades. These include: the dialogue with science; extensive development of liberation theologies; public acceptance of religious pluralism; and increased scrutiny on Christology as a result of the rise of religious pluralism. He will thus ask questions such as: How can theology maintain a real authority in its exchange with scientific culture and a critically informed political culture? If religious pluralism means one religious tradition can learn from other religions, how does theology justify the particular claims of its tradition? If theology arises out of a faith community, how does it retain its autonomy as an academic discipline relative to the more objective disciplines of social sciences and religious studies?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRoger Haight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, SJ, is currently a visiting professor of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. A past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, he is author of many books—most recently Faith and Evolution: A Grace-filled Naturalism and Spiritual and Religious: Explorations for Seekers (both Orbis).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Haight_The_Nature_of_Theology_Intro.pdf?v=1679586395\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#2b00ff\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Haight_The_Nature_of_Theology_TOC.pdf?v=1679586395\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/theologian-roger-haight-honored-ctsas-john-courtney-murray-award\"\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheologianRogerHaighthonoredwithCTSA_sJohnCourtneyMurrayAward_1_480x480.png?v=1686839391\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheologianRogerHaighthonoredwithCTSA_sJohnCourtneyMurrayAward_1_480x480.png?v=1686839391\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/catholicbooksreview.org\/2023\/Haight.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/CATHOLICBOOKSREVIEW_480x480.png?v=1684771939\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41833518923971,"sku":"978-1-62698-488-2","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/TheNatureofTheology-Haight.jpg?v=1747249006"},{"product_id":"9781626985452","title":"With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 92, 19);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 92, 19);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Place - Ecumenism or Interfaith Relations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(28, 92, 19);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" width=\"431\" height=\"246\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\"Especially useful reading for people considering, or new to, working in interreligious settings or engaging interfaith dialogue.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-Daniel F. Polish, in \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecumenical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e“If we learn by mistakes, this book teaches us the basics about interreligious relationships.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Pim Valkenberg, The Catholic University of America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e “A uniquely significant collection as America fine-tunes its interreligious ethos for greater harmony! The diverse voices and multiple positionalities here illuminate for us the transformative power of reflection on missteps and mistakes that is grounded in humility in the march toward that ideal!” \u003cstrong\u003e—Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Wellesley College\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e  \"Brilliant contribution to the field, which underscores the courage we need for constructive dialogue and collaborative action.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Rabbi Joshua Stanton, director of leadership and formation at CLAL—The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e “Presents readers with illuminating examples of when practice does not match theory. It should be required reading for scholars, educators, administrators, and community organizers engaging religiously diverse contexts, as well as leaders working toward multireligious coalition building.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Axel  M. Oaks Takacs, editor-in-chief, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Interreligious Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b53a4;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(27, 83, 164);\"\u003e\"Those who are new to interreligious dialogue have much to learn from these testimonies. Those who are more experienced will very likely be made aware of mistakes and missteps they had never even thought of. It should be noted, however, that an unthinking inclusion in an interreligious setting of beliefs or practices that some of the participants would find shocking or offensive does not necessarily preclude a mutually beneficial interreligious relationship. In fact, missteps, when addressed openly and respectfully, can also be the catalyst for a deeper level of dialogue.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(27, 83, 164);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Skudlarek OSB, in \u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #1952a6;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith any new human endeavor, errors and failures are inevitable. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith the Best of Intentions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e more than three dozen scholars and practitioners of many faiths explore cases of missteps and outright failures of interfaith encounters. Each case also provides critical discussion of what went wrong, and why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucinda Mosher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, ThD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is director of the MA in interreligious studies program at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and senior editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Interreligious Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. Her many books include the award-winning co-edited volume \u003cem\u003eHindu Approaches to Spiritual Care\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElinor (Ellie) Pierce\u003c\/strong\u003e is the research director for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, author of \u003cem\u003ePluralism in Practice, \u003c\/em\u003eand a documentarian whose most recent film is \u003cem\u003eAbraham’s Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabbi Or Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founding director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning \u0026amp; Leadership of Hebrew College and co-editor of the award-winning anthology, \u003cem\u003eMy Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Mosher_et_al_With_the_Best_of_Intentions_TOC.pdf?v=1691076017\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Mosher_et_al_With_the_Best_of_Intentions_Intro.pdf?v=1691076017\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClick Here For The Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/book-reviews\/view\/29405\/with-the-best-of-intentions\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/WiththeBestofIntentionsInterreligiousMisstepsandMistakesByLucindaMosher_ed._ElinorJ.Pierce_ed._OrN.Rose_ed._Learningtobeinterreligiousfromourmistakes.BookReviewbyJ_480x480.png?v=1696349067\"\u003e  \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2024\/03\/with-best-of-intentions-interreligious.html\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"271\" width=\"475\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_PONDERINGS_ON_A_FAITH_JOURNEY_The_Thoughts_PONDERINGS_ON_A_FAITH_JOURNEY_The_Thoughts_and_Opinions_of_a_Disciples_of_Christ_pastor_and_church_historian._and_Opinions_o_c307a3ac-5bb5-4f97-a2ec-525a76724f5e.png?v=1710253835\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44436520665389,"sku":"978-1-62698-545-2","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Withthebestofintentions.jpg?v=1747249084"},{"product_id":"9781626985407","title":"Church as Sanctuary: Reconstructing Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 92, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 92, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 92, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 92, 12);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Place - Catholic Social Teaching\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg height=\"239\" width=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 70, 120);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 70, 120);\"\u003e*Advance Praise and Reviews*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 70, 120);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 70, 120);\"\u003e\"Offers a bold new ecclesiology that has both material and symbolic import, transforming the faithful's self-understanding of what it means to be church, as well as the use of church property as refuge.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eNancy Pineda-Madrid, Loyola Marymount University, Theological Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“This book brings hope for understanding the church as a site of refuge, healing, holiness, and salvation grounded in the best theological and ministerial traditions of church as sanctuary, a relevant response to today's times.” –\u003cstrong\u003eMaria Pilar Aquino, professor emerita of theology and religious studies, University of San Diego\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“A must read for all who dream of church renewal because they hunger and thirst for God’s justice.” –\u003cstrong\u003eEdgardo A. Colón-Emeric, dean, Duke Divinity School \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“A sustained reflection for shaping a contemporary theology of sanctuary to enable delivery of good news to the bad news situation of displaced human beings. Absolutely triumphant!” – \u003cstrong\u003eHarold J. Recinos, professor, Southern Methodist University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e\"An ecclesiology of liberation for US Christians and anyone who is wondering about what it means to be a people of God in our context. . . . Guardado challenges US Christians to be church by accompanying those whose humanity is threatened—no matter what the costs may be.” –\u003cstrong\u003eTisha Rajendra, associate professor, Loyola University Chicago \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“A deeply theological look at all the beauty and contradictions of the Sanctuary movement in the 1980s. With writing that is clear, beautiful, lyrical, and moving, Guardado challenges us all to recognize the prophetic role of the church in human history.” –\u003cstrong\u003eFelipe Hinojosa, Jackson Family Chair for Baylor in Latin America, Baylor University \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“A nuanced and profoundly moving book that ponders the sacramental nature of the Church to remember, rethink, and rebuild the practice of sanctuary in the US and beyond.” –\u003cstrong\u003eVictor Carmona, PhD, University of San Diego\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“Provides rich theological insights to today’s church life and faith-based organizing through the lenses of civil initiative rooted in nonviolence where truth and liberation are searched for in a community that converts to communion via sanctuary.” –\u003cstrong\u003eYara Gonzalez-Justiano, assistant professor, Vanderbilt University \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e“A compelling and necessary reading of the signs of the times.” –\u003cstrong\u003eFilipe Maia, assistant professor, Boston University School of Theology \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e “A must-read for theologians and others who understand the Church as \u003ci\u003enecessarily\u003c\/i\u003e sanctuary– not merely as a holy site but as a defying space and force that save the lives of the displaced and persecuted.” \u003cstrong\u003e–Orlando Espin, emeritus professor of theology, University of San Diego \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(37, 72, 124);\"\u003e“Guardado’s work is recommended to parish and academic libraries.” - \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan M. Camille, Catholic Library World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #254678;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_996f4ae0-8f3e-42e0-a70e-fae1efcca8a6_480x480.png?v=1692714321\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eNo study has yet examined the tradition of sanctuary as the starting point for rethinking the church in an age of global displacement. \u003cem\u003eChurch as Sanctuary\u003c\/em\u003e, argues that if church sanctuary is going to be legible as a pillar of ecclesial existence in modernity, then we need a theology of sanctuary that reconstitutes this rich tradition anew, placing it at the service of a displaced world. By its very nature, church sanctuary is and has always served as a creative ecclesial and sacramental response to persons whose life is threatened by generalized or state violence, and in our contemporary society the church’s rejection of its own tradition places at risk other forms of sanctuary that exist in symbolic relation to the church’s historical practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo Guardado\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is assistant professor, the department of theology, Fordham University. The Salvadoran Civil War forced Guardado and his mother to migrate to Los Angeles, CA, where he grew up from the age of nine.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover design:  \u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eMichael Calvente \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1684772385\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Guardado_Church_as_Sanctuary_TOC.pdf?v=1694703608\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Guardado_Church_as_Sanctuary_TOC.pdf?v=1694703608\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Guardado_Church_as_Sanctuary_Intro.pdf?v=1694703608\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202510\/what-happened-to-the-catholic-tradition-of-sanctuary-leo-guardado\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/What_happened_to_the_Catholic_tradition_of_sanctuary_Leo_Guardado.png?v=1760360764\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44436521058605,"sku":"978-1-62698-540-7","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Guardado-ChurchasSanctuary_769a563d-a676-4e15-9f4c-9ffbb17bc1fa.jpg?v=1747249094"},{"product_id":"9781626985520","title":"Enacting Integral Human Development","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(11, 73, 20);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatholic Media Association Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(11, 73, 20);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention  - Catholic Social Teaching\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(11, 73, 20);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Award_6.png?v=1719329253\" width=\"448\" height=\"256\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"196\" width=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_9723a582-5d7d-4b2e-9dfc-3ede87f9b727.webp?v=1710786098\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(32, 78, 147);\"\u003e“I applaud Prof. Sedmak’s deep and far-reaching treatment of ‘integral human development.’ Reading his exploration of the bedrock concept of human dignity will richly reward both the researchers and the practitioners who seek to advance human development.” –\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(32, 78, 147);\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEnacting Integral Human Development \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent book. It is at once remarkably accessible with clear examples and conceptually rigorous. Sedmak provides a rich understanding of Integral Human Development as an analytic lens useful in promoting the development of every person and the whole person by respecting the dignity of each person as a whole and contextualized person.” –\u003cstrong\u003eLori Keleher, New Mexico State University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(32, 78, 147);\"\u003e“Integral Human Development, grounded in the pursuit of human dignity and the common good, is such an inspiring and capacious concept that it naturally draws a wide audience. The danger is that this embrace is seldom matched by action or accountability. Sedmak, in \u003ci\u003eEnacting Integral Human Development\u003c\/i\u003e, directly addresses this challenge by providing clear and grounded definitions, explicit markers for assessing projects and policies, rich illuminations of authentic implementation, and examples of false steps and embedded biases. This is an invaluable companion for all scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers who stand on Integral Human Development as their guiding framework.” –\u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Woo, former President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Integral Human Development” (IHD) is a term coined by Louis-Joseph Lebret OP and then used by Paul VI in his encyclical Populorum Progressio in 1967. It is, in a way, the Catholic approach to human development and has been adopted by Catholic Relief Services. Pope Francis has emphasized the idea with the creation of a special dicastery of which Cardinal Czerny is the new Prefect. Similar to \u003ci\u003eEnacting Catholic Social Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e, the book emphasizes practice and examples without being a simple “how-to” book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClemens Sedmak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofessor of social ethics and interim director, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Capacity to Be Displaced: Resilience, Mission, and Inner Strength\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2017), and \u003ci\u003eEnacting Catholic Social Teaching \u003c\/i\u003e(Orbis, 2022).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover design:  Michael Calvente\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image.webp?v=1717698091\" width=\"423\" height=\"81\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sedmak_Enacting_Integral_Human_Development_TOC.pdf?v=1694705630\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sedmak_Enacting_Integral_Human_Development_Intro.pdf?v=1694705630\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x_s1\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44436522238253,"sku":"978-1-62698-552-0","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Sedmak-EnactingIntegralHumanDevelopment.jpg?v=1747249106"},{"product_id":"community-of-missionary-disciples-the-continuing-creation-of-the-church","title":"Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"250\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Cream_Orange_Olive_Green_Floral_Illustration_Catholic_Baptism_Certificate_Business_Card_US_Portrait_4_x_2.5_in_2.png?v=1748448375\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 84, 154);\"\u003e\"This monograph is an unparalleled theological resource for understanding the ecclesiological implications of the mission of the church. As such, it should be required reading for students of Christian theology and at the top of anyone’s reading list who is interested in learning more about what it means to be and perform church in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century. Indeed, \u003cem\u003eCommunity of Missionary Disciples \u003c\/em\u003eis Bevans’ \u003cem\u003emagnum opus \u003c\/em\u003eand will leave readers eager to get their hands on whatever he writes next.\" -\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarcus Timothy Haworth, Reading Religion, University of Notre Dame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 84, 154);\"\u003e“Steve Bevans draws on his lifelong scholarship, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eteaching,\u003c\/span\u003e and ministry to elaborate a comprehensive and challenging ecclesiology. [This volume,] characterized by unparalleled depth of scholarship, open ecumenism, rich pastoral insights, and trademark lucidity, will be an instant classic. No course on ecclesiology can do without it.” –\u003cb\u003ePeter C. Phan, Ignacio Ellacuria, SJ, Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 84, 154);\"\u003e“Informed by years of reflection on innovative theological explorations around the world, Stephen Bevans offers a splendid presentation of what it means for Christians to be a community of missionary disciples who are grounded in the experience of the Trinitarian missions of the divine Word and the Holy Spirit. He offers an inspiring image of Christians gathered by the Spirit who are always on the move, bringing healing, liberation, and wholeness through the experience of God in Jesus Christ. Highly recommended for all students of Christian theology and all theological libraries.” –\u003cb\u003eLeo D. Lefebure, Matteo Ricci, SJ, Chair of Theology, Georgetown University \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 84, 154);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCommunity of Missionary Disciples\u003c\/i\u003e is truly a \u003ci\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/i\u003e of Stephen Bevans as he presents an in-depth and creative missionary ecclesiology and ecclesiological missiology. This work has gone through a birthing process over a period of five decades of Bevans’ teaching, research, reflection, and the engagement of multiple contexts. He offers a fresh and challenging approach to ecclesiological dynamics and possibilities, especially in the book’s third section on the structure of the church.” –\u003cb\u003eRoger Schroeder, Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Chair of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f5db9;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg height=\"75\" width=\"327\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_3_480x480.png?v=1705949898\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Society of Missiology Series #65\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive ecclesiology through a missionary lens Stephen Bevans unpacks the profound Catholic conviction that the church is missionary by its very nature as he considers what it means for the church to be on mission, in community, and together in discipleship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e1.  Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Foundation of the Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e2.  The Spirit of Christ and the Birth of the Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e3. The Future that Calls Forth the Church: The Reign of God and the Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e4. The Mission that Calls Forth the Church: A Single, Complex Reality\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e5. The Dialogue that Calls Forth the Church: The Practice of Prophetic Dialogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e6. The Church as the People of God: Called to be a Blessing for All Nations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e7. The Church as the Body of Christ: Sharing and Continuing the Mission of Jesus\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e8. The Church as the Creation of the Spirit: Presence, Challenge, Surprises\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e9. Dimensions of the Missionary Church I: Apostolicity and Catholicity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e10.  Dimensions of the Missionary Church II: Holiness and Unity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e11.  Baptismal Missionary Discipleship\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e12 . Leadership for a Missionary Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e13 . Ministerial Missionary Discipleship\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e14 . Ordained Missionary Discipleship I: (Ordained) Ministry in History and Context\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e15 . Ordained Missionary Discipleship II: A Theology of Ordained Ministry in a Missionary Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStephen B. Bevans, SVD\u003c\/b\u003e is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eModels of Contextual Theology; An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunity of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(all Orbis Books). He is co-author with Roger P. Schroeder of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProphetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand also serves as editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMission Studies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand contributing editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Bulletin of Missionary Research\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2021 Bevans was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Missiology.  In 2025 \u003cspan\u003eFather Steve Bevans SVD won the highest honor of the Catholic Theological Society of America: The John Courtney Murray Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003eCover photo:   “Community of Missionary Disciples” by John Christman, acrylic on canvas, 2023. Used with permission. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCover design:  Ponie Sheehan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003eAlso of Interest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/constants-in-context?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=24504f02b\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"259\" width=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Constants_Context_2018_720x_f8e7e0b5-593a-4388-bf21-d72f7a747c3c_480x480.jpg?v=1707412590\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/9781608339952?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=0e5de8f4e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"259\" width=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/978-1-62698-538-4_720x_0cd9a247-6b23-473e-a76e-93e37a443c4c_480x480.webp?v=1707412864\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/what-is-the-mission-of-the-church?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=4ae8310d2\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"254\" width=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626982734_360x_4b67d0e6-b2b1-4ce8-b981-5663575e5f47_480x480.webp?v=1707412902\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; 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color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003eClick Here For The Book Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divineword.org\/world-renowned-missiologist-receives-lifetime-achievement-award\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/World-renownedmissiologistreceiveslifetimeachievementawardByTheresaCarsonTheAmericanSocietyofMissiology_ASM_hasawardedits2021LifetimeAchievementAwardtoFatherStephenBevans_480x480.png?v=1696439494\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"153\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/articles\/202103\/a-reflection-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-lent\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/AreflectionforthefifthSundayofLentStephenBevans_480x480.png?v=1696439642\" width=\"268\" height=\"153\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.missiology.org\/podcast\/26--Stephen-Bevans\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitleddesign_6_480x480.png?v=1696439765\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"153\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/englewoodreview.org\/important-theology-books-of-2024\/2\/\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Fifteen_Important_Theology_Books_of_2024_1.png?v=1734443780\" width=\"268\" height=\"153\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/readingreligion.org\/9781626985551\/community-of-missionary-disciples\/\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: left;\" height=\"156\" width=\"272\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_now_booking_october_2.png?v=1749654724\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978796491053,"sku":"978-1-62698-555-1","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Bevans_CommunityofMissionaryDisciples_c30f5e98-e5a9-4f75-a35d-10be196fbe8a.jpg?v=1747249126"},{"product_id":"christ-without-borders","title":"Christ Without Borders","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003eAdvance Praise and Reviews\u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicmediaassociation.org\/2025-cma-book-awards\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"84\" width=\"281\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Popular_Presentation_of_the_Catholic_Faith_6.png?v=1751382500\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e“From ‘Jesus without borders’ to ‘Christ without borders’–a critical challenge to any meaningful intercultural and interreligious theology today. Fruit of three decades of research and teaching Christology, Jacob Parappally’s \u003cem\u003eChrist without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e grapples with this problem daringly and compellingly. A book for those who want to dig deeper.” \u003cstrong\u003e–Isaac Padinjarekuttu, former professor and dean, Jnanadeepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDie Summe eines Lebenswerk\u003c\/em\u003e. The sum of a lifelong engagement, \u003cem\u003eChrist without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e is a search for a real and faithful vision of the Mystery of Jesus Christ, God in History. Parappally deftly explores the capacity of Christology from the ‘West’ to grasp the experiences of a multifaceted Asia, especially India. This book offers the insights of a theologian who lives and thinks in a rich multiculturalism.” \u003cstrong\u003e–Josef Freitag, professor for dogmatics, Catholic Theology Faculty, University of Erfurt, Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3666ab;\"\u003e“In this illuminating and beautifully written study, Jacob Parappally picks up where Raimon Panikkar left off, making sense of the Indic experience of Christ. The book will be indispensable for exploring Indian theologians’ own challenge to think through and beyond Christological dogmas that are expressed in Greek categories of thought.”\u003cstrong\u003e –Ebrico Beltramini, Notre Dame de Namur University; author, \u003cem\u003eMichael Amaladoss and the Quest for Indian Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eExplores the mystery of Christ through the experiences and perspectives of India and South Asia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eIn this stimulating work of global Christology, noted scholar Jacob Parappally develops critiques of Western Christian preoccupations with dogmas and doctrines about Jesus Christ that “do not let the mystery of Christ be experienced by those who do not share” Jewish, Greco-Roman, Mediterranean, and European perspectives. \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eChrist without Borders \u003c\/em\u003eshows how the peoples of India and South Asia have experienced Jesus Christ and asks if these Christians have not themselves a valuable contribution to make to Christology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"tab-stops: 76.8pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e                          \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eOne Jesus, Many Christologies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Emergence of Various Christologies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Mystery of Christ in Our History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eChristographies and Christologies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Challenge to Discover Christ within Cultures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Difference Christologies of Asia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eJesus of the Poor and the Christ of Religion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eRejection and Reception of Christ in India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Newness of Jesus Christ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eChrist beyond Chalcedon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eThe Suffering Christ of the Subcontinent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eChrist of Christian Faith in Dialogue with Islamic Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eChrist beyond Postmodernism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eFrom Christology to Christophany\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eJacob Parappally, MSFS,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He served as president of the Indian Theological Association from 2005-2011 and is currently a formator and teacher at Suvidya College, Bengaluru, India. His books include \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eEmerging Trends in Indian Christology; The Meaning of Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christology;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eA Way of the Cross for Today\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Together, these authors demonstrate the many ways that God calls Christians to bother to love one another and the world as our vocation in the mundane and extraordinary alike. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eBothering to Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e provides a thorough and thoughtful treatment of key areas of Catholic theological ethics, vital for scholars and students alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eIn addition to the editors, contributors include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003eMaria Cimperman, RSCJ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"\u003e, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago; \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel J. 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O'Brien in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #134ea6;\"\u003e\"Thanks to Massimo Faggioli for devoting himself to helping us write the next chapter in our American Catholic history.\"\u003cb\u003e -David O'Brien, College of the Holy Cross, American Catholic Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #134ea6;\"\u003e“As Massimo Faggioli argues, only a theology that is at once critical, engaged, and unambiguously ecclesial will have the capacity to nourish the present renewal of the Church and its mission. A must read.”—\u003cb\u003eCatherine E. Clifford, professor, systematic and historical theology, Saint Paul University, Ottawa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #134ea6;\"\u003e“Reading this book excited me: it made plain the urgency and magnitude of the situation, but its vision for a concrete way forward also projects hope.”\u003cb\u003e—Kristin Colberg, professor, theology, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University, MN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #134ea6;\"\u003e“Traditionalists attack them. Bishops ignore them. Think-tanks rise up to displace them. Technocratic administrators dismantle their departments. Beyond the besiegement, Faggioli's call is to his fellow theologians: continue to be critical but dare to do theology for the Church.” \u003cb\u003e—Gerald W. Schlabach, professor emeritus, theology, University of St. Thomas, MN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #134ea6;\"\u003e“Faggioli’s deeply researched discussion will help Catholic theologians and administrators alike understand the place of academic theology in Catholic institutions of higher learning.”\u003cb\u003e—Phyllis Zagano, Hofstra University; author, \u003ci\u003eJust Church: Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality, and Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/image.webp?v=1717698091\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"77\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e“Our problem in Catholic higher education is bigger than the collapse of ecclesial credibility, bigger than the behavior of the bishops, bigger than the waning interest in theological studies, and bigger than politics.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; tab-stops: center 3.25in left 352.2pt;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e—Massimo Faggioli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; tab-stops: center 3.25in left 352.2pt;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMany Catholic universities in the United States have put their Catholic mission at risk—by either ceding to secular neoliberal values or by doubling down on reactionary Catholic tribalism. Student enrollment declines as some schools market themselves no differently than secular colleges. Other, conversely, neo-traditionalist Catholic colleges ally themselves with regressive elements of the Church. Both trends, Faggioli says, reflect a dismantling of Vatican II’s vision for Catholic education. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 1.55in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e                              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eScrutinizing this crisis in detail, Massimo Faggioli reviews the snowballing changes in Catholic higher education, advocating for a renewed incarnational and sacramental Catholic educational philosophy that rejects accommodation to secular technocracy as well as Catholic tribalism in order to embody the inclusive, socially conscious values of the Catholic tradition as expressed in the theology of Vatican II. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 1.45in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e                             \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003eMassimo Faggioli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #2d2d2d; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003e is professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University and a contributing writer to \u003ci\u003eCommonweal \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and \u003ci\u003eLa Croix International\u003c\/i\u003e. He was co-founder of the unit “Vatican II Studies” at the American Academy of Religion and is on the board of editors of the journal \u003ci\u003eConcilium\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Vatican II\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Catherine Clifford, 2023) and, for Orbis Books, \u003ci\u003eThe Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis. 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With curiosity, wisdom, and dogged investigation, Bratten Weiss questions assumptions and tears down idols. In doing so, she leaves us with truer and enduring stories about literary greats.” -\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Denker, author, \u003ci\u003eDisciples of White Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed State Christians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(23, 111, 49);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(23, 111, 49);\"\u003e“A compelling, insightful exploration of the harmful ideas enmeshed in books that so many of us have treasured—and a fascinating story of one person’s transformation from bookish, conservative culture warrior to socially conscious feminist author. \u003ci\u003eThe Books That Made Us\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing reminder that true gospel values require us to side with the oppressed, not aid the oppressor.” \u003cb\u003e—Rosalie Morales Kearns, author\u003ci\u003e, Kingdom of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eWhat do you do when you realize that the books you were taught to revere imbued you with false perspectives on humanity, society, and morals? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is the question editor and journalist Rebecca Bratten Weiss poses, as she revisits beloved but problematic Christian writers like G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien, Evelyn Waugh, and C.S. Lewis. While documenting her journey out of conservative Christian culture, Bratten Weiss sorts through the rubble of old beliefs, discerning which to discard and which to keep.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Books That Made Us\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ereminds readers how powerfully literature can shape us—and how devastatingly it can harm us.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eRebecca Bratten Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e is digital editor at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eU.S. Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, co-host of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlad You 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