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Article: The word made fresh.(Catholic theologians changing)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 16, 2001
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Younger scholars, with a different twist on tradition, break new ground
Tremors signaling a tectonic shift are underway as U.S. Catholic theology meets the post-modern world. Younger theologians are stepping into place with different guidebooks for their God-exploring from the ones their predecessors used.
To see how and where it's different, NCR, in a series of interviews, will introduce younger writers and thinkers, scholars generally in their 30s to early 40s and often more traditional in outlook about some matters of faith than the previous generation.
To set the stage, NCR talked to two theologians half a step ahead of the newcomers: ...