Practical Theology Perspectives from the Plains

by Lawler, Michael G.; Risch, Gail S.

• ISBN13: 9781881871361
• ISBN10: 1881871363
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Fordham University Press

Summary

The source of this book of practical theology is the Great Plains, its focus the sense of place, space shaped by personal and communal experience and meaning.

Table of Contents

Theology And The University	1	(15)
Michael Lawler
Theology and University	2	(7)
Theology in the Catholic University	9	(4)
Notes	13	(3)
A Sacred Sense Of Place: Reflections On Being At Home On The Plains	16	(17)
Wendy M. Wright
Notes	31	(2)
Three Theses For A More Adequate Reading Of The New Testament	33	(28)
Bruce J. Malina
Thesis One: There Were No Jews or Christians in the New Testament Period	36	(4)
Thesis Two: There Was No Jesus Group Mission to the Gentiles in Antiquity	40	(4)
Thesis Three: There Is No Anti-Semitism in the New Testament	44	(1)
Either/Or Perception	45	(2)
Conclusion	47	(4)
Sources	51	(6)
Notes	57	(4)
Gender And The Body In Ancient Israel	61	(17)
Ronald A. Simkins
The Symbolic Body	61	(1)
Social Construction of Gender	62	(5)
Gender and Honor	67	(2)
Gender and the House	69	(2)
Gender and the City	71	(2)
Gender, the Body, and the Heroine	73	(3)
Sources	76	(2)
By Grit And Grace: Women And The Early Christian Frontier	78	(26)
Susan A. Calef
Women on the Early Christian Frontier	80	(1)
1 Corinthians	80	(4)
Philippians	84	(2)
Romans	86	(7)
Conclusion	93	(3)
Notes	96	(8)
The New Testament And Environmental Justice: A View From Luke	104	(22)
Dennis Hamm
Creator, Creation, and the Kingdom of God in Luke-Acts: Luke's Isaian Lens	105	(10)
Two Paradigmatic Passages	115	(5)
Summary and Conclusions Regarding Environmental Justice Today	120	(1)
Practical Implications for Environmental Justice	121	(2)
Sources	123	(1)
Notes	124	(2)
``What In The Church Is Going On?'' Or ``Growing Up Catholic In Lake Wobegon''	126	(18)
David G. Schultenover
The Early Christian Apocalyptic Paradigm	129	(2)
The Early Church Hellenistic Paradigm	131	(1)
The Medieval Roman Catholic Paradigm	132	(4)
The Reformation Protestant Paradigm	136	(1)
The Roman Catholic Response: Trent-Reform or Counter-Reformation Council?	137	(1)
The Enlightenment Modern Paradigm	138	(2)
The Contemporary Ecumenical Paradigm	140	(2)
Notes	142	(2)
The Peril And The Promise Of Patristic Exegesis	144	(18)
John J. O'Keefe
The Peril of Patristic Exegesis	144	(8)
The Promise Of Patristic Exegesis	152	(8)
Notes	160	(2)
The Joint Declaration On The Doctrine Of Justification: An Outsider's View	162	(23)
Russell R. Reno
The JD and the Problem of Consensus	163	(3)
The Role of Doctrine in Consensus	166	(2)
The Quest for Equivalence	168	(5)
The Search for Conceptual Convergence	173	(4)
Positive Consensus in the JD	177	(5)
Notes	182	(3)
Gambling With The Common Good: State Lotteries From The Perspective Of Roman Catholic Social Thought	185	(19)
Julia A. Fleming
The State of the Question	186	(2)
General Ethical Questions about the Lottery	188	(7)
Background from Roman Catholic Social Thought	195	(3)
Participation, Civic Virtue, and the Evaluation of State Lotteries	198	(1)
Notes	199	(5)
Theocentric Or Anthropocentric? Catholic Teaching On The Environment: A View From The Great Plains	204	(25)
Roger Bergman
Origins and Themes	204	(2)
Pope John Paul II	206	(3)
U.S. Bishops	209	(4)
An Exploratory Case Study: Strangers and Guests	213	(3)
The Buffalo Commons	216	(2)
Bison Ecology	218	(2)
Theological Response to the Buffalo Commons	220	(2)
Notes	222	(7)
Magisterium And Conscience: Models Of Discourse	229	(23)
Todd A. Salzman
Magisterium: Its Definition, Levels, and Role in the Church	230	(4)
Conscience	234	(4)
Formation of Conscience and Non-Infallible Teachings	238	(5)
Models of the Relationship Between the Magisterium and Conscience	243	(7)
Notes	250	(2)
Imaging The Formation Of A Peacemaker: A Franciscan-Ignatian Dialogue	252	(16)
Joan M. Mueller
The Franciscan Roots of Ignatian Spirituality	254	(3)
The Penitent as Creature Before the Creator	257	(1)
The Penitent as Disciple	258	(1)
The Penitent as Crucified	259	(3)
From Crucifixion to Realized Eschatology	262	(2)
The Formation of the Pastoral Peacemaker	264	(1)
Notes	265	(3)
Becoming One In The Spirit: An Ecumenical Approach To Spirituality	268
Richard J. Hauser
The Holy Spirit: Second Vatican Council and Reformation Themes	269
New Testament Model of the Self: the Self-in-God	271
Christian Spirituality: Responding to the Spirit	274
The Holy Spirit and Personal Prayer	278
Praying in the Spirit	280
Methods for Personal Prayer	283
The Best Method of Prayer?	285
The Holy Spirit and Discernment of Spirits	288
Recognizing God in Daily Life	290
Responding to Obstacles to the Spirit	291
Becoming One in the Spirit	293
Notes	294