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Category Archives: Theological anthropology
What are we deconstructing?
This question was asked of Kevin Miller during this evening’s session of the online Collaborators Conference, a mimetic theory/theology conference that is a successor of sorts to the Theology and Peace Conference I attended once or twice while in grad … Continue reading
Posted in Theological anthropology
Tagged #blacklivesmatter, conference, mimetic, romans 8
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Framing the Question: Christian Feminism – Part 1, Ch 2 of #FOGAP
In this second chapter, Johnson argues that the methods and results of feminist research can reinterpret the symbol of the communion of saints to life-giving effect, and begins to explore “Friends of God and Prophets” (Wis 7:27) as a beautiful, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Feminist theology, Theological anthropology
Tagged #FOGAP, elizabeth johnson
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Natural Law and the Gender Bimodal
Observing the world Moral arguments based on natural law always begin by observing the world, because it is an axiom of natural law that God’s intended purposes can be discerned by careful study of the world. It is therefore clear … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist theology, Moral theology, Theological anthropology
Tagged gender roles, intersex, natural law, transgender
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A Mimetic Reading of the Ferguson Events
I’m a hugely text-oriented person, but so much of what happened in Ferguson this week was captured in truly compelling tweeted images that this post will be full of embedded tweets, mostly including images. Some of those compelling images were … Continue reading
Children, Priests, and Scandal in Church
Here’s the story: on his way to the ambo (pulpit) to give his homily (sermon), the presiding priest detoured to approach “a family with several small children under the age of four who were sitting near the front of the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged children, factionalism, priests, reconciliation, scandal, sex abuse scandal, thesis
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Mimetic Rivalry, Reform, and Unity in the Church
I read a commentary on church reform by Hans Küng last week, that lingered in my mind as an example of “doing it wrong,” at least from the perspective of mimetic ecclesiology. In this commentary, the substantive issues of church … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged cdf, factionalism, faith, holy spirit, hope, kung, love, mimetic rivalry, pope, thesis
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Advise the Bishops about Marriage and Family Life
Among other things that have been going on while I’ve been too busy to blog has been the announcement of an Extraordinary Synod of the Bishops on the family to be held in October 2014, accompanied by a preparatory document … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Theological anthropology
Tagged anthropology, catechesis, divorce, ecclesiology, family, humanae vitae, marriage, marriage equality, pastoral care, vocation
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Ann Astell on Empathy in the work of Girard, Stein, and Weil
Astell, Ann W. “Saintly Mimesis, Contagion, and Empathy in the Thought of Rene Girard, Edith Stein, and Simone Weil.” SHOFAR Winter 2004 Vol 22, No 2, 116-131. Astell draws on the work of Girard, Stein, and Weil to construct an … Continue reading
Posted in Theological anthropology
Tagged ann astell, edith stein, empathy, mimetic, Robert M. Gordon, simone weil, thesis
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Doran on Lonergan and Girard
Robert Doran, “The Nonviolent Cross: Lonergan and Girard on Redemption,” Theological Studies 71 (2010): 46–61. Doran correlates Lonergan’s Law of the Cross with Girard’s anthropological insights, arguing that Girard’s mimetic theory provides the psychic, although not the spiritual, data corresponding … Continue reading
Posted in Moral theology, Theological anthropology
Tagged Girard, lonergan, moral evil, paschal mystery, systematics, thesis
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Notes on L. Gregory Jones’ Beliefs, Desires, Practices, and the Ends of Theological Education
Jones, L. Gregory. “Beliefs, Desires, Practices, and the Ends of Theological Education.” in Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. eds. Miroslav Volf and Dorothy C. Bass. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2002. L. Gregory Jones argues convincingly from biblical and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged christian life, church and world, education, l. gregory jones, mimetic, practice, thesis
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