Jacques Servais, S.J., speaks about the Swiss theologian and onetime Jesuit who wrote extensively on the process of discernment.
Theology
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Remembering Michael Buckley, S.J.
Theologian and Jesuit priest Michael Buckley, S.J., died last week in Los Gatos, Calif.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Comedian Pete Holmes’ sense of wonder comes alive in a new memoir
Pete Holmes discovers a new meaning to Christ’s words “Go and do likewise,” not as a moralistic command, but as a call to an awakening, a conversion, the practice Catholic tradition calls the “imitation of Christ.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
What is the role of a public theologian today?
Today’s public theologians can be found working alongside the most vulnerable members of society, contributing their deep understanding of Scripture, theology, history, ethics, liturgy and ministry in the real lives of communities.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to theologians in Naples: One cannot do theology without freedom
Francis emphasized the need for “theological freedom” and said that “without the possibility of experimenting new ways nothing new is created, and one does not leave space to the newness of the Spirit of the Risen One.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A new biography shares the endearing human side of Raymond E. Brown
A devotee of the opera, Brown eagerly gave tickets to his students, hoping to get them totally immersed in the arias he loved.
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Review: James Cone, the father of Black theology
James Cone’s autobiography shows that theology does not arrive out of a sterile doctrinal laboratory but from the pains, sufferings and triumphs of the people of God.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
What Christ in the Eucharist teaches us about time and eternity
In the resurrection accounts, we are being taught that Christ is present in every celebration of the Eucharist. Christ gathers all of time into himself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
Reading for fun: introducing our Spring Books 2019 issue
Books for every kind of reader are featured in our Spring Books special literary issue.
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The ‘literal flesh-and-blood’ resurrection is the heart of my faith
I believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first Easter Sunday. And I do not see that as any sort of parable or metaphor.