Recently added articles from Theological Studies:
Guest editorial/introduction.(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Pope Benedict XVI recently invited Christian believers and theologians to interrogate research on the historical Jesus with the question, "What has Jesus really brought ... if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world?" (1) The "great question" driving ...
Jesus the Galilean Jew in Mestizo theology.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... AT SOME POINT in my life, Galilee and the Jewish Galilean identity of Jesus came to be fundamental reference points for my theological and pastoral endeavors. To understand the Galilean insight at the core of my work, it must be linked to my journey as a Mexican American priest seeking to ...
The Galilean Jesus and a contemporary Christology.(Critical essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... IN THIS ARTICLE I seek to integrate three different aspects of Jesus' career in Galilee with the early Christian proclamation about him: Jesus as messianic claimant, the openness of Jesus to Gentiles, and Jesus as wisdom teacher. I suggest that these aspects take on richer and deeper ...
Jesus and the undocumented immigrant: a spiritual geography of a crucified people.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... MORE THAN TWELVE MILLION PEOPLE live in the United States without official authorization. (1) Each year about 500,000 individuals enter the country as undocumented immigrants. The vast majority of these are Mexican, totaling almost 60 percent of those who are irregular immigrants. Another ...
The option for the poor arises from faith in Christ.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... IN MAY 2007 the Fifth General Conference of the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean took place in Aparecida, Brazil. The meeting explicitly and insistently situated itself within the pastoral and theological framework opened up during the years of the Second Vatican Council and the ...
Galilee: a critical matrix for Marian studies.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... "THE DOOR WHEREBY one enters on a question decides the chances of a happy or a less happy solution," observed Yves Congar, because the concepts one uses in starting out largely determine what follows. (1) For Christian faith, the life of the first-century woman Miriam of Nazareth is woven ...
Jesus of Galilee and the crucified people: the contextual Christology of Jon Sobrino and Ignacio Ellacuria.(Critical essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY of Ignacio Ellacuria and the allied Christology of Jon Sobrino form what I believe may be the most fully developed contextual theology written since Vatican II. (1) This remarkable collaboration reflects epoch-shaping events in Latin America and the Catholic Church ...
Galilean Journey revisited: mestizaje, anti-Judaism, and the dynamics of exclusion.(Critical essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... "Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee" (Jn 7:52). RECENT DECADES HAVE SEEN critiques by scholars doing historical-Jesus research of his portrayal in theologies inspired by the preferential option for the ...
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman (Jn 4:1-42) in Africa.(Critical essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... A STUDY IN AFRICA of the Johannine Jesus and the Samaritan woman could take a number of directions. A reader response approach could match different aspects of the story with situations of marginalization and exploitation on the Continent. (1) Another approach could explore the ...
The Galilean Jesus: creating a borderland at the foot of the cross (Jn 19:23-30).(Critical essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... ONE DAY I WENT WITH A FRIEND to the cemetery where her mother is buried. She told me that the name inscribed on the epitaph--Grace Maria Park--was unfamiliar, even to her mother. Grace was the American name given her mother when she immigrated to the United States; Maria was the Christian ...
Jesus of Galilee from the Salvadoran context: compassion, hope, and following the light of the cross.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THIS ARTICLE RESPONDS to a request for a reflection on Jesus of Galilee from the perspective of El Salvador. The fundamentals of what I have to say have already been set out, for better or worse, in two books: Jesucristo liberador: Lectura teologica de Jesus de Nazaret (1991) and La fe en ...
The Bible and the Crisis of Meaning: Debates on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE BIBLE AND THE CRISIS OF MEANING: DEBATES ON THE THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE. By D. Christopher Spinks. New York: T. & T. Clark, 2007. Pp. xi + 201. $132. Spinks seeks to advance conversations in the field of the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS) by ...
The Soteriology of Leo the Great.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE SOTERIOLOGY OF LEO THE GREAT. By Bernard Green, O.S.B. Oxford Theological Monographs. New York: Oxford University, 2008. Pp. xii + 272. $130. As a child, I watched The Wizard of Oz year after year on a black and white television, never suspecting that I was missing anything ...
Gregory of Nyssa: Ancient and (Post)Modern.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... GREGORY OF NYSSA: ANCIENT AND (POST)MODERN. By Morwenna Ludlow. New York: Oxford University, 2007. Pp. x + 314. $99. Although she has ordered her study into four parts that suggest the major themes in Nyssa's thought (Trinity, Christology and soteriology, sexuality and gender, ...
What Is "Theology" in the Middle Ages?: Religious Cultures of Europe (12th to 15th Centuries) as Reflected in Their Self-Understanding.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... WHAT IS "THEOLOGY" IN THE MIDDLE AGES?: RELIGIOUS CULTURES OF EUROPE (12TH TO 15TH CENTURIES) AS REFLECTED IN THEIR SELF-UNDERSTANDING. Edited by Mikolaj Olszewski. Archa Verba Subsidia 1. Munster: Aschendorff, 2007. Pp. xii + 734. 120 [euro]. This hefty book presents papers ...
Papst und Teufel: Die Archive des Vatikan und das Dritte Reich.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... PAPST UND TEUFEL: DIE ARCHIVE DES VATIKAN UND DAS DRITTE REICH. By Hubert Wolf. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2008. Pp. 360. 24.90 [euro]. Fifty years after the death of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli), the controversies surrounding his and his predecessor's stances toward Nazism are ...
Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians: The Fantasy of the Real.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... CHESTERTON AND TOLKIEN AS THEOLOGIANS: THE FANTASY OF THE REAL. By Alison Milbank. London: T. & T. Clark, 2007. Pp. xvi + 184. $89.24; $39.95. Milbank emphasizes the influence of Chesterton's natural theology on Tolkien, especially on the latter's symbolist and modernist use of ...
Hope & Solidarity: Jon Sobrino's Challenge to Christian Theology.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... HOPE & SOLIDARITY: JON SOBRINO'S CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Edited by Stephen J. Pope. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2008. Pp. xiii + 282. $26. While Jon Sobrino's contribution to Latin American liberation theology has long been recognized, the world's attention to his work has ...
Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... FRIENDS OF GOD: ISLAMIC IMAGES OF PIETY, COMMITMENT, AND SERVANTHOOD. By John Renard. Berkeley: University of California, 2008. Pp. xx + 346. $24.95. Privileged to visit the mosques of Isfahan a few years ago, only to be stunned with their majesty and beauty, I said to myself: ...
L'etre et la mission du laic dans une eglise pluri-ministerielle: D'une theologie du laicat a une ecclesiologie de solidarite (1953-2003).(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... L'ETRE ET LA MISSION DU LAIC DANS UNE EGLISE PLURI-MINISTERIELLE: D'UNE THEOLOGIE DU LAICAT A UNE ECCLESIOLOGIE DE SOLIDARITE (1953-2003). By Humbert Jose Sanchez Zarinana, S.J. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2008. Pp. 460. 35 [euro]. In his study of the theology of the laity, the Mexican ...