When I came to write my recent
study of Camus (Camus: A
Theological Perspective), for the most part I simply
shared in his heartache over human suffering and reaffirmed my rejection of a love that is omnipotent.
If one has never journeyed into the deep — prayed (which includes Scripture /
theological study, faith
sharing, adoration, spiritual formation / retreats, pilgramages, Mass, reconciliation, fasting, listening for God's voice, and more) on an ongoing fashion or done God's will (been obedient, patient, humble, unconditionally sacrificing, unselfish) to the extent that they understand what it means to be Catholic and God being your number one priority — that His Ways and those of His Church are not the ways of the world (trade vices for virtues) and that we are being called into communion with Him via love for Him and one another in our faith community and broader community — then it is no wonder some are lost or disillusioned.
The current division of
theological studies into Bible, history, theology, ethics and practical theology reflects a very old Theological Encyclopedia, but one whose foundations in a theology of the Word, of teaching office, of church and ministry, if not discredited, are at least invisible to present - day students — probably because many of them simply do not share the old consensus about the church which produced this Theological En
theological studies into Bible, history, theology, ethics and practical theology reflects a very old
Theological Encyclopedia, but one whose foundations in a theology of the Word, of teaching office, of church and ministry, if not discredited, are at least invisible to present - day students — probably because many of them simply do not share the old consensus about the church which produced this Theological En
Theological Encyclopedia, but one whose foundations in a theology of the Word, of teaching office, of church and ministry, if not discredited, are at least invisible to present - day students — probably because many of them simply do not
share the old consensus about the church which produced this
Theological En
Theological Encyclopedia.
etc.) can be subordinated to and appropriated by the interests governing a
theological course of
study (How and why do these congregations understand themselves, their neighbors, and their
shared worlds in relation to God under these specific circumstances?).