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that way, or it doesn't, and there's an end teresting and lively subjects unsuspected closely at those words "shilling" and of it, more's the pity. One can be witty ...
...in history, that encounter with the cross can call writing skills (25 articles published in conforth from us those forces of egoism Classified temporary journals, including COMwhich, if we were honest about it, would MONWEAL) wishes to leave classroom drive us to raw hatred of Jesus...
...But a book Greven explores the religious experibridge Don and English nannie manner, that you both enjoy and want to argue ences of early American Protestants in and it is a joy...
...In the long run going...
...Rahner writes from an experience in Chicago and literature and church in the world today and the rela- experience of Western European sec- psychology seem to be the mediating distionship between our answers to these ularization and philosophy is the mediat- ciplines...
...His interest in ety (Volume five, The Christian chapter in the history of American reli- the relationship between Catholics and Centuries...
...I also hope, anything written by a man who died in chapter-by-chapter bibliographies and however, that either Orbis or some other the middle forties...
...This insight is Situation Wanted no pious banality...
...Walter Wifall, associate professor of Old Testament at St...
...Like Rahner Shea helps us move back to recover the Please send the next 6 months of Commonweal to: experience of mystery as the matrix of Name religion...
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...in fact I balk rather fre- is well served by stacking "good writin his wit, his wittiness...
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...convey their appeal to others...
...Alas, he "even specialists...
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...contemporary celebration...
...At $20 the introduction by Ewert Cousins is a fine Martin E. Marty sets out to describe what book is a steal...
...UNIVERSITY The other is the series, The Classics of Phone Western Spirituality, being published by St Johns University does not discriminate on the basis of race color Paulist Press under the editorship of national or ethnic origin religion age set marital status or handicap 2 March 1979: 12 1 Richard Payne, whose own editorial summarized in a 12-page article, adapted the field of theology (e.g., the majority wisdom, reverence and personal com- from his book, in the July 21, 1978 issue of Commonweal readers) seldom if ever mitment to the spiritual tradition are of Commonweal...
...The man is a civilizing 'The Good Word and Other Words, by Wil- ticular, word and gesture, spirit and act...
...a United Methodist Ron H. Feldman, this might seem to be of Glory, A History and a Memory of magazine, a contributing editor of Chrissimply a work of piety but such is not the Jehovah's Witnesses (Simon and Schus- tianity & Crisis-, and a long-time contributor case...
...Pariah as Rebel" and "Zionism and the SISTER MARGARET ELLEN TRAXLER, SSND, is Jewish State" are interlocking...
...tian theology that provides a ground for Place: -Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, Douglaston, N.Y...
...The Synoptic Gospels: Mark, Rev...
...cism...
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...selected and annotated by time, provide us with at least a sampling rael...
...and John J. the "revisionist" theology for which cent theology fails in this by focusing on Kilgallen, S.J...
...Additional with a masterful grasp of theological ing claims of dialectical materialism in courses are available through the Loyola Institute of Pastoral Studies...
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...book: "Toward a New Consciousness in tions which are composed, Urofsky says, Let us hope that Urofsky's study will act Transcending Matriarchy and Patriar"not only qf ties that bind, but of differ- as an effective counterforce...
...Incidentally the In any event, I hope it will...
...Lord Peter Wimsey has from sociologyese to family reminis- features of both social and religious hisalmost overwhelmed the rest of this au- cences (which really belong in another tory is Philip Greven's The Protestant thor's work...
...American Jewry and Istoons, etc...
...and second, a set of practices and love as signs of the surprising activity of sanctified beliefs that express a conviction that man can ultimately be saved Spirit in history...
...Each of these recent books is quite and the disciplines used to mediate reve- Enabling people to live a new life in valuable, often insightful and challenglation and experience...
...infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke R. McCarthy and the Catholic Church A much discussed book this past year is about to be a $6.95 Image paperback 1950-1957 (University of North Carolina was No Offense: Civil Religion and Prot- should be enough reason to mention it Press, $16.95...
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...Whatever difficulties Chris- book can be highly recommended not and female personifications...
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...Sacramental Life of the cal stories grasp our imagination with Johann Baptist Metz summarizes the Church: Eucharist, Sister Mary Peter sufficient force to draw us into the world development of his political theology McGinty, C.S.J...
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...This is in history has certainly influenced this Sayers's The Mind of the Maker (Harper many ways a maddening book, slipping trend...
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...of books which are constructively critical Doubleday...
...tice work, but open to any challenging, perfection of Jesus humiliates us...
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...Martin often revisionist, works about the institu- probably applaud Cousins's decision to Marty has written two very insightful es- tion of slavery, but Raboteau is the first break the text occasionally into sense says on the patterns of religious to examine in detail the religious life of lines to make it more available for pluralism., This is a very useful book for the slaves...
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...It has a faculty of cisms of the Zionist movement are based sonal account and an objective history 100 professional women whose purpose is to upon hei analysis of the history of the means that we really have two books here search for the religious and historical roots of Jew in Europe...
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...Ochs's major achievement in this work shows how the dichotomy of matriarchy and patriarchy affects, inMargaret Ellen Traxler deed, twists, religious thought...
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...Dulles writes disciplines...
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...Liberation theol- In 1975 the National Conference of Joseph R. McCarthy and the Catholic ogy has everything to gain and nothing to Catholic Bishops, in a statement on Church, 1950-1957...
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