A biblical scholar and an expert on Catholic-Jewish dialogue have been awarded the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in theology. French biblical scholar Professor Anne-Marie Pelletier and Polish Professor Waldemar Chrostowski have been awarded the Ratzinger Prize for theology. Professor Pelletier is a scholar of hermeneutics and biblical exegesis, who has written two books on Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
A third way backed for divorced and remarried to have Communion
Friday, June 20th, 2014
Jesuit theologian Professor Ladislas Orsy has proposed a way once promoted by Joseph Ratzinger for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion. In 1972, Professor Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, put forward an argument based on “oikonomia” – good spiritual housekeeping – a part of Eastern Church tradition. He argued that Communion could be given Read more
American archbishop worried at balkanisation of US Catholics
Friday, June 6th, 2014
An American archbishop has warned against what he called the “balkanisation” of United States’ Catholics. Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin is worried the divisive nature of the nation’s politics may be seeping into the US Catholic Church. At a theological convention on May 30, he expressed concern about the separation of people into ideological camps. Archbishop Read more
Jesuit theologian from India under doctrinal scrutiny by Vatican
Friday, May 16th, 2014
The Vatican is investigating a Jesuit theologian from India for allegedly espousing unorthodox beliefs. Censure has reportedly been threatened against Fr Michael Amaladoss, whose best-known book is “The Asian Jesus”. But the Jesuit provincial of Fr Amaladoss’s Indian province said there had been no condemnation or censure. Rather, there has been an ongoing dialogue that has Read more
‘Let him Easter in us’
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
We have reached our celebration of Easter, the centre of the Church’s liturgical year and the source of Christian life and faith. Yet Easter often appears as the poor relation of Christmas. Whether you believe or not, there is something about Christmas that manages to touch everyone. But without Easter there would be no Christmas. Read more
Lloyd Geering to end his lectureship career aged 96
Friday, April 11th, 2014When he recently turned 96 years of age, Professor Lloyd Geering decided to retire from his role as Principal Lecturer of the St Andrew’s Trust for the Study of Religion and Society. His final talk in that capacity will be given during the week of the opening of the new St Andrew’s Centre on Tuesday Read more
Jesus and the Jews
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
New Testament scholars have spent an impressive amount of energy on the study of the historical Jesus and much of it in the last few decades has revolved around his Jewishness. Christian reawakening to the Jewishness of Jesus began in the late nineteenth century but received greater attention as Christians devoted increased attention to Jews Read more
Christian feminism is not an oxymoron
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
“THAT is totally untenable!” my friend yelled over the party music. “You can’t be a feminist and a Christian.” \ She was a staunch atheist, and spent the evening telling me, as many have done before, that Christianity is unavoidably and embarrassingly patriarchal. She urged me to throw off the shackles of my misogynistic faith. Read more
Living the questions
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
A couple of months ago, I was sitting in my office working on a lesson plan when Veronica, a freshman student at my high school, abrasively stormed through the doorway. “So, Ms. Stapleton Smith,” she began rather brashly, “I have a few questions that the guidance counsellor told me I should come to see you Read more
Dead Sea Scrolls go digital
Friday, February 21st, 2014
The Dead Sea scrolls will now be accessible for public viewing, and you don’t even need to leave your home to see them. Orchestrated under the Israel Antiques Authority (IAA) with support from Google, the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library is a free, online archive comprised of thousands of high resolution fragments. History, now, is Read more