Contemporary Catholic Theology A Reader

by Hayes, Michael A.; Gearon, Liam

• ISBN13: 9780826411723
• ISBN10: 082641172X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The contents of this volume offer the reader a broad insight into Catholic theology. Established as an indispensable introduction to six areas of study: The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Person of Jesus, The Church, Christian Morality, and The Sacraments. This collection provides key texts from some of the most distinguished writers in Catholic theology today.Contributors include: Philippe BTguerie and Claude Duchesneau, Christopher Butler, Raymond Brown, S.S., Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., Gideon Goosen and Margaret Tomlinson, John H. Hayes, Monika Hellwig, Aidan Kavanagh, O.S.B., Dermot A. Lane, Enda Lyons, Vincent MacNamara, Richard P. McBrien, Enda McDonagh, Joseph Martos, Robert Murray, S.J., Denis F. O'Callaghan, Timothy E. O'Connell, John F. O'Grady, Jean-Pierre PrTvost, Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Jeffrey S. Siker, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Francis Sullivan, S.J.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Lawrence S. Cunningham
Preface	viii
Michael A. Hayes
Liam Gearon
Abbreviations	xiii
Section I Scripture
Introduction
The Church and the Bible: A New Understanding Appendix from Biblical Commission	3	(1)
Raymond E. Brown
Revelation	13	(1)
Robert Murray
Historical-Critical Exegesis of the Bible in Roman Catholicism	25	(1)
Raymond E. Brown
Old Testament
Returning to the Sources: The Hebrew Bible	40	(1)
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
The Canon of the Old Testament	62	(1)
J. H. Hayes
What is a Prophet?	87	(1)
Jean-Pierre Prevost
New Testament
Introduction to the Study of the New Testament	109	(1)
Jeffrey S. Siker
The Gospel Stories	135	(1)
Gideon Goosen
Margaret Tomlinson
The Spiritual Journey of Paul the Apostle	165	(1)
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Section II Theology
Person of Jesus
The Present State of Christology	183	(1)
John F. O'Grady
The Doctrine of the Incarnation: Human and Cosmic Considerations	209	(1)
Dermot A. Lane
Jesus, Saviour and Son of God	234	(1)
Monika Hellwig
His Own Person or Divine Puppet?	251	(1)
Enda Lyons
The Church
The Church and the Council	259	(1)
Thomas P. Rausch
The Church (Lumen Gentium)	279	(1)
Richard P. McBrien
The Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)	294	(1)
Enda McDonagh
The Church We Believe In	316	(1)
Francis Sullivan
Evaluation and Interpretation of the Documents of Vatican II	335	(1)
Francis Sullivan
Ecumenism	349	(1)
Christopher Butler
Christian Morality
What's `Special' About Christian Morality?	369	(1)
Denis F. O'Callaghan
Approaching Christian Morality	374	(1)
Vincent MacNamara
The History of Moral Theology	389	(1)
Timothy E. O'Connell
Sexual Morality and Social Justice	403	(1)
Thomas Rausch
Sacraments
From Symbol to Sacrament	434	(1)
Tad Guzie
Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium)	445	(1)
Aidan Kavanagh
The Development of the Catholic Sacraments	453	(1)
Joseph Martos
The Sacraments in the History of the Church	484	(1)
Philipe Beguerie
Claude Duchesneau
Acknowledgements	500	(1)
Index	503