Author: Other Voices
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Brief Book Review: Brothers and Sisters
MARK REASONER — This book provides clearly written responses to common questions about Paul and his letters, such as those related to a chronology of his life or what his attitude was toward women.
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Brief Book Review: When Prophets Preach
MELINDA QUIVIK — Augustine calls preachers to embrace the preachers’ role in conveying faith in its salvific, social, and civil capacities which means addressing real world problems that affect political matters.
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Brief Book Review: Mary & the Church at Vatican II
FR. DAVID ENDRES — Drawing on untapped materials at the Vatican Archives, Dr. Olsen offers a play-by-play of the debates surrounding Lumen Gentium’s chapter VIII (The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church).
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Brief Book Review: God’s Call is Everywhere
MICHAEL PLEKON — For anyone concerned with the lives and work of religious women, this is “must-read,” “must-have” volume. It is a singular resource, a collection of research findings on women religious in recent years.
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Large Scale Eucharistic Concelebration & Synodality: What Is Appropriate Today?
PAUL TAYLOR — Two questions for consideration are: what does “the good of the Christian faithful” require or suggest from the point of view of synodality, and should Eucharistic concelebration on a large scale still be considered preferable in a synodal context?
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Ars Praedicandi: Christ the King
ED FOLEY — “Jesus did not simply tell the truth before Pilate–He lived the truth, incarnating that most subversive and illusive form of leadership: the kind with integrity.
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Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP, dies at 96
MICHAEL RUBBELKE — Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP, leaves an enormous legacy which drew from the wells of spirituality, praxis, and the experience of the poor to inform his influential theology of liberation.
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The Birthday of the Church, Again
TYLER SAMPSON — One aspect of the tradition that has been returned to prominence is the birth of the Church at Pentecost.
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Ars Praedicandi: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
ED FOLEY — Now you might be asking yourself what do animal sensory perceptions and fragmented societies have to do with today’s readings, especially the gospel which is obviously a miracle story about faith … or is it?