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The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has become a leader in the dialogue between Jews and Catholics as was manifested in the role that the Jesuit Cardinal Augustin Bea played in the adoption by the Second Vatican Council of Nostra Aetate, the charter for that new relationship. Still the encounters between Jesuits and Jews were often characterized by animosity and this historical record made them a tragic couple, related but estranged. This volume is the first examination of the complex interactions between Jesuits and Jews from the early modern period in Europe and Asia through the twentieth century where special attention is focused on the historical context of the Holocaust.
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The Sundance Writer is a comprehensive rhetoric/reader/research guide and grammar handbook all in one reasonably priced paperback text. This textAEs origin is the successful Sundance Reader by Mark Connelly and incorporates the majority of the readerAEs material into the reader portion of The Sundance Writer."
This selection of previously untranslated documents from the French debates about Christian philosophy provides a long-needed complement to available English-language literature on the subject.
This first of two volumes introduces the tradition of social Catholicism, not only in its earlier realizations, but regarding how a contemporary renewal might address the crisis in which constitutional democracies and the postwar liberal order are under assault by populist and even neo-fascist movements that could soon usher in a frighteningly dark future unless a broad movement in defense of constitutional democracy quickly arises. In this context, some of the most influential voices among American Catholics are focused on criticizing “liberal democracy,” on advocating a “postliberal order” and the establishment of a Catholic “integralist” state, or on insisting that abortion sh...
This 2000 book is a case study in the ongoing struggle of Christianity to define its relationship to modernity, examining representative Roman Catholic Modernists and anti-Modernists. It sketches the nineteenth-century background of the Modernist crisis, identifying the problems that the church was facing at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Fledgling writers must know the basics of writing in order to get published. Writing is a process that involves prewriting, writing, revising, and writing again. Often, writers will go through the process numerous times before they are pleased with the outcome. This book approaches writing from a basic level and helps novice writers learn to understand that good writing is the result of an often long and frustrating process. This book is divided into four parts. Part one focuses on the writer and provides strategies for confidence building and getting started. Part two offers a dynamic new writing process model; part three presents writing strategies for both personal and professional purposes. Finally, part four is designed to help writers better understand sentence-level choices. Anyone who wants to improve and enhance their current writing.
Cutting-edge medical ethics issues are addressed by nationally recognized experts. The BioBasics Series confronts the maze of challenging questions with biblical responses and uncompromising respect for all human life.
In distinctive voice and tone, cultural commentator Glenn W. Olsen presents his latest work on the place of Catholicism in American history. Here he clarifies the meaning of American modernity for Catholics and shows the conflicts and tensions confronting the religious person today.
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