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Articles by Douglas Bushman

About Douglas Bushman
Douglas Bushman is well-known as past director of the Institute for Pastoral Theology at Ave Maria University and the University of Dallas, and for his courses on Ecclesiology, Catholic Spirituality, John Paul II, Vatican II, and Pastoral Theology. For eight years he held the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology for the New Evangelization at the Augustine Institute, during which time he developed a course on the Theology of the New Evangelization and completed the research contained in his recent book, The Theology of Renewal for His Church: The Logic of Vatican II's Renewal in Paul VI's Encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, and Its Reception in John Paul II and Benedict XVI (Wipf and Stock, 2024).
Essay

Synodal myopia in light of synodality in the family and apostolates

November 23, 2023 Douglas Bushman 17

This essay is occasioned by (1) the conclusion of the first session of the Synodal Assembly (October, 4–29, 2023) on the theme “For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission,” marking the beginning of an interim […]

pope john xxiii leads the opening session of the second vatican council in st. peter's basilica at the vatican oct. 11
Essay

How should we think about Vatican II?

February 12, 2023 Douglas Bushman 155

Editor’s note: The following essay was originally delivered on January 8, 2021, as the Convocation for Spring 2021 Semester at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. It was posted originally at CWR on […]

The Dispatch

“Thy Kingdom Come!”: Christ the King reigns in consciences

November 20, 2022 Douglas Bushman 20

That Jesus taught His disciples to pray for the coming of the kingdom (Mt 6:9–13; Lk 11:2–4) long before they could fully understand its true nature has long intrigued me. Clearly, Jesus intends to lead […]

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The Eucharist and voting our Christian conscience

November 6, 2022 Douglas Bushman 13

“Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup” (1 Cor 11:28). St. Paul’s admonition regarding the worthy reception of Holy Communion is applicable to the entire […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from God’s argument about His love

April 10, 2022 Douglas Bushman 3

God in the Dock In 1948, C.S. Lewis penned an essay that demonstrated his perspicacity in reading the signs of the times in order to gauge the challenges to effectively communicating the Good News of […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of the Prodigal Son

April 2, 2022 Douglas Bushman 4

It is vital to grasp the twofold context in which St. Luke situates his account of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The first is the immediate context, which shows that the parable, preceded by […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of St. Peter

March 27, 2022 Douglas Bushman 2

When Simon Peter saw the great catch, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” (Luke 5:8) Peter had already witnessed Jesus heal his mother-in-law […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of St. Paul

March 19, 2022 Douglas Bushman 6

Among the numerous lessons for Lent that can be gleaned from reflecting on the conversion of St. Paul, and especially the fruit of that conversion embodied in his teaching, let us focus first on his […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of King David

March 12, 2022 Douglas Bushman 7

A prophet with a perilous mission “And the Lord sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). The context of Nathan’s mission is ominous. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and, in order to hide that sin, […]

The Dispatch

Praise God for His mercy! On the first Sunday of Lent

March 6, 2022 Douglas Bushman 2

On this First Sunday of Lent, 2022, let us attend to the words of St. Augustine: “Anyone who undertakes to praise God and yet will not exalt his mercy above all else, had better keep […]

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