An Intro to the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx

The Praxis of Christian Experience: An Introduction to the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx

Hilkert, Mary Catherine

Schreiter, Robert J.

Religion & Spirituality

Harpercollins

In this 2001 Madeleva lecture, Mary Catherine Hilkert reflects on the person and impact of Catherine of Siena as a means to examine the challenges facing contemporary women of faith. Known for her wisdom as well as her forthright speech, her role as counselor to the pope as well as church critic, her preaching as well as her prayer, Catherine can be a remarkable companion in hope for women today. 
After a look at the Madeleva Manifesto and noting that its emphasis on equality, dignity and justice echoes the ideas of Catherine, the author examines Catherine's 14th-century life and ministry. She then uses that as a mirror through which to explore "three interrelated aspects of the source and authority of the works of faithful women in every age: 1) the authority of vocation, 2) the authority of wisdom and 3) the authority of compassion." 
Hilkert believes that as we ponder what it means for women to speak with the authority of the Spirit, "Catherine's words and witness can offer insight and challenge." As with all the preceding volumes in this series, this book speaks to contemporary women, especially with its emphasis on women's roles and authority in the church. Persons interested in spirituality, feminism or history will be inspired by it as well.

Speaking With Authority: Catherine of Siena and the Voices of Women Today (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality, 2001)

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholicism

Paulist Pr

Reflects on the person and impact of Catherine of Siena as a means to examine the challenges facing contemporary women of faith.

Speaking with Authority: Catherine of Siena and the Voices of Women Today

Paulist Press

There has been a growing awareness of the plight of the earth at the hands of human beings over the past several decades. An important theological contribution to this discussion over the past two decades has been the work of Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. She brings first of all a deep concern for the earth and its creatures. As a professor of Hebrew Bible, she also brings the contribution of the Wisdom literature of the Jewish tradition. It is at the intersection of these two resources—concern for the earth and the Wisdom literature—that much of her work has been done. The Wisdom of Creation, written to honor her, takes up the themes of creation and Wisdom from a variety of perspectives, both biblical and theological, to think along with Bergant about the challenges of caring for the earth and for those who dwell upon it. 
The work of a theology that will contribute to the care of and the future of the earth is still in many ways in its early stages. Dianne Bergant’s own work on themes of wisdom, creation, prayer, and preaching has made a significant contribution to that theology. It is hoped that these essays will continue that important task of making a better world in which the next generation will grow and mature. 
Essays and contributors are "The Creatures Know!" by Walter Brueggemann; "Redeeming ‘Gospel Feminism’ From Anti-Judaism," by Mary C. Boys, S.N.J.M.; "The Divine ‘I Am’: Wisdom Motifs in the Gospel of John," by Barbara E. Bowe; "Creation as a Divine-Human Collaboration," by Herman E. Schaalman; "Creation, Revelation and Redemption: Recovering the Biblical Tradition as a Conversation Partner to Ecology," by Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.; "Three Who Loved Wisdom," by Agnes Cunningham, S.S.C.M.; "’Charged with the Grandeur of God’: The Created World as a Path to Prayer," by Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp.; "The ‘Myth of the Garden’ and Spiritual Ministry in Postmodern America," by Mary Frohlich, R.S.C.J.; "Nature’s Parables and the Preaching of the Gospel," by Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.; and "Preaching Morality without Moralizing," by Andrew L. Nelson.

The Wisdom of Creation

Boys, Mary C.

Sklba, Richard J.

Frohlich, Mary

Bowe, Barbara Ellen

Cunningham, Agnes

Dempsey, Carol

Gittins, Anthony J.

Nelson, Andrew L.

BRUEGGEMANN, Walter

Liturgical Pr

The Praxis of the Reign of God: An Introduction to the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx.

The first edition of this clear introduction to the major aspects of the work of Schillebeeckx was hailed as “an indispensable handbook of Schillebeeckx’s theology.” This revised edition includes a new essay on God and creation, and presents a never before published reflection of Schillebeeckx speaking about God today.

Schreiter, Robert

Fordham University Press

Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination

While recognizing the great contribution that 20th century theology has made in describing the relation between God and humanity, Mary Catherine Hilkert concentrates her focus on the resources of the "sacramental imagination." This examination shifts the focus from the gap between the divine and the human and the sinfulness of humanity to the grace discovered in everyday life and the word of God entrusted to the entire community of faith.

Ministry & Evangelism

Chiron Pubns

It is not a lack of training in the art of rhetoric that accounts for the ineffectiveness of preaching within Christian churches. More significant is the lack of adequate theological foundations. While recognizing the great contribution that neo-orthodoxy and the "dialectical imagination" have made, Hilkert's major contribution is a scholarly examination of the resources of the "sacramental imagination."This examinations shifts the focus from the divine-human gap and the sinfulness of humanity to the grace discovered in everyday life, and the word entrusted to the entire community of faith. With particular attention to what constitutes "women's experience," the final chapters engage the issue of how social location shapes the experience of both hearers and preachers of the word.

Continuum

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