Kathleen Hughes

Embodied Words, Spoken Signs

Theology

“Rhodora E. Beaton has given us, in this intelligent, fair, and fresh book, a genuine ecumenical gift. Both Luther and Calvin are read accurately and profoundly, in company with excellent scholarship on the Reformation, against the background of Augustine and Aquinas, as laying important groundwork for Schillebeeckx, Rahner, and Chauvet. The resultant emerging Roman Catholic theology of the sacramental word is one that we all need now." —Gordon W. Lathrop Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia "After exploring the Theology of Word expounded of Rahner and elaborated by Chauvet, Rhodora E. Beaton develops her Theology of Word, reverencing its context both in the ritual event and in the sacrament of created reality. Beaton’s approach is welcome and timely as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vatican II’s Declaration on Divine Revelation and ponder anew how the Word becomes flesh in our day.”

The Crack Between the Worlds

History & Biography

“From the first lines, Maggie Kast's world of faith and doubt, of death and life, of heart-breaking losses and profound joys totally engages and often challenges the reader. Her writing is luminous. Her style is graceful and spare--perhaps imitating the way she dances and the feelings she evokes in those who, watching her, know that their own experience has just been mirrored back to them with new meaning, with purpose, even with hope. This is a wonderful book.”