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Ignatius Press Saint Aloyisius Gonzaga, SJ: With an Undivided
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Ignatius Press A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual
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St Augustine's Press After Forty Years – Vatican Council II`s Diverse
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St Augustine's Press The Conversion of Edith Stein
Book SynopsisOne fateful day Edith Stein took from a friend's bookshelf the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Avila. In it she found the simple truth about human existance. Shortly afterward, she became a Catholic, but her desire to become a Carmelite like Teresa was delayed for some time. Eventually whe entered the convent in Cologne. Because Nazi persecution of Jews, converted or not, she asked to be moved to a convent in the Netherlands. the German armies occupation soon followed. It was from the Carmelite convent of Echt that she was taken in 1942, shipped to Auschwitz and executed. Florent Gaboriau sees Edith Stein's conversion under three aspects: first the conversion of a 'Jew' then the conversion of a 'femenist', finally the conversion of a 'philosopher'. Stein saw her conversion as the fulfillment of herself as Jewish; she saw the uniqueness of woman in the light of faith; she saw her phenomenology as finding its home withn Christian philosophy. One of the most brilliant women of her generation, Stein became a model of sanctity. But her canonization by John Paul II was the occasion for strange reactions. Gaboriau's account of her conversion puts it all into perspective.Table of ContentsPreface Chronology 1. When Edith Stein Converted 'Memories of Youth' 2. The Conversion of a Jewess 'On Woman' 3. The Conversion of a Woman 'On Death, with a reference to Heidegger' 4. The Conversion of a Philosopher 'On Spiritual Discernment' 5. Conversion Extended over Time 'The Interior Life' 6. Conversion for All? 'Christian Philosophy' 7. Conversion Achieved 'The Hidden LIfe of the Epiphany' 8. The Canonization of Edith Stein, Message of John Paul II Notes Index
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St Augustine's Press The French Revolution Confronts Pius VI – Volume
Book SynopsisThe writings of Pope Pius VI, head of the Catholic Church during the most destructive period of the French Revolution, were compiled in two volumes by M.N.S. Guillon and published in 1798 and 1800. But during the Revolution, the reign of Napoleon, and the various revolutionary movements of the 19th century, there were extraordinary efforts to destroy writings that critiqued the revolutionary ideology. Many books and treatises, if they survived the revolution or the sacking from Napoleon’s armies. To this day, no public copy of Guillon’s work exists in Paris. Now, for the first time in English, these works comprising the letters, briefs, and other writings of Pius VI on the French Revolution are available. Volume I treats the first shock of the Revolution and the efforts of the Pope in 1790 and 1791 to oppose the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (which famous revolutionary and shrewd diplomat Talleyrand referred to as “the greatest fault of the National Assembly”). Volume II will be published later, and deals with the aftermath of the Civil Constitution through Pius’s death in exile). Editor and translator Jeffrey Langan presents the materials leading up to and directly connected with these decrees, in which the National Assembly attempted to set up a Catholic Church that would be completely submissive to the demands of the Assembly. Volume I also covers Pius’s efforts to deal with the immediate aftermath of the Constitution after the National Assembly implemented it, including his encyclical, Quod Aliquantum. The letters will show how Pius chose to oppose the Civil Constitution. He did so not by a public campaign, for he had no real temporal power to oppose the violence, but by attempting to work personally with Louis XVI and various archbishops in France to articulate what were the points on which he could concede (matters dealing with the political structures of France) and what were the essential points in which he could not concede (matters dealing with the organization of dioceses and appointment of bishops). Since the 1980s, with the writings and school that developed around François Furet, as well as Simon Schama’s Citizens, a new debate over the French Revolution has ensued, bringing forth a more objective account of the Revolution, one that avoids an excessively Marxist lens and that brings to light some of its defects and more gruesome parts – the destruction and theft of Church property, and the sadistic methods of torture and killing of priests, nuns, aristocrats, and fellow-revolutionaries. An examination of the writings of Pius VI will not only help set the historical record straight for English-speaking students of the Revolution, it will also aid them to better understand the principles that the Catholic Church employs when confronted with chaotic political change. They will see that the Church has a principled approach to distinguishing, while not separating, the power of the Church and the power of the state. They will also see, as Talleyrand himself also saw, that one of the essential elements that makes the Church the Church is the right to appoint bishops and to discipline its own bishops. The Church herself recognizes that she cannot long survive without this principle that guarantees her unity. Pius VI’s efforts were able to keep the Catholic Church intact (though badly bruised) so that she could reconstitute herself and build up a vibrant life in 19th-century France. (He did this in the face of the Church’s prestige having sunk to historic lows; some elites in Europe thought there would be no successor to Pius and jokingly referred to him as “Pius the Last.”) He began a process that led to the restoration of the prestige of the Papacy throughout the world, and he initiated a two-century process that led to the Church finally being able to select bishops without any interference from secular authorities. This had been at least a 1,000-year problem in the history of the Church. By 1990, only two countries of the world, China and Vietnam, were interfering in any significant way in the process that the Church used to select bishops. Pius VI’s papacy, especially during the years of the French Revolution, was a pivotal point for the French Revolution and for the interaction between Church and state in Western history. All freedom-loving people will be happy to read his distinc-tions between the secular power and the spiritual power. His papacy also was important for the internal developments that the Church would make over the next 200 years with respect to its self-understanding of the Papacy and the role of the bishop.
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St Augustine's Press John Paul II: Witness to Truth
Book SynopsisFor almost quarter of a century John Paul II has attracted world wide attention, not only as a religious leader but as a politician, diplomat and social philosopher. As his silver jubilee approaches, a major Catholic social thinker contributes a chapter to this timely book on various aspects of the reign of John Paul II, covering his many intitiatives and the motives underlying them.Trade Review"The book is favourable in tone and provides an interesting overview for people into the work of such an important Christian leader." - 'Christian Marketplace', May 2002, V1:08Table of ContentsIntroduction by Kenneth D. Whitehead Program Chairman's Introduction by Rev. Msgr: William B. Smith, S.T.D. "John Paul II - Witness to Hope" by George Weigel "John Paul II and the Family" by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese "John Paul II and the Public Square" by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus "Faith As A Preamble to Reason" by Janet E. Smith "John Paul II and Ecumenism" by Bishop J. Basil Meeking "John Paul II and Moral Theology" by Rev. Joseph A. Murphy S.J., S.T.D. "John Paul II and Christian Philosophy" by Ralph McInerny Cardinal Wright Award Banquet Remarks by Mary Ann Glendon J.D. Notes
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St Augustine's Press Liberating Logos – Pope Benedict XVI`s September
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Paulist Press International,U.S. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship
Book SynopsisBoth Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are literary superstars, known around the world as the creators of Middle-earth and Narnia. But few of their readers and fans know about the important and complex friendship between Tolkien and his fellow Oxford academic C.S. Lewis. Without the persistent encouragement of his friend, Tolkien would never have completed The Lord of the Rings. This great tale, along with the connected matter of The Silmarillion, would have remained merely a private hobby. Likewise, all of Lewis' fiction, after the two met at Oxford University in 1926, bears the mark of Tolkien's influence, whether in names he used or in the creation of convincing fantasy worlds. They quickly discovered their affinity—a love of language and the imagination, a wide reading in northern myth and fairy tale, a desire to write stories themselves in both poetry and prose. The quality of their literary friendship invites comparisons with those of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Cowper and John Newton, and G.K. Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc. Both Tolkien and Lewis were central figures in the informal Oxford literary circle, the Inklings. This book explores their lives, unfolding the extraordinary story of their complex friendship that lasted, with its ups and downs, until Lewis's death in 1963. Despite their differences—differences of temperament, spiritual emphasis, and view of their storytelling art—what united them was much stronger, a shared vision that continues to inspire their millions of readers throughout the world. †
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Georgetown University Press Common Calling: The Laity and Governance of the
Book SynopsisThe sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has been exacerbated in the minds of many by the dismal response of church leadership. Uncovered along with the abuse of power were decisions that were not only made in secrecy, but which also magnified the powerlessness of the people of the church to have any say in its governance. Accordingly, many have left the church, many have withheld funding - others have vowed to work for change, as witnessed by the phenomenal growth of Voice of the Faithful. "Common Calling" is indeed a call - for change, for inclusion, and a place at the table for the laity when it comes to the governance of the church. By first providing compelling historical precedents of the roles and status of the laity as it functioned during the first millennium, "Common Calling" compares and contrasts those to the place of the laity today. It is this crossroad - between the past and the possible future of the Catholic Church - where the distinguished contributors to this volume gather in the hope and expectation of change. They examine the distinction between laity and clergy in regard to the power of church governance, and explore the theological interpretation of clergy-laity relations and governance in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. They look at how church officials interpret the role of the laity today and address the weaknesses in that model. Finally, they speak clearly in outlining the ways governance may be improved, and how - by emphasizing dialogue, participation, gender equality, and loyalty - the role of the laity can be enhanced. Speaking as active believers and academic specialists, all of the contributors assert that the church must evolve in the 21st century. They represent a variety of disciplines, including systematic theology, sacramental theology, canon law, political science, moral theology, pastoral theology, and management. The book also includes an essay by James Post, cofounder of the Catholic lay movement Voice of the Faithful, the organization that was in part responsible for the resignation of Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law. "Common Calling" looks to a future of transparency in the Catholic Church that, with an invested laity, will help to prevent any further abuse - especially the abuse of power.Trade ReviewCommon Calling will spark critical discussion among academics and church personnel who seek a fuller examination of church policies and an honest vesting of laypeople in pastoral life. By elaborating specific steps toward structural change, the book's authors furnish both solid historical precedents and constructive proposals for building a pastoral future that belongs to all the baptized members of the Church. Theological Studies Editor Stephen Pope says Common Calling will play a helpful role if it contributes some insights of value for the ongoing conversation about the renewal of ecclesial governance. I judge it quite successful and I commend Boston College and Georgetown University Press for bringing it to us. These essays could be appreciated by capable undergraduate and graduate students, and many others. The scholarship, candor and concern of the contributors is quite compelling. HorizonsTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Laity and the Governance of the Church TodayStephen J. Pope Part I: Historical Perspectives 1. "Being of One Mind": Apostolic Authority, Persuasion, and Koinonia in New Testament ChristianityPheme Perkins 2. St. Cyprian on the Role of the Laity in Decision Making in the Early ChurchFrancis A. Sullivan, SJ 3. Laity and the Development of Doctrine: Perspectives from the Early ChurchFrancine Cardman 4. Resources for Reform from the First MillenniumMichael J. Buckley, SJ 5. From Autonomy to Alienation: Lay Involvement in the Governance of the Local ChurchR. Scott Appleby Part II: Contemporary Perspectives6. Participatory HierarchyTerence L. Nichols 7. Feminist Theology and a Participatory ChurchLisa Sowle Cahill 8. Belonging to the Laity: A Baptist PerspectiveS. Mark Heim 9. Weathering" The Perfect Storm": The Contribution of Canon LawJohn Beal 10. Voice and Loyalty in the Church: The People of God, Politics, and ManagementMary Jo Bane 11. Good Governance, the Domestic Church, and Religous EducationThomas Groome 12. The Emerging Role of the Catholic Laity: Lessons from Voice of the FaithfulJames E. Post 13. The Church of the Third Millenium Forty Years after the Council: In Praise of CommunioLadislas Orsy, SJ
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Georgetown University Press Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics
Book SynopsisAs David Kelly writes, "Catholic moral theology has not been completely constant over the centuries; it has learned and developed". "In Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics" he demonstrates how Catholic health care ethics can - and should - evolve similarly in response to the lightning speed of modern medical advances. Kelly draws on and analyzes the Catholic tradition of medical ethics - but he does not shy away from criticizing it as well, giving health care professionals, hospital ethics committees, and students a fresh treatment of Catholic health care ethics emphasizing theology, methodology, and application. First discussing the Catholic understanding of the human person, Kelly proposes a Catholic Christian approach to the meaning of human life as it applies specifically to health care. He includes a brief history of the relationship between religion and medicine, and makes strong claims about how theology ought and ought not to be applied in health care ethics. Drawing from the terminology and approaches used by secular bioethics, he suggests how a Catholic perspective on health care can utilize certain secular moral-philosophical positions, even as they apply to the issues of birth control, and end-of life concerns. As practitioners, patients, and families face the difficult decision to continue or stop treatment for dying patients, Kelly compassionately, but practically, explores their concerns in light of American law and ethics. Finally, he provides measured insight on pain management, hospital ethics committees, stem cell research, genetic engineering, and allocation of health care resources. "Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics" is informed, challenging, articulate, and bold - bringing to the extremely important field of Catholic health care ethics a much-needed and welcome voice, unafraid to speak to the most difficult issues of the 21st century.Trade ReviewI warmly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Roman Catholic way of thinking about questions in the field of medical ethics. Ethics and Medicine Every bioethicist should read Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics... Its worth comes from exemplifying a re-engagement with ethical theory, religious principles, and spiritual thinking that is missing from contemporary bioethics in the United States. Medical Humanities ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part One: Theological Basis 1. Religion and Health Care 2. The Dignity of Human Life 3. The Integrity of the Human Person 4. Implications for Health Care 5. Theological Principles in Health Care Ethics Part Two: Method 6. The Levels and Questions of Ethics 7. Freedom and the Moral Agent 8. Right and Wrong 9. Metaethics 10. Method in Catholic Bioethics 11. Catholic Method and Birth Control 12. The Principle of Double Effect Part Three: Application 13. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar One: Ordinary and Extraordinary Means 14. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Two: Killing and Allowing to Die 15. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: A) Decisions by Competent Patients 16. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: B) Decisions for Incompetent Patients 17. Forgoing Treatment, Pillar Three: C) Advance Directives 18. Hydration and Nutrition 19. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia 20. Medical Futility 21. Pain and Pain Management 22. Ethics Committees 23. Embryonic Stem Cells and the Beginning of Personhood 24. Genetic Engineering 25. Allocating Health Care Resources 26. The Use and Misuse of the Allocation Argument Glossary References
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Georgetown University Press Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine,
Book SynopsisWhat, exactly, does it mean to be human? It is an age-old question, one for which theology, philosophy, science, and medicine have all provided different answers. But though a unified response to the question can no longer be taken for granted, how we answer it frames the wide range of different norms, principles, values, and intuitions that characterize today's bioethical discussions. If we don't know what it means to be human, how can we judge whether biomedical sciences threaten or enhance our humanity? This fundamental question, however, receives little attention in the study of bioethics. In a field consumed with the promises and perils of new medical discoveries, emerging technologies, and unprecedented social change, current conversations about bioethics focus primarily on questions of harm and benefit, patient autonomy, and equality of health care distribution. Prevailing models of medical ethics emphasize human capacity for self-control and self-determination, rarely considering such inescapable dimensions of the human condition as disability, loss, and suffering, community and dignity, all of which make it difficult for us to be truly independent. In "Health and Human Flourishing", contributors from a wide range of disciplines mine the intersection of the secular and the religious, the medical and the moral, to unearth the ethical and clinical implications of these facets of human existence. Their aim is a richer bioethics, one that takes into account the roles of vulnerability, dignity, integrity, and relationality in human affliction as well as human thriving. Including an examination of how a theological anthropology - a theological understanding of what it means to be a human being - can help us better understand health care, social policy, and science, this thought-provoking anthology will inspire much-needed conversation among philosophers, theologians, and health care professionals.Trade ReviewHealth and Human Flourishing represents a positive contribution towards validating voices of faith expressed through rational argumentation in the sphere of bioethics. Health Progress The contributors' ability to see the healing professions not only in terms of positive outcomes, but also in the context of our interdependence and mutual frailty suggests that the field of medical ethics is indeed reaching into its full human maturity. America This book is to be praised and indeed read and discussed for its daring attempt to address the anthropological quandry, thereby moving the bioethical debate beyond its usual focus on rights, decision making, and (meta-)ethical theories. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Undoubtably relevant beyond the US Catholic milieu. The collection will be helpful, not only to those engaged in medicine or bioethics, but to anyone reflecting on the meaning of human vulnerability, integrity, relationality and flourishing in the light of experiences of illness and healing. The WayTable of ContentsForeword Introduction: Roberto Dell'Oro Part 1: QUESTIONING AT THE BOUNDARY 1: Theological Anthropology and BioethicsRoberto Dell'Oro 2: Vulnerability, Agency, and Human FlourishingAlisa L. Carse 3: Pluralism, Truthfulness and the Patience of BeingWilliam Desmond Part 2: DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY4: Dignity and the Human as a Natural KindDaniel P. Sulmasy, OFM 5: On Being True to FormMargaret E. Mohrmann 6: The Integrity Conundrum Suzanne Holland Part 3: VULNERABILITY7: Vulnerability and the Meaning of Illness: Reflections on Lived Experience S. Kay Toombs 8: A Meditation on Vulnerability and PowerRichard M. Zaner 9: Vulnerability within the Body of Christ: Anointing of the Sick and Theological AnthropologyM. Therese Lysaught Part 4: RELATIONALITY10: Gender and Human RelationalityChristine E. Gudorf 11: Bioethics, Relationships, and Participation in the Common GoodLisa Sowle Cahill Part 5: THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND PRAXIS 12: Health Care and a Theological AnthropologyCarol Taylor, CSFN 13: Health Policy and a Theological AnthropologyRon Hamel 14: Science and a Theological AnthropologyKevin T. FitzGerald, SJ Toward a Richer Bioethics: A ConclusionEdmund D. Pellegrino ContributorsIndex
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Georgetown University Press Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan
Book SynopsisThrough the centuries, at the heart of Catholic moral theology is a fundamental question: How do we behave responsibly in the face of moral uncertainty? Attempts to resolve problems of everyday life led to the growth of a variety of moral systems, one of which emerged in the early 17th century and was known as "probabilism." This method of solving difficult moral cases allowed the believer to rely upon a view that was judged defensible in terms of its arguments or the authorities behind it, even if the opposite opinion was supported by stronger arguments or more authorities. The theologian Juan Caramuel, a Spanish Cistercian monk whom Alphonso Liguori famously characterized as "the prince of laxists," has been regarded as one of the more extreme - and notorious - proponents of probabilism. As the only full-length English study of Caramuel's theological method, "Defending Probabilism" seeks to reappraise Caramuel's legacy, claiming that his model of moral thinking, if better understood, can actually be of help to the Church today. Considered one of the most erudite theologians of his age, a scientist and scholar who published works on everything from astronomy and architecture to printing and Gregorian chant, Caramuel strove throughout his life to understand probabilism's theological and philosophical foundations as part of his broader analysis of the nature of human knowledge. In applying Caramuel's legacy to our own time, "Defending Probabilism" calls for a reconsideration of the value of provisional moral knowledge. Fleming's study shows that history matters, and that to attain any position on moral certitude is a difficult and painstaking process.Trade ReviewA valuable contribution to the library, or at least the reading list, of any Catholic moral theologian... A valuable insight into a period in the history of moral theology that is too little appreciated today... I would strongly recommend this text to every student or moral theology, but especially to candidate priest-confessors. -- Joseph. A. Selling LOUVAIN STUDIESTable of ContentsForeword by Charles E. CurranPrefaceAcknowledgments 1. Situating Probabilism: The Ethical Theory and Its Significance for Caramuel 2. Advocating Probabilism: Caramuel's Early Writings and the Proof-Texts They Provided for His Critics 3. Using Probabilism: Avoiding Improbable Warfare and Making Peace with Protestants 4. Protecting Probabilism: The Apologema as an Answer to Probabilism's Critics 5. Explaining Probabilism: The Apologema's Project of Education 6. Redefining Probabilism: The Dialexis de Non-Certitudine Afterword Remembring Probabilism: The Contemporary Significance of Caramuel's Legacy Notes Index
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Georgetown University Press The Catholic Church and the Nation-State:
Book SynopsisPresenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, The Catholic Church and the Nation-State paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding scholars from the United States and abroad examine religious, diplomatic, and political actions—both admirable and regrettable—that shape our world. Kenneth R. Himes sets the context of the book by brilliantly describing the political influence of the church in the post-Vatican II era. There are many recent instances, the contributors assert, where the Church has acted as both a moral authority and a self-interested institution: in the United States it maintained unpopular moral positions on issues such as contraception and sexuality, yet at the same time it sought to cover up its own abuses; it was complicit in genocide in Rwanda but played an important role in ending the horrific civil war in Angola; and it has alternately embraced and suppressed nationalism by acting as the voice of resistance against communism in Poland, whereas in Chile it once supported opposition to Pinochet but now aligns with rightist parties. With an in-depth exploration of the five primary challenges facing the Church—theology and politics, secularization, the transition from serving as a nationalist voice of opposition, questions of justice, and accommodation to sometimes hostile civil authorities—this book will be of interest to scholars and students in religion and politics as well as Catholic Church clergy and laity. By demonstrating how national churches vary considerably in the emphasis of their teachings and in the scope and nature of their political involvement, the analyses presented in this volume engender a deeper understanding of the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the world.Trade ReviewThis book is a valuable part of the research and literature on the role of the church in contemporary society and politics. It is recommended for serious study and discussion among those in academic, religious and policy circles and is also an important read for anyone trying to gain a better understanding of the challenges facing the church today. * Conscience *An excellent book that does what it sets out to do: give the reader a broader and yet in-depth understanding of the church's role in the political and transnational sphere. It is an excellent addition to theological and academic libraries. * Catholic Library World *Exactly how the Catholic Church relates to contemporary states and how these relationships vary over time and between countries are important questions for students of religion and politics. This book is one of the most significant recent contributions to a growing literature that addresses these issues in a truly comparative fashion. * Politics and Religion *Worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the myriad ways in which the Vatican interacts with governments and political parties throughout the world. * Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland *Table of ContentsForeword: Faith and Culture in a Turbulent Age,Thomas Massaro, SJ, and James Morone Introduction: Theoretical Considerations on the Relationship between the Catholic Church and the Nation-State Part One: THE THEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES OF THE VATICAN1. Vatican II and Contemporary PoliticsKenneth R. Himes, OFM2. The Vatican as a Transnational ActorLisa L. FerrariPart Two: THE CHALLENGES OF SECULARIZATION3. The Latin European Church: "Une Messe est Possible"Paul Christopher Manuel and Margaret MacLeish Mott4. The American Church: Of Being Catholic and AmericanTed G. Jelen5. The Chilean Church: Declining Hegemony?William Lies, CSC and Mary Fran T. MalonePart Three: THE CHALLENGE OF OPPOSITION6. The Polish Church: Catholic Hierarchy and Polish PoliticsTimothy A. Byrnes7. The Catholic Church in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Nationalism, Identity, and OppositionWilliam Crotty8. The East Timorese Church: From Oppression to LiberationAlynna J. LyonPart Four: THE CHALLENGE OF JUSTICE9. The Brazilian Church: Reintegrating Ontology and EpistemologyChristine A. Kearney10. The Rwandan Church: The Challenge of ReconciliationElisée Rutagambwa, SJ11. The Angolan Church: The Prophetic Tradition, Politics, and the StateLinda HeywoodPart Five: THE CHALLENGE OF ACCOMMODATION12. The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian NationhoodMathew N. Schmalz13. The Chinese Catholic Church: Obstacles to ReconciliationLawrence C. Reardon14. The Congolese Church: Ecclesial Community within the Political CommunityYvon C. Elenga, SJAppendices A. Vatican Documents with Relevance to Church-State Issues B. Religious Concentration of the Countries Considered in this Volume C. Timeline of Significant Events in the Life of the Roman Catholic Church, 1800 to the Present D. World Values Survey: How Important Is Religion in Your Life? Contributors Index
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Georgetown University Press United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response
Book SynopsisThe Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. United States Welfare Policy takes a fresh approach to the topic by using Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy—including a preferential option for the poor—and the common good. Massaro maintains that the most important outcome of welfare policy is not the cost-effectiveness of programs, but the well-being of individual families. The concluding analysis of this thoughtful study applies Catholic ethical concerns to specific aspects of welfare reform, including the funding mechanisms for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, work participation requirements affecting the bond between mothers and children, eligibility rules, the intrusion of family caps into reproductive decisions, and the imposition of disproportionate burdens upon particular demographic groups. Massaro offers possible alternatives in each case and, as the fight over reauthorization of the welfare act continues, he calls on Catholic churches and clergy and laity to take action and advocate publicly for a more ethical approach to welfare reform.Trade ReviewMassaro's holistic reliance on theology, political narrative, and an assessment of the law's measurable human impact contributes to a fuller picture of welfare reform than [is] available in most accounts. * Commonweal *A valuable resource in setting out what religious social ethics require of a more just welfare policy. * Politics and Religion *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Catholic Social Teaching: General Approaches to Social Policy Vehicles of Catholic Social TeachingThe Methodology of Catholic Social Teaching: Three CaveatsThe Central Vision of Catholic Social TeachingPositions Regarding Two Key InstitutionsThree Principles for Social Policy 2. The Historical Context of U.S. Welfare Policy The Roots of American Social PolicyThe New Deal and its LegacyThe "Permanent Crisis" of AFDCThe Role of Charitable and Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Welfare System 3. At the Crossroads: The Welfare Reform Law of 1996 The Block-Granting of WelfareTime Limitation of BenefitsWork RequirementsAnti-Illegitimacy MeasuresOther New Conditions on BenefitsOther Provisions of the 1996 Welfare LawThe Way Forward 4. The Bishops' Contribution to the Welfare Reform Debate The New Welfare Consensus of the 1980s and the Bishops' DemurralDocuments of the U.S. Catholic Church on Welfare Reform: 1994-96Five Guidelines for Social Policy 5. Implementing Welfare Reform, 1996-2006 Further Developments in Federal Welfare Policy, 1996-2002The Fallout of the 1996 Overhaul: Fears, Reaction and ResultsPatterns of State Implementation 6. The Politics and Ethics of Welfare Reauthorization The Politics of ReauthorizationOngoing Ethical Concerns Regarding Welfare PolicyPublic Church Contributions to Social Policy: Present and Future Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response
Book SynopsisThe Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. "United States Welfare Policy" takes a fresh approach to the topic by using Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy - including a preferential option for the poor - and the common good. Massaro maintains that the most important outcome of welfare policy is not the cost-effectiveness of programs, but the well-being of individual families. The concluding analysis of this thoughtful study applies Catholic ethical concerns to specific aspects of welfare reform, including the funding mechanisms for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, work participation requirements affecting the bond between mothers and children, eligibility rules, the intrusion of family caps into reproductive decisions, and the imposition of disproportionate burdens upon particular demographic groups. Massaro offers possible alternatives in each case and, as the fight over reauthorization of the welfare act continues, he calls on Catholic churches and clergy and laity to take action and advocate publicly for a more ethical approach to welfare reform.Trade ReviewMassaro's holistic reliance on theology, political narrative, and an assessment of the law's measurable human impact contributes to a fuller picture of welfare reform than [is] available in most accounts. Commonweal A valuable resource in setting out what religious social ethics require of a more just welfare policy. Politics and ReligionTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Catholic Social Teaching: General Approaches to Social Policy Vehicles of Catholic Social TeachingThe Methodology of Catholic Social Teaching: Three CaveatsThe Central Vision of Catholic Social TeachingPositions Regarding Two Key InstitutionsThree Principles for Social Policy 2. The Historical Context of U.S. Welfare Policy The Roots of American Social PolicyThe New Deal and its LegacyThe "Permanent Crisis" of AFDCThe Role of Charitable and Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Welfare System 3. At the Crossroads: The Welfare Reform Law of 1996 The Block-Granting of WelfareTime Limitation of BenefitsWork RequirementsAnti-Illegitimacy MeasuresOther New Conditions on BenefitsOther Provisions of the 1996 Welfare LawThe Way Forward 4. The Bishops' Contribution to the Welfare Reform Debate The New Welfare Consensus of the 1980s and the Bishops' DemurralDocuments of the U.S. Catholic Church on Welfare Reform: 1994-96Five Guidelines for Social Policy 5. Implementing Welfare Reform, 1996-2006 Further Developments in Federal Welfare Policy, 1996-2002The Fallout of the 1996 Overhaul: Fears, Reaction and ResultsPatterns of State Implementation 6. The Politics and Ethics of Welfare Reauthorization The Politics of ReauthorizationOngoing Ethical Concerns Regarding Welfare PolicyPublic Church Contributions to Social Policy: Present and Future Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A
Book SynopsisIn this magisterial volume, Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness. Curran then explores and illuminates the post-Vatican II era with chapters on the effect of the Council on the scope and substance of moral theology, the impact of Humanae vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical condemning artificial contraception, fundamental moral theology, sexuality and marriage, bioethics, and social ethics.Curran's perspective is unique: For nearly 50 years, he has been a major influence on the development of the field and has witnessed first-hand the dramatic increase in the number and diversity of moral theologians in the academy and the Church. No one is more qualified to write this first and only comprehensive history of Catholic moral theology in the United States.Trade ReviewThis book and Curran's work generously deserve the attention of all those Catholics who believe that history matters, and that the church finds its mission in that essential framework given its best expression in Vatican II's 'Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World.' As many have turned away from the promise of the council, Curran has done as much as any American Catholic to keep hope alive. National Catholic Reporter Curran covers a tremendous amount of ground in these chapters, over complex and controversial territory ... He is to be given high marks for the way he summarizes carefully and fairly the theological arguments with which he has disagreed ... I am grateful for Curran's scholarly work in this book. As a 'participant observer,' Charles Curran has chronicled history fairly and clearly-no small accomplishment for someone whose own voice has been such an important part of the story. America The book is a wonderful gift to the church that could come only from one so deeply involved in the very development of the field as both a careful observer of events but also as one of the most significant moral theologians of our time. Conscience This volume deserves serious consideration for any student of theology because it is threaded through with thought-provoking comments ... Ultimately the great merit of this significant and fascinating book is to draw attention to the fact that moral theology is part of a living tradition and in the process open ups a rich vein of wisdom and insight that can help us address many of our most pressing problems today. Doctrine & Life The thematic chapters provide a literature review that is striking both for its compendious range and for its commitment to fairness ... Curran's text provides a much-needed framework for analyzing the past and tracing the trajectories of U.S. Catholic ethical reflection. This account of the discipline's development will serve as a standard resource for both theological education and historical research. Theological Studies The sheer breadth of this historical survey of Catholic moral theology in the United States would be daunting to any theologian except Curran, whose synthetic mind and critical grasp of the discipline make possible a succinct analysis of key figures as well as newer scholars. Religious Studies Review The book is to be commended for the thorough way in which it covers, or at least mentions, almost every significant writer in Catholic moral theology during this period... [This] book would serve well in introductory undergraduate and graduate courses on Catholic moral theology and the history of American Catholicism. Church History This volume needs to be in every university and college library. Nothing compares to the breadth and depth of this historical study of United States moral theology. Any who teach in the discipline of theology need to read the book, even if their specialty is not moral theology. Horizons Published in the well-known Moral Traditions series, this is an excellent book on the recent history of Catholic moral theology in the United States... This is a highly readable account, written by an expert, and is suitable for undergraduates and the general reader. Theological Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Nineteenth Century 2. The Twentieth Century before Vatican II 3. Twentieth-Century Social Ethics before Vatican II 4. The Setting of Moral Theology after Vatican II 5. The Aftermath of Humanae vitae 6. The Aftermath of Vatican II and Other Developments 7. Fundamental Moral Theology 8. Sexuality and Marriage 9. Bioethics 10. Social Ethics Conclusions: Looking Backward and Forward Bibliography About the Author Index
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Georgetown University Press The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic
Book SynopsisTwo principles capture the essence of the official Catholic position on the morality of sexuality: first, that any human genital act must occur within the framework of heterosexual marriage; second, each and every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life. In this comprehensive overview of Catholicism and sexuality, theologians Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler examine and challenge these principles. Remaining firmly within the Catholic tradition, they contend that the church is being inconsistent in its teaching by adopting a dynamic, historically conscious anthropology and worldview on social ethics and the interpretation of scripture while adopting a static, classicist anthropology and worldview on sexual ethics.While some documents from Vatican II, like "Gaudium et spes" ('the marital act promotes self-giving by which spouses enrich each other'), gave hope for a renewed understanding of sexuality, the church has not carried out the full implications of this approach. In short, say Salzman and Lawler: emphasize relationships, not acts, and recognize Christianity's historically and culturally conditioned understanding of human sexuality. "The Sexual Person" draws historically, methodologically, and anthropologically from the best of Catholic tradition and provides a context for current theological debates between traditionalists and revisionists, regarding marriage, cohabitation, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, and what it means to be human. This daring and potentially revolutionary book will be sure to provoke constructive dialogue among theologians, and between theologians and the Magisterium.Trade ReviewStimulating reading for theologians and graduate students. Religious Studies Review Salzman and Lawler have succeeded brilliantly in combining a rigorous historical-critical engagement of the Catholic moral tradition with a set of creative, forward-looking proposals ... Salzman and Lawler have written an engaging, well-researched book that handles extremely complicated and controversial questions in a nuanced and intellectually rigorous manner. Theological Studies The present volume is their clearest and most detailed critical inquiry into sexual anthropology to date. The dialogue that this volume should generate between the authors and the advocates of the New Natural Law Theory will be very valuable. Catholic Library World Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler's new book ... is among the most important works in Catholic sexual ethics to emerge in the last two decades ... Their book will be noticed because of its controversial positions on contraception, same-sex relationships, cohabitation and artificial means of reproduction. However, its contribution is its clear articulation of a person-centered natural-law ethic that offers Catholics an authentic way to think about sex in relation to their faith. National Catholic Reporter They cover the whole gamut of issues in sexual ethics in impressive and thoroughly scholarly detail. They are conversant with the results of a wide range of recent studies in sexual psychology; and this material is effectively integrated into a tight philosophical argument ... it is very refreshing to read such a balanced treatment, controversial but not at all combative or defensive in tone. Their conclusions are thoroughly constructive and very convincing. Overall, it is a most impressive achievement. The Way [Salzman and Lawler] move among four foci: the Catholic tradition, the school they characterize as the "New Natural Law Theory," the Revisionist school, and their own constructive synthesis. The careful critiques of the three positions are worth the price of the book but their positive reconstruction (so often missing in critical works) is equally valuable... Their work has a carefully constructed base of historical and sociological analysis as well as the requisite theology. It is well researched, carefully documented and logically argued. Horizons An unusually rich resource for a dialogue on sexual ethics among a diverse group of religious ethicists who seek more fruitfully to articulate how Christians are called to shape their sexual lives in the contemporary world. Conversations in Religion and TheologyTable of ContentsForewordCharles E. Curran Prologue 1. Sexual Morality in the Catholic Tradition: A Brief HistoryHistoricitySexuality and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and RomeSexuality and Sexual Ethics in the Catholic TraditionReading Sacred ScriptureThe Fathers of the ChurchThe PenitentialsScholastic DoctrineThe Modern PeriodConclusion 2. Natural Law and Sexual Anthropology: Catholic Traditionalists"Nature" DefinedThe Revision of Catholic Moral TheologyNatural Law and Sexual AnthropologyTraditionalists and Sexual AnthropologyConclusion 3. Natural Law and Sexual Anthropology: Catholic RevisionistsRevisionist Critiques of Traditionalist AnthropologiesKarl Rahner: Transcendental FreedomRevisionists and Sexual AnthropologyConclusion 4. Unitive Sexual Morality: A Revised Foundational Principle and AnthropologyGaudium et Spes and a Foundational Sexual PrincipleThe Relationship between Conjugal Love and Sexual IntercourseMultiple Dimensions of Human SexualityTruly Human and ComplementarityConclusion 5. Marital MoralityMarital Intercourse and MoralityNNLT and Marital MoralityModern Catholic Thought And Marital MoralityMarital Morality and ContraceptionA Renewed Principle of Human Sexuality and ContraceptionConclusion 6. Cohabitation and the Process of MarryingCohabitation in the Contemporary WestBetrothal and the Christian TraditionComplementarity and Nuptial CohabitationConclusion 7. HomosexualityThe Bible and HomosexualityMagisterial Teaching on Homosexual Acts and RelationshipsThe Moral Sense of the Christian People and Homosexual ActsThe Morality of Homosexual Acts ReconsideredConclusion 8. Artificial Reproductive TechnologiesDefining Artificial Reproductive TechnologiesThe CDF Instruction and Artificial Reproductive TechnologiesParental Complementarity, Relational Considerations, and Social EthicsConclusion Epilogue
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Georgetown University Press A History of Georgetown University: From Academy
Book SynopsisThe discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Such purposes determined John Carroll, SJ's modest and surprisingly ecumenical proposal to establish an academy on the banks of the Potomac for the education of the young in the early republic. What began earnestly in 1789 still continues today: the idea of Georgetown University as a Catholic university situated squarely in the American experience. Beautifully designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, "A History of Georgetown University" tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. With a keen eye for detail, historian Robert Emmett Curran - a member of the Georgetown community for over three decades - explores the broader perspective of Georgetown's sense of identity and its place in American culture. Volume One traces Georgetown's evolution during its first century, from its beginnings as an academy within the American Catholic community of the Revolutionary War era through its flowering as a college before the Civil War to its postbellum achievements as a university. Volume Two highlights the efforts of administrators and faculty over the next seventy-five years to make Georgetown an ascending and increasingly diverse institution with a range of graduate programs and professional schools. Volume Three examines Georgetown's remarkable rise to prominence as an internationally recognized research university - both culturally engaged and cosmopolitan while remaining grounded in its Catholic and Jesuit character. Each volume features numerous illustrations, photographs, and appendices that include student demographics, enrollments, and lists of board members.Trade ReviewGeorgetown enriched my life in so many ways, and the habits of mind and friendships I found there continue to enrich it today. I loved when I was there, I love it still, and I am honored to be part of a family that gave me so much. This beautifully told history by Professor Curran captures the unique spirit of a remarkable institution that has contributed greatly to our common good. -William Jefferson Clinton, Forty-second President of the United States Everyone who loves the Hilltop, and many of their friends too, will want to have a copy of this splendid history-exhaustively researched, comprehensive in its viewpoint, and vivid in its telling. It is a story both of the university and of the nation with which it was founded. -Leo J. O'Donovan, SJ, president emeritus, Georgetown University This modern history of Georgetown University is good news-and good reading-on several counts. It tells the 20th century story of Georgetown inside and out. It fills in gaps about Catholic higher education. Above all, it confirms Georgetown University's significance within the total landscape of contemporary American higher education. -John Thelin, university research professor, University of Kentucky In these meticulously researched and long-awaited volumes, Emmett Curran provides a rich, complex history of the first 200 years of America's oldest Catholic, Jesuit university, tracing the struggles of John Carroll's 'modest academy' in the new nation to the emergence of Georgetown as an international leader in higher education. Throughout, Curran demonstrates the university's remarkable fidelity to its mission of educating leaders who serve. It is fine history and a good read. -Dorothy M. Brown, professor of history emerita, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Preface Part 1: The Academy: Beginnings, 1773-1830 1. "Our Main Sheet Anchor for Religion" 2. "To Give Perpetuity..." 3. The Return of the Jesuits 4. "Instead of a Constellation...a Few Unfledged Bodys ..." Part 2: From Academy to College, 1830-1860 5. Building a College and More, 1829-1849 6. The 1850s: Refugees, Science, and the founding of the Medical School 7. "Alma Mater of the South:" Student Culture in the Antebellum Years 8. "The Great Object of Education": Curriculum, Student Societies, and Careers Part 3: From College to University, 1860-1889 9. Georgetown's Blue and Gray 10. A Decade of Reconstruction, and the Founding of the Law School 11. Patrick Healy and the Idea of a University 12. Georgetown in 1889: "...She Began with Our Fatherland." Appendices:A. Georgetown Student Enrollments, 1791-1889B. All Degrees Conferred by Georgetown University from 1817 through 1889C. Members of the Board of Directors from 1797 to 1817 and from 1844 to 1889D. Presidents, Prefects, and Deans in Georgetown's First CenturyE. List of Original College Buildings by Construction DateF. Summary Tabulations of Student Demographics for Students at Georgetown from 1791 to 1889 Notes Index
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Georgetown University Press A History of Georgetown University: The Quest for
Book SynopsisThe discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Such purposes determined John Carroll, SJ's modest and surprisingly ecumenical proposal to establish an academy on the banks of the Potomac for the education of the young in the early republic. What began earnestly in 1789 still continues today: the idea of Georgetown University as a Catholic university situated squarely in the American experience. Beautifully designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, "A History of Georgetown University" tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. With a keen eye for detail, historian Robert Emmett Curran - a member of the Georgetown community for over three decades - explores the broader perspective of Georgetown's sense of identity and its place in American culture. Volume One traces Georgetown's evolution during its first century, from its beginnings as an academy within the American Catholic community of the Revolutionary War era through its flowering as a college before the Civil War to its postbellum achievements as a university. Volume Two highlights the efforts of administrators and faculty over the next seventy-five years to make Georgetown an ascending and increasingly diverse institution with a range of graduate programs and professional schools. Volume Three examines Georgetown's remarkable rise to prominence as an internationally recognized research university - both culturally engaged and cosmopolitan while remaining grounded in its Catholic and Jesuit character. Each volume features numerous illustrations, photographs, and appendices that include student demographics, enrollments, and lists of board members.Trade ReviewA magnum opus that reflects credit on both subject and author... Thoroughly researched and meticulously presented, this history of Georgetown University sets a high standard as the definitive scholarly account of the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States. The Catholic Historical ReviewTable of ContentsForeword by John J. DeGioia Preface Part One: Toward a Greater Georgetown, 1889-1928 1. Joseph Havens Richards and the Emergence of the University 2. Georgetown in the Early Twentieth Century 3. Over Here: World War I and the 1920s 4. "Hoya Saxa": Georgetown Athletics From the 1890s to the 1920s Part Two: Keeping the Dream Alive, 1928-1945 5. Depression, Centralization, and Expansion: 1928-1935 6. Renaissance and the "Clouds of War," 1935-1941 7. "We Are Eager to Render Service": The University and the Second World War Part Three: Recovering the Idea of a Catholic University, 1945-1964 8. In a Hot and Cold War World: 1946-1952 9. Edward Bunn and the Consolidation of the University, 1952-1964 10. Toward the Fulfillment of a Vision AppendicesA. Student Enrollments, 1889-1965B. Presidents of the University, 1888-1968C. Prefects of Studies/Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1889-1964D. Deans of the Graduate School, 1900-1967E. Deans of the Medical School, 1889-1974F. Deans of the Law School, 1889-1969G. Deans of the Dental School, 1901-66H. Superintendents/Principals/Deans of the School of Nursing, 1903-67I. Deans of the School of Foreign Service, 1919-66J. Directors of the Institute of Languages and Linguistics/Deans of the School of Languages and Linguistics, 1949-74K. Directors/Deans of the School of Business Administration, 1957-65L. Directors/Deans of the School of Summer and Continuing Education (School of Continuing Education), 1953-67M. Academic Vice Presidents, 1955-67N. Executive Vice Presidents for Medical Center Affairs, 1960-68O. Regents of the Law, Medical, Dental, Nursing, Foreign Service, Language and Linguistics, and Business Schools, 1920-68P. Georgetown University Buildings by Construction Date, 1890-1962 Selected Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press A History of Georgetown University: The Rise to
Book SynopsisThe discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Such purposes determined John Carroll, SJ's modest and surprisingly ecumenical proposal to establish an academy on the banks of the Potomac for the education of the young in the early republic. What began earnestly in 1789 still continues today: the idea of Georgetown University as a Catholic university situated squarely in the American experience. Beautifully designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, "A History of Georgetown University" tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. With a keen eye for detail, historian Robert Emmett Curran - a member of the Georgetown community for over three decades - explores the broader perspective of Georgetown's sense of identity and its place in American culture. Volume One traces Georgetown's evolution during its first century, from its beginnings as an academy within the American Catholic community of the Revolutionary War era through its flowering as a college before the Civil War to its postbellum achievements as a university. Volume Two highlights the efforts of administrators and faculty over the next seventy-five years to make Georgetown an ascending and increasingly diverse institution with a range of graduate programs and professional schools. Volume Three examines Georgetown's remarkable rise to prominence as an internationally recognized research university - both culturally engaged and cosmopolitan while remaining grounded in its Catholic and Jesuit character. Each volume features numerous illustrations, photographs, and appendices that include student demographics, enrollments, and lists of board members.Trade ReviewGeorgetown enriched my life in so many ways, and the habits of mind and friendships I found there continue to enrich it today. I loved when I was there, I love it still, and I am honored to be part of a family that gave me so much. This beautifully told history by Professor Curran captures the unique spirit of a remarkable institution that has contributed greatly to our common good. -William Jefferson Clinton, Forty-second President of the United States Everyone who loves the Hilltop, and many of their friends too, will want to have a copy of this splendid history-exhaustively researched, comprehensive in its viewpoint, and vivid in its telling. It is a story both of the university and of the nation with which it was founded. -Leo J. O'Donovan, SJ, president emeritus, Georgetown University This modern history of Georgetown University is good news-and good reading-on several counts. It tells the 20th century story of Georgetown inside and out. It fills in gaps about Catholic higher education. Above all, it confirms Georgetown University's significance within the total landscape of contemporary American higher education. -John Thelin, university research professor, University of Kentucky In these meticulously researched and long-awaited volumes, Emmett Curran provides a rich, complex history of the first 200 years of America's oldest Catholic, Jesuit university, tracing the struggles of John Carroll's 'modest academy' in the new nation to the emergence of Georgetown as an international leader in higher education. Throughout, Curran demonstrates the university's remarkable fidelity to its mission of educating leaders who serve. It is fine history and a good read. -Dorothy M. Brown, professor of history emerita, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by John J. DeGioia Preface Part One: The Academy in the 1960s 1. Into the Groves of Modernity 2. A Time of Crisis and Challenge: Georgetown in the 1960s (1965-75) I 3. The University in an Unraveling World: Georgetown in the 1960s (1965-75) II Part Two: Into the Center Front of American Higher Education 4. The Second Healy: Georgetown and the Prestigious Circle, 1976-89 5. End of a Second Century: Not with a Whimper, 1976-89 Epilogue AppendixesA. Student Enrollments, 1963-90B. Presidents of the University, 1952-2010C. Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1957-2010D. Deans of the Graduate School, 1960-2010E. Deans of the Medical School, 1963-2010F. Deans of the Law School/Executive Vice Presidents for Law Center Affairs, 1955-2010G. Deans of the Dental School, 1950-90H. Deans of the School of Nursing and Health Studies, 1963-2010I. Deans of the School of Foreign Service, 1962-2010J. Deans of the School of Languages and Linguistics, 1962-2010K. Director/Deans of the School of Business Administration, 1960-2010L. Deans of the School of Summer and Continuing Education (School of Continuing Education), 1963-2010M. Academic Vice Presidents/Executive Vice Presidents for the Main Campus, 1955-2010N. Executive Vice Presidents for Medical Center Affairs/Executive Vice Presidents for the Health Sciences, 1963-2010O. Regents of the Law, Foreign Service, Language and Linguistics, and Business Schools, 1961-68P. Georgetown University Buildings by Construction Date, 1964-2007 Selected Bibliography Index
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Georgetown University Press Reverse Mission: Transnational Religious
Book SynopsisMany Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their 'brothers and sisters' abroad. In fact, when the policies of their native government pose significant dangers to their people internationally, these US citizens engage actively in a variety of political processes in order to protect and advance the interests of the transnational religious communities to which they belong. In this provocative examination of the place of religion in world politics, Timothy A. Byrnes focuses on three Catholic communities-Jesuit, Maryknoll, and Benedictine-and how they seek to shape US policy in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Based on years of fieldwork and on-the-ground interviews, "Reverse Mission" details the transnational bonds that drive the political activities of these Catholic orders. This fascinating book reveals how the men and women of these orders became politically active in complex and sometimes controversial causes and how, ultimately, they exert a unique influence on foreign policy that is derived from their communal loyalties rather than any ethnic or national origin.Trade ReviewByrnes effectively shows how the differences between the orders both in terms of structure and ministerial charism lead to different mobilizations vis-a-vis US foreign policy...Byrnes has cleared the ground for more probing analysis of this vital religious dimension of the growing border crossings of twenty-first century politics. Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface 1. Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy 2. Ours: Martyrdom in El Salvador, Mobilization in the United States 3. The People: On Mission from Nicaragua to the United States 4. Hospitality: A Covenant between Mexico and Vermont 5. Conclusion Notes
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University of Scranton Press Personal Faith and Institutional Commitments:
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Fire and Ice: Imagination and Intellect in the
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin
Book SynopsisThe granting of indulgences by the Catholic Church has long been infamous as one of the grounds for Martin Luther's revolt from the church in the sixteenth century. Modern scholars have usually characterized the medieval practice as a defective one. But in "The Penitents' Treasury", historian Robert W. Shaffern debunks this argument through a reexamination of indulgences that shows how their alleged evils have been exaggerated throughout history. This provocative volume, a necessary read for anyone interested in medieval history and the history of religion, calls for much rethinking about the state of the church on the eve of the Reformation.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Reform of the
Book SynopsisSoon after Pope Paul VI promulgated Sacrosanctum Concilium more than forty-five years ago, a small group of liturgy specialists replaced the liturgical reforms mandated by Sacrosanctum Concilium with a more secular liturgy. As a result, most Catholics are unfamiliar with the document's actual direction. The contributors to this volume seek to restore those elements of worship lost to these secular interpretations, such as the sacred music, art and architecture, scripture and liturgical translation, and the relation of the liturgy to the mission of the Church.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. The Idea of the Catholic University: Proceedings
Book SynopsisFor decades, those involved in Catholic higher education - including administrators, professors, philosophers, theologians, and students - have perennially taken on the challenge of defining and clarifying what exactly and uniquely characterizes their endeavor. Borrowing his title in part from John Henry Newman's "The Idea of the University", Kenneth Whitehead collects in this volume thirteen original essays that examine the mission of Catholic higher education, covering such topics as Catholic studies programs at Catholic and non-Catholic universities and the engagement of Catholic universities with secular culture.
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Lantern Books,US Following Jesus in the Footsteps of Francis: A
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Lantern Books,US The Wandering Friar: A Traveling Franciscan
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Word Among Us Press Unshakeable Hope in the Midst of the Storm
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