Reconciling Faith and Reason

by Rausch, Thomas P.

• ISBN13: 9780814659564
• ISBN10: 081465956X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Michael Glazier

Summary

..".what Rausch offers his readers is hope for the future of the Catholic Church."

Author Biography

Thomas P. Rausch is the T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology and chair of the department of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
A Divided Church	p. 1
The Catholic Left	p. 2
The Conservative Catholic Subculture	p. 5
Conclusions	p. 9
Contemporary Catholic Theology	p. 11
The Emergence of a Critical Theology	p. 12
Disputed Questions	p. 20
Conclusions	p. 32
The New Apologists	p. 35
Apologetics	p. 36
The New Apologists	p. 39
Why Catholics Leave the Church	p. 48
Conclusions	p. 50
Scripture, Tradition, and Church	p. 53
Tradition	p. 54
Scripture	p. 56
Church	p. 62
Conclusions	p. 69
Sexual Morality	p. 71
Moral Theology	p. 72
A Practical Example	p. 74
Towards a More Biblical Morality	p. 76
Integrating Law and Gospel	p. 80
Conclusions	p. 84
Eucharist and Liturgy	p. 87
Medieval Developments	p. 89
Vatican II and Liturgical Renewal	p. 91
Where We Are Today	p. 93
Unresolved Issues	p. 95
Conclusions	p. 97
A New Evangelization	p. 99
Finding the Language that Gives Life	p. 102
Towards an Evangelical Theology	p. 109
Conclusions	p. 113
Towards Common Ground in Theology	p. 115
Principles	p. 117
Conclusions	p. 125
Index of Names	p. 127
Index of Subjects	p. 131
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