Peter Casarella
Biography
Peter Casarella edited Jesus Christ: The New Face of Social Progress, and wrote the foreword to At the Feet of Abraham and the preface to The Mystery and the World.
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Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Pastor Irwin is an unlikely Jeremiah. He lives in the foothills of Western North Carolina and could take refuge there in an easy path to being a white Christian. Instead, he decries—not the deep faith or the authentic civic belonging of his fellow believers—the terrifying idol of an ‘America’ that has taken root across the nation. Irwin’s Appalachian jeremiad will raise up new leaders for the church and nation.”
Theology
“What does an alert and questioning undergraduate need to know about the Christian tradition of naming God beauty? How can a chastened understanding of the analogy of being contribute to the reawakening of Christians today to the epiphany of beauty? Crucial questions such as these are handled with erudition, clarity, and refreshing simplicity in Sammon’s latest masterpiece . . . Called to Attraction is a great opportunity to elevate these discussions far beyond the mundane without losing your audience in the process, for the work tackles central questions concerning beauty’s relevance to human existence forthrightly and with pedagogical finesse.”
Christ Crucified in a Suffering World
Theology
“Arguing for a ‘third option’ in the doctrine of the atonement, Nathan Hieb finds in Barth’s theology of reconciliation and the ethics that flow from it a major resource for bridging the gulf between those who see the cross of Christ as merely an example in the struggle for liberation and those who stress the spiritual but ignore the sociopolitical significance of the cross. Hieb’s book offers a solid, provocative, and wide-ranging contribution to current discussions about the atonement.” —Daniel Migliore Princeton Theological Seminary “Can lasting freedom from social injustice take root alongside fidelity to the atoning sacrifice of the Cross? Must these two theologoumena be joined or does an unapologetic theology of the cross simply valorize suffering? Nathan Hieb constructs an incisive conversation about these questions by interrogating G. W. F. Hegel, K. Barth, T. F. Torrance, and J. Sobrino. Neither liberationists nor Barthians can ignore Hieb’s challenge. Others will be no less transformed by his brilliance and readability. They too will want to engage the timely conversation he initiated.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“More Than Things is an ecumenical tour de force. Much ink has been spilled over time about the timeliness of personalism or the need for a Christian ethic rooted in the belief in a triune God. But in an era marked by heightened polarization and ever more strident ideological rancor, Metzger wades through the needless spirals of hot air and makes an irenic case for a moral reset. Dialogue with Buddhism, Netflix, racist poison, and the last frontier of space exploration is submitted to his critical eye. Not since Bonhoeffer's Life Together have I encountered an introduction to Christian morality that is as exciting and persuasive as this book.”
Theology
“This beautifully translated edition of Cardinal Ouellet's book illuminates the contemporary crisis of married love by focusing on the profoundly nuptial dimension of the Christian sacraments. . . . If you are searching for a clear way to connect the theology of John Paul II with the new tasks for the Church put forth by Pope Francis, then this book is a must-read. You will most likely be surprised at how closely the two programs converge.”
Mysticism and Witness in Koinonia
History & Biography
“In this beautifully translated work, Maria Clara Bingemer has joined her expertise in Ignatian discernment with a vivid recounting of how the monks of Tibhirine and the Salvadoran martyrs gave themselves over to God. This hope-filled and deeply reflective narrative allows Catholics to awaken from the mere dream of synodality to see it before their very eyes as a concrete reality in history. Three cheers for Bingemer’s latest spiritual masterpiece!”
Retrieving Origins and the Claim of Multiculturalism
Philosophy
“Antonio López and Javier Prades merit high praise for this fascinating volume. . . . The distinguished contributors represent diverse Euro-American standpoints, but all wish to re-propose a transcendent and lasting vision of cultural diversity. Those who move quickly to defend or repudiate ‘multiculturalism’ will be forced to rethink their presuppositions. . . . I cannot think of a more necessary or creative project than the one undertaken in these pages.”
Preaching & Worship
“Paul Louis Metzger has once again demonstrated an amicable and coherent way that evangelical fervor can be married to Catholic timekeeping. Setting the Spiritual Clock is a handbook to a liturgical life receptive to profoundly ecumenical insights. Christian unity seems much more palpable in the light of its lucid but simple provocations.”
History & Biography
“The always fascinating enigma of Weil and the wellspring for social justice represented by Brazil's most spiritually creative theologian of liberation come together in this superbly translated theological biography . . . [A] highly compelling meditation on the fragility and necessity of intellectual work in the face of the suffering of the marginalized.”
Theology
“The Euro-American theology of the Spirit has become far too complacent. Theologians think that a quick nod to the iniquities of the conquest will liberate them to brandish their current epistemologies without interrogating the marriage of postcolonial reason and conquering spirit they are designed to conceal. Oscar García-Johnson takes contemporary theologians outside the gate to the place where the Spirit resurrected Jesus. It is a journey beyond the tightly guarded gate of Occidental belief, US hegemony and the caudillo, and even concepts of time and history that have been blind to the cosmovision of the indigenous. As a Roman Catholic I find much to applaud in this decolonial theology of the Spirit proposed by my Baptecostal hermano. He asks questions about the 'white Western' university and the reproductive power of whiteness that few Latinx thinkers have dared to raise. If you follow him to the peripheries and through the gate to a new Pentecost, you will be joining a throng of decolonial disciples, undocumented border crossers, and abuelitas on fire with the Spirit. You may not agree with all of his conclusions, but you will definitely be provoked by a polyphonous crowd of witnesses to the Spirit like no other one that you have ever experienced.”
Theology
“Rev. Ralph McMichael is a highly respected authority on the Eucharist and the author of an early work on Trinitarian apologetics. Like Jenson and von Balthasar, McMichael focuses here on the form of revelation of the Word of God in the flesh, in the gift of self-giving, and in Spirit. This work deepens, in often stirringly doxological and poetic ways, our understanding of both Trinity and Eucharist.”
Theology
“This book is breathtaking in its scope but incisive in its precise formulation of a new starting point for anyone looking for a way to integrate monastic wisdom into his or her own theological method.”
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Preface
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