Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Orthodox Readings of Aquinas
Looks good.
Orthodox Readings of Aquinas by Marcus Plested (OUP US)
Via the FB page for the Fr. Georges Florovsky Orthodox Christian Theological Society
Orthodox Readings of Aquinas by Marcus Plested (OUP US)
Via the FB page for the Fr. Georges Florovsky Orthodox Christian Theological Society
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Vindictive Versus Rehabilitative
Vatican Insider: Pope: “Justice fails if prison fails to re-educate”
Should a punishment itself be meant to be rehabilitative? (In so far as it may be the occassion of repentence.) One must prepare the offender or criminal for reintegration into society, and supply the moral formation that he may not have received. But I would not consider this to be a part of the punishment itself, but a necessary supplement required by civic friendship and social justice.
Should a punishment itself be meant to be rehabilitative? (In so far as it may be the occassion of repentence.) One must prepare the offender or criminal for reintegration into society, and supply the moral formation that he may not have received. But I would not consider this to be a part of the punishment itself, but a necessary supplement required by civic friendship and social justice.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
New City Press
I was looking at the New City Press website since the company is the publisher of two books, one of which I mentioned on this blog. St. Augustine is prominent. There's another book from New City Press in which I am interested, but I can't remember the title - I think it is on economics. I'll have to look it up at the OLOP gift store. Anyway, I didn't know the company is associated with Focolare.
Orthodoxy by Paul Evdokimov
Focolare US
You Are Peter by Olivier Clément on sale now.
Orthodoxy by Paul Evdokimov
Focolare US
You Are Peter by Olivier Clément on sale now.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Tracey Rowland on the Importance of Karol Wojtyla
Vatican II: A Hermeneutic of Continuity or Reform? by Tracey Rowland
Did the vocation to the married life need to be clarified and explained for the laity? Perhaps, with the continuing onslaught by the modern state and the economic and political powers on Catholics and family life. Is theology of the body the best solution? I still have doubts. Love is the foundation of all Christian living, but in marriage one should not neglect the differences in function, psychology, or attraction that are rooted in sex differences, or overly-spiritualize conjugal love and married friendship. Perhaps the original theology of the body does not do that, but one also needs to take into account what else John Paul II said about relations between men and women and the role of women in society. Can the modern state be a proper starting point for an explication on the role of women? Or does a dialectical examination of the history of the modern state and social trends reveal that what we see cannot be purged of the influence of "liberalism" or "feminism" or some other error?
One of the many areas which underwent a much-needed reform was that of the understanding of marriage and family life. This was in no small measure due to the interventions of the young Bishop Wojtyła from Cracow. He understood that the Church needed to develop a theology of marriage that went beyond the formulae of the scholastic marriage manuals that were widely used before the Second Vatican Council. He wanted to inject some of the insights from personalist philosophy into the Church’s teaching in this area. In other words, he wanted to draw into the Church’s theology of marriage ideas that are now presented to the world under the label of “Lublin Thomism.”
Did the vocation to the married life need to be clarified and explained for the laity? Perhaps, with the continuing onslaught by the modern state and the economic and political powers on Catholics and family life. Is theology of the body the best solution? I still have doubts. Love is the foundation of all Christian living, but in marriage one should not neglect the differences in function, psychology, or attraction that are rooted in sex differences, or overly-spiritualize conjugal love and married friendship. Perhaps the original theology of the body does not do that, but one also needs to take into account what else John Paul II said about relations between men and women and the role of women in society. Can the modern state be a proper starting point for an explication on the role of women? Or does a dialectical examination of the history of the modern state and social trends reveal that what we see cannot be purged of the influence of "liberalism" or "feminism" or some other error?
Alasdair MacIntyre's Presentation at the 13th Annual Fall Conference of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Alasdair MacIntyre "Catholic Instead of What?" Response by Sean Kelsey
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Who Supervises "Catholic" Universities?
The Upside-Down World of Catholic Higher Education by Anne Hendershott (via Insight Scoop)
Fr Peter Galadza on the Married Priesthood
Vatican Radio: Optional celibacy in the Eastern Catholic Church - mp3
More regarding the subject of this post.
More regarding the subject of this post.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
William Oddie Responds to Eamon Duffy
William Oddie: Eamon Duffy talks of ‘the Sovietisation of Catholic intellectual life’ and quotes Newman in defence of Tina Beattie: Newman would disagree
Related:
Another example of liberal panic
On Being a Catholic Academic
Prof. Tina Beattie’s US lectures cancelled because of her public dissent from Church’s moral teaching
Related:
Another example of liberal panic
On Being a Catholic Academic
Prof. Tina Beattie’s US lectures cancelled because of her public dissent from Church’s moral teaching
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