Practical Theology Perspectives from the

The source of this book of practical theology is the Great Plains, its focus the sense of place, space shaped by personal and communal experience and meaning.

Theology And The University

1

(15)

Michael Lawler

Theology and University

2

(7)

Theology in the Catholic University

9

(4)

Notes

13

(3)

A Sacred Sense Of Place: Reflections On Being At Home On The Plains

16

(17)

Wendy M. Wright

Notes

31

(2)

Three Theses For A More Adequate Reading Of The New Testament

33

(28)

Bruce J. Malina

Thesis One: There Were No Jews or Christians in the New Testament Period

36

(4)

Thesis Two: There Was No Jesus Group Mission to the Gentiles in Antiquity

40

(4)

Thesis Three: There Is No Anti-Semitism in the New Testament

44

(1)

Either/Or Perception

45

(2)

Conclusion

47

(4)

Sources

51

(6)

Notes

57

(4)

Gender And The Body In Ancient Israel

61

(17)

Ronald A. Simkins

The Symbolic Body

61

(1)

Social Construction of Gender

62

(5)

Gender and Honor

67

(2)

Gender and the House

69

(2)

Gender and the City

71

(2)

Gender, the Body, and the Heroine

73

(3)

Sources

76

(2)

By Grit And Grace: Women And The Early Christian Frontier

78

(26)

Susan A. Calef

Women on the Early Christian Frontier

80

(1)

1 Corinthians

80

(4)

Philippians

84

(2)

Romans

86

(7)

Conclusion

93

(3)

Notes

96

(8)

The New Testament And Environmental Justice: A View From Luke

104

(22)

Dennis Hamm

Creator, Creation, and the Kingdom of God in Luke-Acts: Luke's Isaian Lens

105

(10)

Two Paradigmatic Passages

115

(5)

Summary and Conclusions Regarding Environmental Justice Today

120

(1)

Practical Implications for Environmental Justice

121

(2)

Sources

123

(1)

Notes

124

(2)

``What In The Church Is Going On?'' Or ``Growing Up Catholic In Lake Wobegon''

126

(18)

David G. Schultenover

The Early Christian Apocalyptic Paradigm

129

(2)

The Early Church Hellenistic Paradigm

131

(1)

The Medieval Roman Catholic Paradigm

132

(4)

The Reformation Protestant Paradigm

136

(1)

The Roman Catholic Response: Trent-Reform or Counter-Reformation Council?

137

(1)

The Enlightenment Modern Paradigm

138

(2)

The Contemporary Ecumenical Paradigm

140

(2)

Notes

142

(2)

The Peril And The Promise Of Patristic Exegesis

144

(18)

John J. O'Keefe

The Peril of Patristic Exegesis

144

(8)

The Promise Of Patristic Exegesis

152

(8)

Notes

160

(2)

The Joint Declaration On The Doctrine Of Justification: An Outsider's View

162

(23)

Russell R. Reno

The JD and the Problem of Consensus

163

(3)

The Role of Doctrine in Consensus

166

(2)

The Quest for Equivalence

168

(5)

The Search for Conceptual Convergence

173

(4)

Positive Consensus in the JD

177

(5)

Notes

182

(3)

Gambling With The Common Good: State Lotteries From The Perspective Of Roman Catholic Social Thought

185

(19)

Julia A. Fleming

The State of the Question

186

(2)

General Ethical Questions about the Lottery

188

(7)

Background from Roman Catholic Social Thought

195

(3)

Participation, Civic Virtue, and the Evaluation of State Lotteries

198

(1)

Notes

199

(5)

Theocentric Or Anthropocentric? Catholic Teaching On The Environment: A View From The Great Plains

204

(25)

Roger Bergman

Origins and Themes

204

(2)

Pope John Paul II

206

(3)

U.S. Bishops

209

(4)

An Exploratory Case Study: Strangers and Guests

213

(3)

The Buffalo Commons

216

(2)

Bison Ecology

218

(2)

Theological Response to the Buffalo Commons

220

(2)

Notes

222

(7)

Magisterium And Conscience: Models Of Discourse

229

(23)

Todd A. Salzman

Magisterium: Its Definition, Levels, and Role in the Church

230

(4)

Conscience

234

(4)

Formation of Conscience and Non-Infallible Teachings

238

(5)

Models of the Relationship Between the Magisterium and Conscience

243

(7)

Notes

250

(2)

Imaging The Formation Of A Peacemaker: A Franciscan-Ignatian Dialogue

252

(16)

Joan M. Mueller

The Franciscan Roots of Ignatian Spirituality

254

(3)

The Penitent as Creature Before the Creator

257

(1)

The Penitent as Disciple

258

(1)

The Penitent as Crucified

259

(3)

From Crucifixion to Realized Eschatology

262

(2)

The Formation of the Pastoral Peacemaker

264

(1)

Notes

265

(3)

Becoming One In The Spirit: An Ecumenical Approach To Spirituality

268

Richard J. Hauser

The Holy Spirit: Second Vatican Council and Reformation Themes

269

New Testament Model of the Self: the Self-in-God

271

Christian Spirituality: Responding to the Spirit

274

The Holy Spirit and Personal Prayer

278

Praying in the Spirit

280

Methods for Personal Prayer

283

The Best Method of Prayer?

285

The Holy Spirit and Discernment of Spirits

288

Recognizing God in Daily Life

290

Responding to Obstacles to the Spirit

291

Becoming One in the Spirit

293

Notes

294

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