Lack of Discretion of Judgment Because of Schizophrenia

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life for the Sheep (John 10, 11):: The Image of the Good Shepherd as a Source for the Spirituality of the Ministerial Priesthood

This is a valuable aid for a critical understanding of the image of the Good Shepherd as a source for the spirituality of the ministerial priesthood.

A Comparative Study of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola: On the Process of Spiritual Liberation

After Vatican II, there has been within the Indian Church a growing interest in and concern for the perennial value in Hinduism. The present study aims at comparing the Bhagavad-Gita with the Spiritual Exercises.

A Local Church Living For Dialogue:: Muslim-Christian Relations in Mindanao-Sulu

Interreligious and intercultural investigation

Anthropology of the Christian Vocation: Interdisciplinary Bases, Volume I

A broad study of the anthropology of the Christian vocation, stressing the indispensable action of God's grace and presenting a unified anthropology.

Anthropology of the Christian Vocation, Vol. II: Existential Confirmation, Volume II

The product of more than 20 years of research on the anthropology of the Christian vocation, carried out by following, over a period of several years, some hundreds of candidates to the priesthood.

Authentic Interpretation in Canon Law: Reflections on a Distinctively Canonical Institution

Authentic interpretation was shaped in its full form by Francisco Suarez, and has incorporated a new vision of human thought proposed by the moral theologians of the post-tridentine period.

Baptism and Confirmation: The Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Writings of Virgil Michel

Virgil Michel was deeply aware that Catholic spirit had to express itself in everyday living if it were to be truly authentic. In his own life this bore fruit on many fronts.

Basics of a Roman Catholic Theology:

This is not a "new" fundamental theology. It is one theologian's reflections on some basic questions that concern all theologians.

Bible and Inculturation:

The present volume is the third in a series of the publication of the "Jerusalem papers."

Building The Church in Asia:

The present volume publishes some of the papers of the Jerusalem symposium and investigates the multicultural situation that is characteristic for Asia.

Canon 17 CIC 1983 and the Hermeneutical Principles of Bernard Lonergan:

This work suggest an hermeneutical approach to the interpretation of ecclesiastical laws.

Canon Law and the Christian Community:: The Role of Law in the Church According to the Summa Aurea of Cardinal Hostiensis

The Role of Law in the Church According to the Summa Aurea of Cardinal Hostiensis

Catholic Universities in the United States and Ecclesiastical Authority:

This book studies various ways in which the 230 Catholic institutions of higher learning in the United States of America have related to the Church.

Christian Theological Understanding of Other Religions: According to D. S. Amalorpavadass

This book tries to give a theological answer to the question of religious pluralism. It is divided into three parts.

Classical Hinduism:

This book deals with the main Hindu beliefs in a scientific way by massing in review its principal religious currents.

Creative Inculturation and the Unity of Faith:

In this eighth volume on inculturation, the authors address to what point can inculturation of the doctrine of the faith go?

Cultural Change and Liberation in a Christian Perspective: Inculturation - Working Papers on Living Faith and Cultures

This paper is a study on cultural change in the process of evangelization according to the Acts of the Apostles.

Days of Man and God's Day:: En Exegetico-Theological Study of çìåñá in the Book of Revelation

Teodori: Cosmological Building and Social Consolidation in a Ritual Dance:

This study aims to uncover the meanings and dynamics of the ritual dance, Teodori, of the Tenrikyo community.

Depth Psychology and Vocation: A Psycho-Social Perspective

What are the basic psychological processes which underlie the entrance, perseverance, and effectiveness in priestly or religious vocation?

Dharma, Hindu and Christian, According to Roberto De Nobili:

One of the central concepts that sums up Hindu life is Dharma. The author evaluates this concept in three parts.

Ecumenical Associations: Their Canonical Status with Particular Reference to the United States of America

The canonical status of associations which inscribe non-Catholics is the focus of this study.

Entering and Leaving Vocation: Intrapsychic Dynamics

In this research the authors find universal patterns in those who enter religious life and in those who will later leave.

Entering and Leaving Vocation: Intrapsychic Dynamics:

This book intends to offer some help to all the priests and religious of both sexes who want to grow in their vocational commitment.

Ethics, Ecclesiology and Church Discipline: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 5

The author presents a fresh reading of Corinthian motives against a background of Stoic ideas.

Evangelization in the South African Context:

An unique introduction to the rapidly changing world of African theology, with particular reference to the relationship between Black Theology and African Theology in South Africa.

Exclaustration its Nature and Use According to Current Law:

The intent of this book is to present the law concerning exclaustration, to discuss the issues in the law; and to present observation on various cases.

Faith and Culture: The Role of the Catholic University

This publication includes most of the papers and communications given at the Jakarta Assembly.

Femina Ut Imago Dei: In the Integral Feminism of St. Thomas Aquinas

Femina Ut Imago Dei develops the positive philosophy of woman which Thomas held. This philosophy, which is seen as a specification of integral humanism, is termed integral feminism.

From the "Temple of God" to God as the Temple: A Biblical Theological Study of the Temple in the Book of Revelation

The present work proposes an analysis of the verses containing the term in view of establishing John the Seer's use of temple imagery to speak of the Church.

Giovanni Genocchi and the Indians of South America (1911-1913):

Pope Pius X commissioned Father Giovanni Genocchi his Apostolic Visitor for South America, to inquire about the condition of the Indians and the situation of the Catholic missions.

God's Kingdom and Mission:

There are few more comprehensive books on the Kingdom of God than the present volume. It is comprehensive in its view of the Kingdom as related to biblical, theological and missiological problems.

He saw: The significance of Jesus's Seeing: Denoted by the Verb åéäåí in the Gospel of Mark

This book is an edited version of the doctoral dissertation which examines the special nuance of Jesus' act of seeing.

Hindu Spirituality:

This book deals with the religious quest of Hinduism, the seers and God-men as founders of Hindu spirituality, faith in the guru and the ideal of the spiritual person.

Identity and Identification: An Exegetical and Theological Study of 2 Sam 21-24

Historically, 2 Samuel has been given relatively little attention and this book hopes to answer some questions.

Idou Ho Anthropos (JN.19, 5B):An Exegetico-Theological Study: The Text in the Light of the Use of the Term Anthropos Designating Jesus in the Fourth Gospel.

In today's "new humanism," the focus of interest in Christology has understandably shifted from the divinity of Jesus to His humanity, recognizing that it is the humanity of the man called Jesus of Nazareth which is the locus of God's revelation.

Imagining One's Future:: A Projective Approach to Christian Maturity

This work involves a new instrument or test. The subjects of the research were asked to imagine that they had been transported into the future by a "time-machine" to a point beyond the end of their own lives.

Inculturated Pastoral Planning: The U.S. Hispanic Experience

An example of how pastoral experience has been interfaced with interviews of Hispanic leaders in order to gauge the effectiveness of the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry.

Inculturation and the Challenges of Modernity:

This paper reflects the climate of the meeting held in Jerusalem in June, 1981.

Inculturation of Filipino:: Chinese Culture Mentality

This study aims to know what cultural mentality can mean and how it can be an area of inculturation. The specific context is the Filipino-Chinese culture mentality.

Islam and Culture:

In this sixth volume of Inculturation, the discussion centers on the Islamic expansion both in its beginnings in the Arabian peninsula and the Middle East, and its penetration of West Africa.

Jesus in the Synagogue of Capernaum:: The Pericope and Its Programmatic Character for the Gospel of Mark.

An Exegetico-Theological Study of Mk 1:21-28. This book is an edited work of the doctoral thesis, which considers Jesus' first appearance and activity in Galilee in relation to Mark's Gospel.

Man the Symbolizer:

The author's theory of symbols and symbolizing as a properly human operation is set against a basic philosophy of human beings.

Mission and Human Progress:

This volume deals with the Christian theological understanding of the relationship between the evangelizing mission of the Church and Human Progress. It contains studies on the Church's social doctrine.

O Propheticum Lavacrum: Baptism as Symbolic Act of Eschatalogical Salvation

This work investigates the heightened understanding of the eschatological dimension of baptism which derives from juxtaposing the Old Testament notion of prophetic action and the thomistic concept of the sacramental sign as signum prognosticum.

Pañcasila and Catholic Moral Teaching: Moral Principles as Expressions of Spiritual Experience in Theravada Buddhism and:

A comparative study of some moral principles of Buddhism and Christianity.

Pauli Testamentum: 2 Timothy and the Last Words of Moses

This study contends that the legends about the last words of Moses constitute the best way to evaluate the portrait of Paul in 2 Timothy, and that Paul is presented in 2 Timothy as a "prophet like Moses."

Peter as the First Witness of the Risen Lord: An Historical and Theological Investigation

This study considers the prospects for the Easter aspect of Peter's leadership, especially in light of contemporary notions of the roles of Mary Magdalen and the papal ministry.

Priest as Leader: The Process of the Inculturation of a Spiritual-Theological Theme of Priesthood in a United States Context

The purpose of this study is to examine the meaning of the ministerial priesthood in terms of leadership and to articulate the ramifications of such an understanding for priestly spirituality.

Psychological Structure and Vocation: Introductory overview by R. Champoux, S.J.

This book should be read by all who are involved in vocational formation - superiors, spiritual directors and those in charge of candidates for ordination or profession.

Psychology and Moral Theology: Lines of Convergence

This book undertakes to synthesize psychological and moral-theological viewpoints on human living. Topics treated include a survey of some recent psychological research.

Religious Poverty: From Vatican Council II to the 1994 Synod of Bishops

The intent of this work is to demonstrate that religious poverty aims not at a minimum, such as the renunciation of property and dependence upon superiors, but rather at the "magis," a more profound way of living.

Resistant Peoples: The Case of Pastoral Maasai of East Africa

This work raises the question of the relationship between a particular religious ideology and socio-economic formations which may or may not be capable of integrating it.

Roots of Acceptance:: The Intercultural Communication of Religious Meanings

This book is a rich and multifaceted study of cultural change in Asia and the acculturative process of religious traditions.

Sexual Impotence: The Contribution of Paolo Zacchia (1584-1659)

This study presents Zacchia's thought and doctrine on impotentia coeundi, as well as its forensic implications for the validity of marriage.

Shinran's Conversion in the Light of Paul's Conversion:

In studying the texts dealing with Shinran's conversion and Paul's conversion, the author has employed the hermeneutic approach.

So That God May Be All In All:: The Apocalyptic Message of 1 Corinthians 15, 12-34

This study will be of interest to those studying Pauline theology, the resurrection, and the life of the early Christian communities.

Special Divine Action:: Key Issues in the Contemporary Debate (1965-1995)

This study examines the coherence and credibility of the concept of special divine action—namely, that God acts in special ways at particular times and places in history.

Tell About God: Volume II, Experience

This book suggests a method and provides themes for reflection and prayer to foster a richer experience of God.

Telling About God: Understanding, Volume 3

This effort to understand the God whom we believe and experience is neither a treatise on "the one God" nor a full Trinitarian theology. Its main themes, in order of significance, are: Being, True, Good, and One.

The Bhagavadgita and St. John of the Cross: A Comparative Study of the Dynamism of Spiritual Growth in the Process of God-Realization

The present study makes use of the comparative method incorporating historical, exegetical and critical analysis of the important texts and words of the Bhagavadgita and St. John of the Cross.

The Christian Sacrament:

After a reflection on the history of the conceptualization of "sacrament," the author reformulates and develops his conception of divine-human symbolizing and symbols.

The Church in Africa and the New Evangelization: A Theologico-Pastoral Study of the Orientations of John Paul II

This work stresses new structures and methods as well as a change of mentality among those who have accepted Christ to be God Incarnate, a prerequisite for the success of this mission.

The Fascinating God:

Taking a text from a 17th century Chinese Christian author, this study focuses on the names of the Christian Gods in the Chinese Language and trys to elaborate a fundamental theological reflection on these concepts.

The Galilee of Jesus:

This book is about Galilee, the region chosen by Jesus for much of his ministerial activity. The author examines the geographical and social realities of first-century Galilee and their possible impact.

The Hierarchy of Truths According to Yves Congar, O.P.:

Hailed as very promising for Christian unity, Vatican II's doctrine about the hierarchy of truths elicited many calls for further clarification.

The Historical Critical Method in Catholic Exegesis:

This study focuses on the method as accepted and used according to the principles of Catholic biblical interpretation. Catholic biblical interpretation.

The Holy Spirit's Agency in the Resurrection of the Dead: An Exegetico-Theological Study of 1 Corinthians 15, 44b-49 and Romans 8, 9-13

This work highlights the Apostle's profound teaching on the resurrection of the dead: God raised Christ Jesus and likewise will raise all who believe in him, through the agency of the Holy Spirit.

The Invocation of the Holy Spirit as Constitutive of the Sacraments according to Cardinal Yves Congar:

The rediscovery of the Holy Spirit is the great novelty of the postconciliar period.

The Local Church in the Light of Magisterium Teaching on Mission: A Case in Point: The Archdiocese of Semarang-Indonesia

This book considers the Magisterial documents on mission and the history of Catholicism in Indonesia.

The Magisterium-Theology Relationship: Contemporary Theological Conceptions in the Light of Universal Church Teaching: since 1835 and the Pronouncements of the Bishops of the United States

The author offers an historical and systematic analysis of magisterial documents from 1835 to the present day.

The Personal Vocation: Transformation in Depth through the Spiritual Exercises

This volume deals with discernment and living out of that deepest core of being that is a person’s truest “self” .

The Qur'anic Concept of Umma: and Its Function in Philippine Muslim Society

This volume seeks to answer the question, What is the qur'anic concept of umma and how has it been present or how has it been interpreted in divergent contexts through the centuries.

The Reception of Doctrine: An Appropriation of Hans Robert Jauss' Reception Aesthetics and Literary Hermeneutics

Jauss' theory focuses on the creative role of the reader in the interpretation of a literary work and highlights the importance of readerly reception in the history of literary tradition.

The Relationship Between the Eucharistic Liturgy,: the Interior Life and the Social Witness of the Church According to Joseph Cardinal Parecattil

Through careful analysis of the major texts, the author depicts the theological thought of Parecattil, the late Metropolitan of the archdiocese of Ernakulam.

The Separation of the Spouses with the Bond Remaining: Historical and Canonical Study with Pastoral Applications

The novelty of the work lies in its presentation of the many facets of the theme of the separation of the spouses and its theological, anthropological, historical, substantive, and procedural canonical elements.

The Spirituality of Basic Ecclesial Communities in the Socio-Religious Context of Trivandrum/Kerala, India:

This study presents the phenomenon and the spirituality of Basic Ecclesial communities in the Church in the socio-religious context of the Latin Rite Diocese of Trivandrum/Kerala, India.

The Term "Privilege": A Textual Study of its Meaning and Use in the 1983 Code of Canon Law

The goal of the dissertation is to ascertain how changes to the 1983 Code, both in definition and use, have served to clarify a notion which has been the object of debate for centuries.

The Thought of Pope John Paul II: A Collection of Essays and Studies

Long before becoming Pope, K. Wojtyla was developing the essential philosophical and theological foundations for his papal pronouncements. By returning to his earlier writings these essays offer insights into the Pope's basic philosophy.

The Trinitarian Foundation of Human Sexuality As Revealed by Christ According to Hans Urs Von Balthasar:: The Revelation Significance of the Male Christ and the Male Ministerial Priesthood

The present study is an attempt to understand the teaching of the Magisterium reserving priestly ordination to men by an exposition and analysis of the revelatory significance of the incarnation of Christ as male.

The Two Ways of Human Development According to B. Lonergan:: Anticipation in Insight

This study exmaines Lonergan's understanding of the two ways of human development.

The Use of Analogy in Theological Discourse: An Investigation in Ecumenical Perspective

The study shows that analogy is unavoidable in theology because all theological statements are necessarily analogical.

The Vatican and the Americanist Crisis: Denis O'Connell, American Agent in Rome, 1885-1903

O'Connell played a major role in the controversy of the movement known as "Americanism."

The Word in the Third World: Divine Revelation in the Theology of Jean-Marc Ela, Aloysius Pieris and Gustavo Gutierrez

These theologians maintain that God's revelation is known not only through the Word in Scripture but also through human effort which puts God's love revealed in Christ into practice.

Themes of St. Luke:

Father Navone's thematic approach makes this book especially useful both as a handbook for scholarly research and as a propaedeutic for liturgical readings.

Through Self-Discovery to Self-Transcendence: A Study of Cognitional Self-Appropriation in B. Lonergan

The study outlines the process of personally appropriating the cognitional dynamism of human consciousness and inquires into the foundational character of this exercise in Lonergan.

Understanding and Discussion: Approaches to Muslim-Christian Dialogue

The choice of authors in this volume of "Intercultural and Interreligious Studies" is a guarantee for original and diverse views on the difficulties and possibilities of the encounter between Muslims and Christians.

Unity in Diversity: A Philosophical and Ethical Study of the Javanese Concept of Keselarasan

This is a penetrating study on Javanese thought, and more particularly on the ethical requirements of a pluri-religious and pluri-cultural society.

What is So New About Inculturation?:

This issue attempts to clarify and distinguish the possible ambiguities between inculturation and other concepts in a longer intellectual tradition.

Whether the Norm Expressed in Canon 1103 is of Natural Law or of Positive Church Law:

This dissertation presents historical and critical research into the doctrine of theologians and canon lawyers on the much debated questions of the legal origin of nullity in a coerced marriage.

Word and Sign in the Acts of the Apostles: A Study in Lucan Theology

This is a study in Luke's theology which investigates the significance of the expressions "word" and "sign."

Yunus Emre:: Spiritual Experience and Culture

A record of the International Seminar held in Rome in November, 1991.

He Called unto him the Twelve and Began to Send Them Forth:

The book, He Called unto him the Twelve and Began to Send Them Forth, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Transcultural Theodicy in the Fiction of Shusaku Endo:

The book, Transcultural Theodicy in the Fiction of Shusaku Endo, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Human Rights and Moral Reasoning:

The book, Human Rights and Moral Reasoning, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Conformed to Christ Crucified:

The book, Conformed to Christ Crucified, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Method to Mission: The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian

The book, Method to Mission: The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Towards an Ecumenical Paradigm for Christian Mission:

The book, Towards an Ecumenical Paradigm for Christian Mission, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Living Well: Meditations on the Virtues

The book, Living Well: Meditations on the Virtues, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Jesus Christ and the African Religion:

The book, Jesus Christ and the African Religion, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.

Matrimonial Consent and Fiction of Law:

The book, Matrimonial Consent and Fiction of Law, is from the Jesuit Consortium Series.