from Crossroad Publications
The
Legacy of the Tubingen School
The Relevance of Nineteenth-Century Theology
for the Twenty-First Century
Leading American and European theologians offer their insights on the achievements of the Tubingen School and their relevance for contemporary theology. In this volume, essays by prominent scholars look back on the achievements of 19th century theology and look ahead in terms of the resources they offer for the 21st century.
The Legend
of the Fourth King
A
marvelous parable of rare insistence and poetry, written by a great storyteller
who has, it seems, absorbed the spirit of a whole people.
Living
in the Margins
Intentional Communities and the
Art of Interpretation
An original and important contribution to the small Christian community movement, Living in the Margins sheds light on the meaning and value of international faith communities on the margins of parish life.
An invaluable book for pastoral ministers and religious educators.
The
Mystery of Christian Worship
A lucid essay that sums up Casel's view that "liturgical mystery is the most central and most essential action of the Christian religion."
Beautifully crafted book with Easter meditations, this title is set in a quiet type and enriched by ten full-color reproductions of classic paintings. The cross and the resurrection--suffering and defeat of death--were central themes in the writings and in the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian hanged by the Nazis in 1945.
"Joy is with God. She descends from him and fastens onto our spirits, body and soul. And whenever and wherever God's Joy gets hold of us, there she will come out, catch on, and tear apart locked doors." -- From the book.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was imprisoned by the Gestapo in April 1943 and murdered two years later at the age of 39. These meditations--selected from his own writings and homilies--reflect on that deepest meaning of Christmas that can shine through even the darkest moments of life. The text and color artwork invite readers to share Bonhoeffer's deep faith in the reality of Christmas, no matter what our circumstances.
The
Other Face of Love
Dialogues with the Prison Experience of Albert
Speer
This remarkable book about the inexhaustible mercy of God uses the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, as a window to our own souls. Tbe story of Speer - a man who sold his soul for ambition's sake and who later repented and reformed - holds startling truths for all of us. Miriam Pollard offers profound insights on evil and suffering, denial and self-knowledge, conversion and atonement, and most of all, the unconditional love of God.
Papabile
The Man Who Would Be Pope: A Novel
Hugo Ovath wants to be a hero. Coming of age in Eastern Europe after World War II, he offers his youthful idealism and enthusiasm to the Communist Party, whose vision of a better future dazzles him. Agreeing to help infiltrate the Catholic Church, he becomes a priest and eventually a cardinal vitally involved in negotiations between the church and the new Communist government. But his conscience now troubles him. He cannot believe in God but begins to question the party. For he realizes that his utopian dreams have led him to hurt those he loves the most: his parents; his brother, Ferenc; his best friend, Jeno; his onetime lover Eva; and his mentor, Ladislaus. His idealism fades, and when the party, deciding he is no longer an asset, requests him to publicly leave the Church, he defects to Rome. It is not until Hugo is elected pope, however, that he confronts his guilt. Farrell offers a wry, ironic, and unnerving portrayal of the complex political and religious conflicts that helped shape postwar Eastern Europe.
Papal
Primacy and the Episcopate
Michael Buckley argues that a theology of papal primacy, as opposed to an ideology, must focus on its nature as a unique relationship whose term or purpose is the unity of bishops among themselves and through them the unity of the entire Church.
Founded upon the sacramental life of the Church, upon the specification to the see of Rome, and upon its exercise of a truly Episcopal ministry, papal primacy is successful to the degree that is strengthens the bishops in their vital communion with one another and in their collegial service to the communion with one another and in their collegial service to the communion of the whole people of God.
The author suggests that the papal could exercise this mission more effectively today if it led the Church to restore such ancient canons as those that gave a decisive voice to the local church in the choice of its bishop and forbade the translation of bishops from one see to another.
Parish!
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Stroy of a Vibrant
Catholic Community
Witnessing the renaissance of spirituality in America, an eighteen-month series of reports on various aspects of the life of a multicultural suburban Roman Catholic parish looked deeply into the spirituality of one Christian community, spoke deeply to people searching for their own spirituality - and won a Pulitzer for beat reporting. Now gathered into one volume, with a new chapter on parishes nationwide and vivid photographs of a parish family as it celebrates the liturgical seasons, the sacraments, the RCIA process, life in the rectory, and life in the homes of those who fill the pews, Parish! is a blueprint for a Catholic community that is fully human, fully alive.
Parish
Alive!
Making Every Parish a Spiritual Life Center
The book enables any and every parish to become a vibrant spiritual life center for any and every member of teh parish - from the catechumen to the pastor.
Reconstructing
Catholicism
For a New Generation
A leading pastoral theologian re-imagines Catholicism for a new millennium.
Upbeat and positive, this timely book represents the core of Catholic faith so that Catholics today might see its spiritual vision and find in it a way to the future.
Religion,
Science, & Public Policy
In this book a group of distinguised scientists, philosophers and theologians explore some of the challenges and possibilities of seeing science and religion as natural and compatible attempts to render nature and its persistent mystery intelligible.
Reluctant
Dissenter
A Catholic Bishop's Journey of Faith
As a Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, James Shannon marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma and protested the Vietnam War. In 1969 Shannon became the first U.S. bishop to resign over a matter of conscience when he could no longer reconcile his personal convictions about family planning with the Vatican's landmark statement, Humanae Vitae, which condemned artificial birth control.
"A most significant autobiography which should be read not only by every priest and Catholics of all ages but by anyone interested in a moving story of an authentic spiritual seeker." - John J. Egan, De Paul University