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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Healy on “new, apostolic forms of leadership”
[O]ne way for us all to work together to become the one body of Christ is to develop new, apostolic forms of leadership. I confess I have no real idea what they might be, beyond looking apostolic. That is, leaders … Continue reading
Thoughts on Flanagan’s “Methods, Images, and Systematic Ecclesiology”
In this first chapter of his book Communion, Diversity, and Salvation, Brian Flanagan reviews the modern development of method in ecclesiology, and draws on the work of Gustafson, Healy, Komonchak, Ormerod, Rahner, and Rikhof to defend his criteria for a … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology
Tagged flanagan, healy, komonchak, mimetic, models of the church, ormerod, rahner, rikhof, systematics, thesis
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Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
In the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, February 22 is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Not a literal chair — this is not a feast that honors some four-legged relic — but the office of … Continue reading
Thesis proposal!
This definitely is a thesis proposal – my advisor has seen it, discussed it, and approved it. Woot! The summary is virtually identical to my previous attempt, reproduced here for completeness; the new part here is the chapter outline, which … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology
Tagged Alison, inaugurated eschatology, mimetic, praxis, thesis
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Special Saturday Round: Vote for Ignatius!
This is the only Saturday during Lent that will offer us an opportunity to vote in Lent Madness. And it’s a tough call for me today: Ignatius of Antioch, one of the earliest figures of the church in the post-apostolic … Continue reading
Vote for Macrina!
I’m a bit late with this post since there’s been so much else going on, but it’s not too late to vote for Macrina the Younger in the first round of Lent Madness. We studied Macrina in my Early Church … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgical year, Uncategorized
Tagged cappadocian, lent madness, macrina, saints
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Something resembling a thesis proposal?
(Unlike my previous attempt, this might actually be something resembling a thesis proposal. Comments and advice are very welcome.) The key anthropological insight of mimetic theory is that human identity is received and constituted by patterns of desire that originate … Continue reading
A Pope Resigns.
So. Big Catholic news today! My initial response is that this action was perhaps motivated by Benedict’s experience under JPII during his long decline. From the outside, that looked to at least some of us like JPII witnessing to the … Continue reading
Bedford on Practice and Discernment
I define “a practice of the Christian faith” as a purposeful, creative outworking of a sequence of steps that empower persons in community better to proceed [pro-seguir] along the way of Jesus Christ. Negatively, to be engaged in such a … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged discernment, hermeneutic of suspicion, practice, structural sin, thesis
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