Eduardo J. Echeverria

Pre-Evangelization and Young Adult “Native Nones”

Evangelism & Missions

“Tamra Fromm’s study on pre-evangelization enriches our understanding of the many barriers—for example, social, cultural, philosophical—to evangelization, conversion, and catechesis that currently inhibit the understanding and response of the ‘religiously unaffiliated.’ This study is ecumenical, drawing on the pre-evangelization methodologies of both Catholic and Protestant ministries, to understand the different challenges blocking the proclamation of the gospel. Her study is smart, asking the right questions, and insightful because it draws conclusions about the proper methodology/epistemology that may ‘predispose one to faith and help one to see that faith is not opposed to reason’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 35).”

The Devil's Redemption

Theology

“McClymond's study is an in-depth historical and systematic theological critique of Christian universalism--the idea that not only are all people saved but that they are all saved through Christ. This book is a stunning achievement in several ways. First, it takes seriously the arguments in defense of Christian universalism by examining how biblical exegesis, church tradition, rational argumentation (both philosophical and theological), and personal experience enter into these arguments. Second, McClymond shows the interconnection of the issue of universalism with everything the Christian faith has to say about God's love and justice; human nature; sin; freedom; Jesus's life, death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension; the Holy Spirit; the nature of the church; and the second coming of Christ. And if that weren't enough, McClymond provides a rich historical perspective on Christian universalism by discussing its representative proponents and critics. Offering an extraordinary opportunity for critical dialogue in our current culture of universalism, this book simply could not have come at a better time.”

The Theology of Renewal for His Church

Theology

“Bushman addresses an issue of continuing urgency in post-Vatican II theology: namely, harmonious development of, or deviation and rupture with, Catholic tradition. Since the Second Vatican Council, this question has refused to go away in a hermeneutic of Vatican II documents. Bushman turns to Pope Paul VI’s 1964 encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, offering a new understanding and hence a new starting point for informed debate about this question and hence for the most important ecclesial event of the twentieth century.”