THE CURRENT FAILURE of so many religious institutions, along with the spiritual emptiness pervading late-modern industrial societies, can't be blamed just on "secularization." So many sincere people thirst for spiritual meaning, yet they don't find it in failing religious institutions. At the same time, so many sincere people are spiritually despairing over the refusal by hyper-masculine global elites of Modern Industrial Civilization to turn away from profitable but anti-ecological systems, which are so rapidly devastating the creative communion of life across our loving Creator's beloved planet Earth. In this ground-breaking book, eco-philosopher and Catholic theologian Joe Holland links those two challenges. Principal author of the widely read text Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice and ghostwriter for two highly praised Appalachian Pastoral Letters, he insightfully explores the late-modern breakdowns of both civilization and spirituality. He correlates the social and ecological breakdown of Modern Industrial Civilization with the deeper cultural breakdown of Modern Psychological Spirituality, which is found in both Catholic and Protestant forms, as well as in other religious forms. At the same time, he explores the seminal emergence of Postmodern Ecological Spirituality, which is already planting regenerative seeds for a future Postmodern Ecological Civilization. This challenging book provides essential background for: 1) understanding at the deep level the interwoven late-modern global devastation of ecological, societal, and spiritual life; and 2) seeking at the deep level the holistic postmodern global regeneration of ecological, social, and spiritual life, which Pope Francis has called "integral ecology." JOE HOLLAND is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy & Religion at Saint Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida, as well as President of Pax Romana / Catholic Movement for Intellectual & Cultural Affairs USA, which is based in Washington DC. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Postmodern Ecological Spirituality: Catholic-Christian Hope for the Dawn of a Postmodern Ecological Civilization Rising from within the Spiritual Dark Night of Modern Industrial Civilization

Holland, Joe

Religion & Spirituality

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This book describes the vision of a "Green Revolution" proposed by Peter Maurin, co-founder with Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement. Peter's vision may be described as a new lay ecological monasticism for individuals and families. His program included three interrelated projects: 1) creation of rural ecovillages pursuing prayer, study, and agriculture; 2) creation of urban houses of hospitality to welcome the marginalized poor; and 3) ecological universities in which workers would become scholars and scholars would become workers. Peter saw the entire program as part of the search for a post-capitalist and post-Marxist new civilization, yet one rooted in ancient human spiritual, social, and ecological traditions.

Peter Maurin's Ecological Lay New Monasticism: A Catholic Green Revolution Developing Rural Ecovillages, Urban Houses of Hospitality, & ... Civilization (Pacem in Terris Press Booklet)

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FROM 1991 TO 2000 IN ASSISI, ITALY, Elisabeth Ferrero organized and led a series of innovative conferences on "Spirituality and Sustainability," as well creative “Study Abroad for Earth” (S.A.F.E.) programs. The featured speaker and resource person for these conferences and programs was the late Thomas Berry. A scholar in world religions, protégé of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and a great contemporary ecological thinker, Thomas Berry became the leading intellectual figure, in cooperation with scientist Brian Swimme, for an important school of thought known as the "New Cosmology.” This book, edited by Elisabeth Ferrero, gathers a rich and diverse collection of tributes to the memory of Thomas Berry in Italy. The contributors to this volume were mostly important participants in the Assisi conferences on “Spirituality and Sustainability” or participants in the S.A.F.E. programs. Twenty years later, they have become important ecological voices in their fields and many now hold key leadership positions linked to sustainability. After its opening reflections, this book is divided in five additional parts: the universe &amp; the university; innovative study abroad programs with Thomas Berry’s cosmology; sacredness of the natural world; economics and sustainable development; and the Earth Charter as a new global ethic. The book ends with a related letter from Thomas Berry and photographs from events with Thomas Berry in Italy.

Thomas Berry in Italy: Reflections on Spirituality & Sustainability

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In this wonderful book, Father Michael J. Gillgannon ("Padre Miguel") has shared wonderful stories about his work alongside the people of Bolivia and about his encounters with teachers, artists, theologians, and others. He has also recounted his experience both with the anti-democratic military dictatorship of General Banzer and with the democratic presidency of Evo Morales. (President Morales was elected as the first Native-American president ever of Bolivia, a country whose overwhelming majority is Native American and who in turn suffered for approximately 500 years under European and European-American domination.) In particular, Father Gillgannon's Parish of San Antonio de Padua in the Andes mountains comes alive with his description of colorful annual indigenous fiestas of life, community, and faith. The parish school grows, and its youth encourage him and his close colleague Maryknoll Sister Joan Mury to initiate an extraordinary campus ministry at the State university of La Paz. At age 79, Father Gillgannon returned to Kansas City. There, through engagement with Hispanic Ministry in the United States, he continued to raise ethical questions and to work for social change.

Padre Miguel: A Memoir of My Catholic Missionary Experience in Bolivia Amidst Postcolonial Transformation of Church and State

Gillgannon, Michael J

IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, the Catholic Church made an epoch-defining magisterial, philosophical, and theological turn from an "ahistorical" methodological "habitus" toward a praxis-based methodology that interprets "historical reality," especially the reality of the poverty, as a locus theologicus. This book shows how the development of this turn began in pre-conciliar Western Europe, next flourished during the pontificates of John XXIII and Paul VI and at Vatican Council II, then became vital to liberation theology in post-conciliar Latin America, and eventually grew into the contemporary paradigm of "practical theology." The book chronicles the contributions of a range of twentieth-century Catholic philosophers, theologians, and members of the Magisterium who created and advanced this turn across Western Europe, Latin America, and North America. Today, the turn has been additionally developed in Africa and Asia, and the author looks forward to learning from additional Catholic theological voices from those important global regions. DR. BOB PENNINGTON, a native of West Virginia, grew up in Gainesville, Florida and attended the University of Florida in pursuit of a bachelor's degree in Political Science. However, after a mission-trip to the isolated mountain town of La Cucarita in the Dominican Republic, Dr. Pennington transferred to Wheeling Jesuit University to finish his undergraduate degree with a focus on the political and civic aspect of mission work. Dr. Pennington then earned a master's degree in Theology from Xavier University, followed by a Ph.D. in Practical Theology from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. Dr. Pennington is currently an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, specializing in Ethics, at Mount St. Joseph University. When not working on writing and speaking projects, he enjoys spending time with his wife Cassandra, and with his two children Luke and Leo.

Catholic Practical Theology: A Geneology of the Methodological Turn to Praxis, Historical Reality, & the Preferential Option for the Poor

Pennington, Bob

In July 1944, delegates from forty-four allied nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The meeting resulted in the creation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("IBRD"), and the International Monetary Fund ("IMF"). This book demonstrates that current Bretton Woods Institutions' ("BWI") policies must be fundamentally redesigned, since many are archaic, and others are counter-productive to integral sustainable development in the current global economy. Further, the book argues that the dominant nations in the BWI have forced their political agendas on the rest of the world, while hiding behind the veil of these multilateral global financial institutions. The book concludes that the BWI, due to their lending policies and governing structures, have restrained authentic global development. It also proposes alternative strategies for authentic sustainable development through other multilateral global institutions.PROFESSOR MARK J. WOLFF is Professor of Law at Saint Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. He also serves as Legal Counsel and Board Member, Malta Projects of Southeastern Florida, Inc., an affiliate of the American Association of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. In addition, he is General Counsel and member of the Board of Directors of Pax Romana-USA, and of the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Institute at St. Thomas University, as well as a Faculty Advisor for the Center for Ethics at St. Thomas University. He formerly served as an International Vice President of Pax Romana / International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, and as Main Representative of Pax Romana at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. He also founded and is Director of the St. Thomas University School of Law's United Nations Externship Program, at United Nations Headquarter in New York City. Currently, he as an Adviser to the Permanent Mission of the Order of Malta to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. In the past, he has served as a member and head of delegations on behalf of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta at United Nations World Conferences and International Consultative Conferences, and he has addressed the plenary sessions of these Conferences and the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Bretton Woods Institutions & Neoliberalism: Historical Critique of Policies, Structures, & Governance of the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank, with Case Studies

Wolff, Mark J.

Foreign & International Law

Dr. Norman Carroll has devoted the last five years to authoring this, his latest book. It captures the ultimate goal of science and religion bonding together to explain the origin of the universe and the magnificent relationship of creator and created in creation. Truly, the hostility between science and religion could be ending. Pursuant to this book's content, they are now able to pursue an eternal love-affair of complementary covenant. Norman Carroll studied seven years for the Roman Catholic priesthood in the seminary of the Franciscan Friars at Graymoor, New York. Then, he studied four additional years to become a Doctor of Chiropractic which he practiced for thirty-one years while serving in 1971 as president of the Florida Chiropractic Association. During this time, he pursued his powerful passion for spirituality and theology by ordination to the diaconate in 1979. In 1994, he gained his Doctor of Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation. In 1996, Dr. Carroll initiated a 15-year career of preaching over 200 parish retreats throughout the United States. In 2010, Deacon Carroll published his first book Miracles, Messages, and Metaphors: Unlocking the Wisdom of the Bible. He also chairs the At Risk Children Foundation which houses, feeds, and educates orphans in Haiti. (https: //www.savethekids.com) "Norm Carroll reveals his exceptional attunement to both the heart and future of Christian faith. Most impressive is his ability to weave his spiritual intuitions into the fabric of an informed evolutionary vision of life and the universe." John Haught, Distinguished Research Professor, Georgetown University

The Whole Story: The Wedding of Science and Religion

Carroll, Norman C.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK is to show that many SanJuanist commentators err in portraying St. John of the Cross as a world-negating contemplative by calling him the doctor of the dark night of the soul. This misinterpretation is informed by their failure to understand John’s historical context, especially the problem of conversos (Jewish and Muslim converts to Catholicism) in sixteenth-century Spain. It is time to study St. John of the Cross as a whole person and in his historical context of sixteenth-century Spain, and thus bring together his multifaceted dimensions. Attention needs to be given to his active role in the Carmelite tradition as a religious reformer, an administrator, and a prophet; to his intellectual capacity as a mystical theologian and teacher; and to his religious devotion as a poet, friar, hermit, spiritual director, confessor, and priest. The book begins with a brief history of contemplation and action in the Christian mystical tradition and it then reviews the biography and writings of this Carmelite saint. It also examines John’s writings through the eyes of Raimundo Panikkar’s tripartite model of action, wisdom, and devotion. Finally, it concludes with an assessment of the SanJuanist legacy for today’s world. CRISTÓBAL SERRÁN-PAGÁN y FUENTES is a native of Spain, like San Juan de la Cruz, and he has spent the last three decades in the United States doing research on Thomas Merton and St. John of the Cross. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Boston University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Valdosta State University in the State of Georgia.

Saint John of the Cross: His Prophetic Mysticism in the Historical Context of Sixteenth-Century Spain

Serran-Pagan y Fuentes, Cristobal

THE CLERICAL SCANDAL OF SEXUAL-ABUSE and coverups, caused by a significant minority of the episcopacy and presbyterate of the Roman Catholic Church, has precipitated a strategic intellectual debate. On one side, the so-called 'conservative' intellectual diagnosis blames what some see as a broad presence within the contemporary Western Roman Catholic clergy of persons with homosexual tendencies. On the other side, the so-called 'progressive' intellectual diagnosis blames "Clericalism," which it sees only as a problematic psychological attitude, or an authoritarian, non-transparent, and unaccountable organizational culture, or both. This small book has not been written to defend either side of that debate, but rather to understand how Roman Catholic Clericalism is a systemic institution. Even so, it is important to state that any 'conservative' scapegoating of persons with a homosexual orientation for the clerical sexual-abuse and coverup scandals, as if homosexuality itself were the cause, blasphemes the image of God in those among us with a homosexual orientation. All human persons, regardless of sexual orientation, carry the beauty and dignity of our loving Creator's sacred image. It is also important to state that, while the 'progressive' diagnosis is correct at the surface level, it nonetheless fails to unveil the deep root of Clericalism as an historically legislated and non-evangelical institution, which inevitably regenerates problems and even pathologies for each successive clerical generation. The 'progressive' diagnosis also fails to explore how the non-evangelical institution of Roman Catholic Clericalism was historically constructed by imperial, papal, and conciliar legislation over more than a millennium and a half, and how it is now undermining the Western Catholic evangelization. Deepening the analysis of Clericalism to its foundational and tenacious institutional level is the purpose of this small book. JOE HOLLAND is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy &amp; Religion from Saint Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is also President of Pax Romana / Catholic Movement for Intellectual &amp; Cultural Affairs USA, based in Washington DC. The author of 17 other books, he holds a PhD, from the University of Chicago.

Roman Catholic Clericalism: Three Historical Stages in the Legislation of a Non-Evangelical, Now Dysfunctional, and Sometimes Pathological Institution

IN THIS MAGISTERIAL BOOK, the author, Emeka Xris Obiezu, explains and analyzes the history and role of Catholic-inspired non-governmental organizations (NGOs) accredited to the United Nations (UN), as well as the origin and function of the United Nations itself. He also offers a Catholic theological interpretation and assessment of those Catholic-inspired NGOs, and he calls for a "new model" of relationship between Catholic-inspired NGO's and the UN. At present, there is no other book that offers such a vast and profound historical and theological analysis of this story. For that reason, this magisterial text now stands as the most important book in its field. As such, it constitutes and essential source and required reading for all Catholic-inspired NGO representatives at the UN, as well as for the leaders and members of the organizations that they represent. In addition, the book recommends itself to all Catholics and members of other religious traditions who are interested in the UN, as well as to UN and diplomatic personnel who realize the importance role of our human family's spiritual wisdom traditions as resources for ethical guidance in global governance. EMEKA XRIS OBIEZU is Roman Catholic priest of the Order of St. Augustine. He was the immediate past permanent representative of Augustinians International at the United Nations (UN), New York. In that post, he was a special consultant to the UN Economic and Social Council, he was a regular speaker at major UN events in New York, Geneva, and around the world, and he contributed to the various UN policies and decision-making processes. He is an expert in policy advocacy, international migration and development, and United Nations and global governance, as well as religions’ interface with international organizations. In both academic and popular settings, he has lectured and published on the issues addressed in this book, and on the major global issues of development and migration.Fr. Obiezu earned a Ph.D. in Political Theology from the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada. He also holds a certificate in International Migration Law; Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, and another certificate in Understanding Societal Change, from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva, and from United Nations University of Peace, Costa Rica.

SEEKING GLOBAL JUSTICE & PEACE: CATHOLIC-INSPIRED NGOs AT THE UNITED NATIONS

Obiezu, Emeka Xris

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