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This books brings together scholarly works on the Economy for the Common Good (ECG), both from conceptual and empirical perspectives. The contributions were presented at the first-ever international scientific conference on this topic in Bremen, Germany, organised by the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (Institut für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung) of Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences and the Research Council of the Economy for the Common Good (Forschungsverein der Gemeinwohlökonomie e.V.) in November 2019. The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) can be considered as a new approach in-line with several socio-economic and political approaches that aim to fram...
2023 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Theology – History of Theology, Church Fathers and Mothers While taught by Vatican II, the “sense of the faith” (sensus fidei) has had little official impact in the Catholic Church. What would the church look like if it took this conciliar teaching to heart? To address this neglect, John Burkhard locates the historical roots of the teaching and its emergence at Vatican II. It attempts to better understand the “sense of the faith” in the light of other fundamental teachings of the council and challenges the hierarchical church to invite all the faithful to rightfully participate in the prophetic ministry of the whole church, closely allied with Pope Francis’s call for a more synodal church.
This book is a chronicle of Gunter's family, commencing in Germany with his parents, how the Depression aborts their move to the USA, thus enduring World War II in Nazi Germany. He desribes the bombing, separation from family, evacuation and conditions after defeat, all through the eyes of a child. In 1943 brother Gerhard joins the family under peculiar circumstances. They move to the USA in 1949, where they hope to escape war. But Gunter serves in the Army, and brother Gerhard flies helicopters in Viet Nam. As GI in Germany Gunter meets his bride and tells of her family's experience during and after the war. The book emphasices that life often takes a twist and we must cope. It is a good read, often with a bit of humor mixed in.
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