Christian Ministry in the Divine Milieu: Catholicity, Evolution, and the Reign of God

 * Advance Praise and Reviews *

"An essential text for modern ministers. It shifts the definition of 'catholicity' away from rigid uniformity and redefines it as a dynamically diverse unity, where the local church works actively alongside God in the unfolding of history." — Reading Religion Academic Digest

"Successfully integrates Teilhard de Chardin's evolutionary framework into a deeply practical, modern ecclesiology." — Horizons Journal Review

"Deconstructs strict hierarchies to celebrate the sacred, sacramental nature of all communal service." — Global Theological Forum Listing

"Maldari offers a rare, much-needed ecclesiology built from a modern scientific perspective. By looking through the lens of evolutionary biology, this text offers a radical rethinking of the Eucharist, original sin, and the global mission of the Church." — Cambridge Core Academic Critique

Ministry is ultimately cooperating with God in furthering the process of creation to its fulfillment in salvation. It also humbly recognizes human limitation and dependence upon the Holy Spirit. Fr. Maldari thus suggests that the sacrament of holy orders needs rethinking to celebrate the sacramental character of all ministries.

Donald C. Maldari, SJ is professor of theology at the Pacific Regional Seminary in Fiji, and past associate professor of religious studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. He has also taught theology at the Centre Pedro-Arrupe in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), and he has worked as a chaplain in a Mexican penal colony, a parish priest in Brooklyn, and the associate director of novices for the Jesuit novitiate in Syracuse.