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Following the Trail of Max Birnbaum: From the Lesachtal in the Alps to Lake Wobegon in Minnesota
Otmar M. Drekonja
Autobiographical fiction
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Psalmody and Prayer in the Writings of Evagrius Ponticus
Luke Dysinger OSB
Evagrius Ponticus was the most prolific writer of the Christian Desert Fathers. This book is a study of his life, works, and theology. It gives particular attention to his little-studied exegetical treatises, especially the Scholia on Psalms, as well as his better-known works, in order to present a more balanced picture of Evagrius the monk.
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Praying with the Desert Mothers
Mary Forman OSB
Introduces the reader to the lives, sayings, and stories of the fourth- and fifth-century women who were foundational members of the early Christian community in the Mediterranean region; invites readers to explore their own spiritual journeys
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Educating Leaders for Ministry : Issues and Responses
Victor J. Klimoski, Kevin O'Neil, and Katarina Schuth
In an increasingly secular society, the Christian community must witness a way of life that produces whole and holy people who testify to the truthfulness of the story of Jesus in their lives. Internally, church membership reflects nearly every race, language, culture, spirituality, and Christian theology in existence.
There are three particular challenges for those who prepare people for the church's ministries and those working in ministry itself: diversity, integration, and assessment. Educating Leaders for Ministry examines what each challenge means and identifies ways to respond. The material presented here draws on a six-year project, the Keystone Conferences. The project involved twenty Catholic seminaries and schools of theology reflecting on the mission of their institutions within the life of the church as it becomes manifest in the processes of teaching and learning. As these conversations continued over seven years, the issues of diversity, integration, and assessment emerged as persistent and defining aspects of every school in some way.
These three issues touch the daily life of the entire Christian community, not just theological schools and seminaries. While there are aspects of these issues in theological education that are particular to Roman Catholicism, Educating Leaders for Ministry is helpful for anyone engaged in theological education today.
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The Gospel According to Luke
Michael Patella OSB
Luke continues to challenge our lives. Focusing on Jesus and his earthly ministry among the early church, Michael, F. Patella, OSB, opens the Gospel of Luke to the 21st-century reader.
Patella presents literary, textual, and historical criticism in a readable manner to give readers a solid background for the Lukan Gospel. A brief introduction informs reader of Luke's literary technique, Luke as an evangelist, and other historical data.
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A Sense of the Sacred : Theological Foundations of Sacred Architecture and Art
R. Kevin Seasoltz OSB
There have been many histories of Christian art and architecture, and many that have paid attention to the various cultural, social, and economic contexts in which the architecture and art appeared. Most of these accounts have been written by art historians. Kevin Seasoltz writes as a theologian, whose aim is to relate theological and liturgical developments throughout the course of Christian history to developments in sacred architecture and art. Believing that sacred buildings and artifacts have often been more constitutive of theological developments that constitutive of them, Seasoltz wants to help people discover architecture and art as theological loci—places of revelation.
Following a chapter on culture as the context for theology, liturgy, and art, Seasoltz surveys developments from the early church up through the conventional artistic styles and periods. He pays particular attention to the conflicts that emerged between religion and art since the Enlightenment and to the significant advances made since the middle of the twentieth century to reconciling a wide range of competent architects, artists, and craft persons to the ministry of the Protestant, Anglican, and Catholic churches. Comprehensive, illuminating, ecumenical.
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First Thessalonians, Philippians, Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians: New Collegeville Bible Commentary
Vincent Smiles
Vincent M. Smiles provides a fresh look at the early Church and the faith with which they approached their dynamic, diverse community. With a brief introduction to each letter, Smiles brings to light issues such as authorship, dating, and historical situation. Smiles focuses on similarities and contrasts-such as eschatology, ecclesiology and the status of women--within these diverse, yet unified letters.
A reading of these letters as "partners in a conversation" provides both an understanding and inspiration for today's Christian society: inspiration to meet our challenges in faith with the same creativity as did the early Church.
With an understandable, yet comprehensive manner, this commentary will appeal to those interested in the changing early Church and its ancient wisdom.
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Homilies for Weekdays: Year 2
Don Talafous OSB
Looking for homily suggestions that faithfully represent the Scripture readings and offer hearers of the text practical applications for Christian life? Homilies for Weekdays, the first of two volumes by Father Don Talafous, O.S.B., contains creative suggestions of what a homilist might say about the daily readings for the two-year Lectionary cycle.
This extensive compilation for each day is a result of Father Talafous' many years of experience in preparing homilies. Written on both a popular and pastoral level, these homily ideas may also serve as daily reflections or meditations on the Scriptural texts for readers interested in nourishing their Christian lives with Scripture.
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Dynamic Islam : Liberal Muslim Perspectives in a Transnational Age
Jon Armajani
Dynamic Islam analyzes the lives and works of four of the most influential liberal diaspora Muslim intellectuals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries—Fatima Mernissi, Leila Ahmed, Fazlur Rahman, and Mohammed Arkoun. These prolific scholars are among the first generation of Muslims writing in Western languages who have intentionally directed their works toward audiences in the West, as well as the Muslim world. Jon Armajani examines the way these cutting-edge scholars have interpreted the Quran, Hadith, and Islamic history as they have constructed their visions for Islam in the modern world. Armajani vividly describes their perspectives on women and gender, veiling, Islamic revivalism, Islam and democracy, and Islamic mysticism. The volume also situates their ideas with respect to conservatively minded western Muslims and Islamic revivalists.
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Formed in the Image of Christ : The Sacramental-Moral Theology of Bernard Häring, C.Ss.R.
Kathleen A. Cahalan
The Christian life is an imitation of Christ's response to God—a religious response to God’s initiative. We are called to make all responses—religion and morality—acts of adoring worship and praise. This sacramental theology is the fundamental moral theology of Bernard Häring, CSsR, whose contributions as a twentieth-century theologian have prepared the way of renewal in Catholic theology today.
Part One of this book introduces Bernard Häring and his place in the history of Roman Catholic moral theology. Part Two examines the central concepts of Häring’s sacramental-moral theology: responsibility, Christ as Word of God and High Priest, the human person as word and worshiper, and the sacraments as dialogue and response. In Part III the author illustrates how Häring takes a minor category—the virtue of religion—and places it at the center of moral life.
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For the Sake of Argument: Practical Reasoning, Character, and the Ethics of Belief
Eugene Garver
What role does reason play in our lives? What role should it play? And are claims to rationality liberating or oppressive? For the Sake of Argument addresses questions such as these to consider the relationship between thought and character. Eugene Garver brings Aristotle's Rhetoric to bear on practical reasoning to show how the value of such thinking emerges when members of communities deliberate together, persuade each other, and are persuaded by each other. That is to say, when they argue.
Garver roots deliberation and persuasion in political friendship instead of a neutral, impersonal framework of justice. Through incisive readings of examples in modern legal and political history, from Brown v. Board of Education to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he demonstrates how acts of deliberation and persuasion foster friendship among individuals, leading to common action amid diversity. In an Aristotelian sense, there is a place for pathos and ethos in rational thought. Passion and character have as pivotal a role in practical reasoning as logic and language. -
I Am with You Always: The Notebooks of Nicole Gausseron
Nicole Gausseron, William Skudlarek OSB, and Hilary Thimmesh OSB
From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, Nicole Gausseron, a Catholic woman in France, recorded in her ìlittle notebookî the conversations she had with Jesus. Her chronicle of these talks does notinclude revelations or visions. Her story is simply a reporting of one womanís conversations with God. It shows, in simple yet breathtaking dialogues, that Jesus seeks a deeply personal relationship with those who believe in him. I Am with You Always, the final book in a three-book series, presents profoundly intimate encounters between Gausseron and Jesus that have never before been published.
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Walk with Me: The Notebooks of Nicole Gausseron
Nicole Gausseron, William Skudlarek OSB, and Hilary Thimmesh OSB
"I have taken everything unto myself, have absorbed everything. Do not be afraid. I am here," says Jesus. These comforting words appear in Walk with Me, the second of three books that document Nicole Gausseronís conversations with Christ. Reading like the transcript of a conversation between dear friends, Walk with Meis proof that Jesus lives now and seeks a personal relationship with those who believe in him.
Nicole Gausseron doesnít claim to be a saint or a visionary. An ordinary woman, she serves as the director of a shelter for homeless men, and is a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. In stunningly simple language, Gausseron shares her frailty, her fears, her joy, and her doubts with Christ, who responds with words of comfort and encouragement, not just for her but for all who love him.
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Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics (5th edition)
Steve Hoffman, Homer Williamson, and Kay G. Wolsborn
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The Ministry of Communion
Michael Kwatera OSB
The Ministry of Communion offers practical advice and vital theology for Eucharistic ministers. Updated with the latest liturgical laws and norms, and with an expanded section on leading Communion services, this book is an excellent guide for both those who serve God's people and those who help them prepare for the ministry.
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The Ministry of Servers
Michael Kwatera OSB
The Ministry of Servers gives detailed instructions for altar servers, who perform an essential ministry to God and God's people during liturgical celebrations. Pastors, parochial vicars, liturgy directors, and anyone entrusted with the training of servers will welcome these clear, concise, simple, and well-organized directions that are presented in language that children can understand.
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Prayer in All Things : A Saint Benedict's, Saint John's Prayer Book
Kate E. Ritger and Michael Kwatera OSB
Witness and participate in the Benedictine tradition of central Minnesota through prayers by those who share the land of Saint Benedict's (Monastery and College) in Saint Joseph and Saint John's (Abbey, University, Preparatory School, and the Liturgical Press) in Collegeville -- from monastics, students, and professors to oblates and Benedictine friends.
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Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict
Norvene Vest and Luke Dysinger OSB
The Rule of St. Benedict continues to attract those who seek to live a deeper life, connected to Christ. But with such an ancient text, how can we authentically engage St. Benedict’s Rule in a manner that is true to its profound insights―and to our own spiritual journey? Norvene Vest suggests that the answer lies in the way we read the Rule. “It shouldn’t be studied like a book of regulations, or a school textbook. It should be read as lectio divina.”
This profound yet very practical volume speaks to our urgent spiritual need. People yearn for an interior life deeply rooted in God, humanly balanced, and substantially founded in the Christian heritage. Vest offers a valuable resource by rendering much more accessible the spiritual wealth of the key text of the ancient Benedictine charism. Here is the solid, balanced wisdom that has nourished and guided innumerable Christians for nearly fifteen centuries. -
Projects That Matter: Successful Planning and Evaluation for Religious Organizations
Kathleen A. Cahalan
Projects That Matter introduces project leaders and teams to the five basic elements of project design and describes in detail a six-step process for designing and implementing a project evaluation and disseminating evaluation findings. Written for the nonexpert, leaders in religious settings will find Cahalan's guidance clear and invaluable. Presenting evaluation as a form of collaborative inquiry, Cahalan show how leaders can use evaluation design to develop effective project plans and prepare case statements for donors or grant proposals for foundations. She introduces project planning and evaluation as mission-related practices and invites leaders to consider how their tradition's particular mission and beliefs influence the way they plan and evaluate. Cahalan concludes the book by making explicit her own theological presuppositions―that the virtues of discernment, stewardship, and prudence are essential for good project planning and evaluation.
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Mexican Murals in Times of Crisis
Bruce Campbell
Murals have been an important medium of public expression in Mexico since the Mexican Revolution, and names such as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco will forever be linked with this revolutionary art form. Many people, however, believe that Mexico's renowned mural tradition died with these famous practitioners, and today's mural artists labor in obscurity as many of their creations are destroyed through hostility or neglect. This book traces the ongoing critical contributions of mural arts to public life in Mexico to show how postrevolutionary murals have been overshadowed both by the Mexican School and by the exclusionary nature of official public arts. By documenting a range of mural practices—from fixed-site murals to mantas (banner murals) to graffiti—Bruce Campbell evaluates the ways in which the practical and aesthetic components of revolutionary Mexican muralism have been appropriated and redeployed within the context of Mexico's ongoing economic and political crisis. Four dozen photographs illustrate the text. Blending ethnography, political science, and sociology with art history, Campbell traces the emergence of modern Mexican mural art as a composite of aesthetic, discursive, and performative elements through which collective interests and identities are shaped. He focuses on mural activists engaged combatively with the state—in barrios, unions, and street protests—to show that mural arts that are neither connected to the elite art world nor supported by the government have made significant contributions to Mexican culture. Campbell brings all previous studies of Mexican muralism up to date by revealing the wealth of art that has flourished in the shadows of official recognition. His work shows that interpretations by art historians preoccupied with contemporary high art have been incomplete—and that a rich mural tradition still survives, and thrives, in Mexico.
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Believe That I Am Here: The Notebooks of Nicole Gausseron
Nicole Gausseron, William Skudlarek OSB, and Hilary Thimmesh OSB
In a small, simple chapel during the celebration of the Eucharist, Jesus revealed his presence to Nicole Gausseron and began speaking to her. In the first in a series of three books, Gausseron documents her conversations with Christ. Nicole Gausseron is not a visionary. She was born to a prosperous French family and was educated to be a professor. Translated from French, this volume is a record of Gausseron's first encounter with Christ and many others, kept daily in her "petit cahier"-her little notebook.
Devoid of the reverential tone often found in works of piety, Gausseron's journals read more like Gospel accounts of Jesus' ministry; episodic, terse, and objective. The value of the notebooks lies in their cogent reminder that Jesus lives and seeks a personal relationship with those who believe in him.
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Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
Dale Launderville OSB
In Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Mesopotamia, the king was said to be installed by divine appointment and was regarded as having a special and privileged relationship with God or the gods. This comparative and thematic study assesses the role of the king as a divine messenger and his use of, and reliance on, piety to legitimate his position and ensure the compliance of his subjects. Based on a variety of texts from each of the three regions, including poetry, philosophy, history and theological works, Launderville examines the rhetoric of royal legitimation. He also looks at what the community expected from the king as the centralising symbol of the community, the chief messenger from the divine world and the dispenser of justice, and he explores the means by which the king's power and privileged position could be kept in check.
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