In his encyclical Deus Caritas Est Pope Benedict XVI explored the relationship between eros and agape desire and self-gift with pastoral sensitivity and theological depth A few days before publishing the encyclical the pope himself gave an important indication of his intent He sought he said
Robert P. Imbelli
Robert P. Imbelli is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. He taught theology for 30 years at Boston College and is the author of Christ Brings All Newness.
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The Pope and the Poet
The two most prominent authors we are reading in my course this semester for advanced undergraduates on the classics of spirituality are Augustine of Hippo and Dante Alighieri. I see by his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, that Benedict XVI has been reading them as well. It will come as no surpri
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God in the World
Many consider Karl Rahner one of the greatest Catholic theologians of the past century Indeed he has been deemed a contemporary father of the church Now Rahner has the honor of a volume in the prestigious Cambridge Companion series The Rahner volume has been edited most capably by Declan Marmion
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One Year, Three Passions
One finds in theological circles frequent appeal to the ldquo sacramental imagination rdquo as a distinguishing trait of Catholicism Like all truths when unimaginatively intoned it quickly becomes platitudinous The Rev M Owen Lee rsquo s finely crafted and deeply moving memoir never invokes t
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Preserving the Church’s Identity
Roger Haight past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America is one of the most prolific and methodologically astute practitioners of theology today The present volume the first of two devoted to the project of ldquo historical ecclesiology rdquo builds upon the approach to theo
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Whither 65 Million?
Cardinal Walter Kasper never tires of reminding his hearers that ldquo crisis rdquo entails both ldquo peril rdquo and ldquo possibility rdquo It may lead to shipwreck but also to new shores The outcome of a situation of crisis like that which faces the Catholic Church in the United States