Editor’s note: The prominent Catholic theologian Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025), who was known for his writings on pluralism, religious diversity, and interreligious dialogue, died on April 29th, at the age of 86. In this essay, aspects […]
Editor’s note: The following is the concluding chapter (pp. 457-468) from the recently published book Jesus Christ, Scandal of Particularity: Vatican II, a Catholic Theology of Religions, Justification, and Truth (En Route Books and Media, […]
Note: Read Part 1 of this essay: “The Triumph of the Therapeutic Mentality” (June 6, 2024). Call to Conversion and Holiness Fr. James Martin calls all Christians to conversion. He says, “What I mean by conversion is […]
“It is not experience we should trust but the transmutation of experience by Scripture and Tradition.” — Aidan Nichols, OP1 By the triumph of the therapeutic mentality, indeed therapeutic way of life, I mean a […]
The Church’s social doctrine is therefore of a theological nature, specifically theological-moral, “since it is a doctrine aimed at guiding people’s behavior.” “This teaching … is to be found at the crossroads where Christian life and […]
Catholic writers, such as Fr. Gerald E. Murray and CWR editor Carl E. Olson, have given critical attention to the whole document of the Instrumentum Laboris (hereafter IL) for the First Session of the forthcoming […]
The original German edition of Gerhard Cardinal Müller’s book was entitled, Was ist katholisch? Translated into English that is the sub-title of the English edition. The book, published recently by Emmaus Academic, has five chapters: […]
George Weigel’s new book To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books, 2022) is a tour de force in its study of the hermeneutics—that is, the manner of interpretation—of the Second […]
Sean Swain Martin argues in his book, American Pope: Scott Hahn and the Rise of Catholic Fundamentalism (Pickwick Publications, 2021), that Scott Hahn, noted Catholic author and longtime professor of biblical theology at Franciscan University […]
“Signs of hope,” promoting respectful and thoughtful engagement on race, is how Carl R. Trueman, professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College, describes the recent collection of essays, Race and Covenant (Acton […]
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