Mission As Penance

Author : Charles J. Fensham
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666797251

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Mission as Penance by Charles J. Fensham Pdf

Mission as Penance explores the posture of Christian mission in Canada, while also uncovering the theological roots that gave birth to the sense of cultural and religious superiority that led to profound harm to others and to God's creation. The story begins by an examination of Johan Bavinck's famous 1954 claim that "mission is thus the penance of the church which is ashamed before God and man." By drawing on his work through forty years in theological education and pastoral ministry, Fensham prescribes a pathway that liberates the church from power games, numerical growth, and preoccupation with programs and technology, to focus instead on genuine listening, solidarity, and love in action. True penance is never satisfied with passivity, nor should it result in a state of paralysis. For a posture of humble penance to be fruitful, it must lead toward concerted action toward change, advocacy for justice, compassion for the marginalized, and care for creation. If mission in Canada is engaged in this way, the Christian faith might cease to do harm and build a new life-giving community of healing.

Author : Charles J. Fensham
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666737608

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Mission as Penance by Charles J. Fensham Pdf

Mission as Penance explores the posture of Christian mission in Canada, while also uncovering the theological roots that gave birth to the sense of cultural and religious superiority that led to profound harm to others and to God’s creation. The story begins by an examination of Johan Bavinck’s famous 1954 claim that “mission is thus the penance of the church which is ashamed before God and man.” By drawing on his work through forty years in theological education and pastoral ministry, Fensham prescribes a pathway that liberates the church from power games, numerical growth, and preoccupation with programs and technology, to focus instead on genuine listening, solidarity, and love in action. True penance is never satisfied with passivity, nor should it result in a state of paralysis. For a posture of humble penance to be fruitful, it must lead toward concerted action toward change, advocacy for justice, compassion for the marginalized, and care for creation. If mission in Canada is engaged in this way, the Christian faith might cease to do harm and build a new life-giving community of healing.

Author : Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum (1983),Catholic Church. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Penance
ISBN : 0889970793

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Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church by Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum (1983),Catholic Church. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Pdf

Author : Patrick W. Carey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190889142

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Confession by Patrick W. Carey Pdf

Confession is a history of penance as a virtue and a sacrament in the United States from about 1634, when Catholicism arrived in Maryland, to 2015, fifty years after the major theological and disciplinary changes initiated by the Second Vatican Council. Patrick W. Carey argues that the Catholic theology and practice of penance, so much opposed by the inheritors of the Protestant Reformation, kept alive the biblical penitential language in the United States at least until the mid-1960s when Catholic penitential discipline changed. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American Catholics created institutions that emphasized, in opposition to Protestant culture, confession to a priest as the normal and almost exclusive means of obtaining forgiveness. Preaching, teaching, catechesis, and parish revival-type missions stressed sacramental confession and the practice became a widespread routine in American Catholic life. After the Second Vatican Council, the practice of sacramental confession declined suddenly. The post-Vatican II history of penance, influenced by the Council's reforms and by changing American moral and cultural values, reveals a major shift in penitential theology; moving from an emphasis on confession to emphasis on reconciliation. Catholics make up about a quarter of the American population, and thus changes in the practice of penance had an impact on the wider society. In the fifty years since the Council, penitential language has been overshadowed increasingly by the language of conflict and controversy. In today's social and political climate, Confession may help Americans understand how far their society has departed from the penitential language of the earlier American tradition, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of such a departure.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Penance
ISBN : 0858262398

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Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Luijten
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Holy Spirit
ISBN : 9042913053

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Sacramental Forgiveness as a Gift of God by Eric Luijten Pdf

What is the theological place of the Holy Spirit with respect to the forgiveness of sins in the sacrament of penance? This study examines the role of the Spirit in the theology of sacramental forgiveness of Thomas Aquinas (1224/5-1274), who is often blamed for the "Geistvergessenheit" of Western theology. In the first part of this study it is shown that in Thomas' theology notions like guilt and forgiveness function within the context of a relationship of friendship between God and human beings. Constitutive for this relationship is the indwelling of God, which is 'appropriated' to the Holy Spirit. It is explained that Thomas understands appropriation, i.e. the practice of ascribing to divine Persons individually what belongs to the divine essence in general, as a part of proper God-talk, which takes into account the limitations of our language vis-a-vis God. In the second part of this study, it is argued that the notion of the causality of the sacrament of penance, i.e. that it effects the forgiveness of sins that it signifies, can only be evaluated properly if the sacrament of penance is not only seen as prolongation of the incarnation, i.e. the visible mission of the Son, but also as accompanied by the continous invisible mission of the Holy Spirit. Eric Luijten (1964) has been a research-fellow of the Catholic Theological University at Utrecht, the Netherlands, and at present is rector of studies of the Arienskonvikt, the priest seminary of the archdiocese Utrecht and the diocese Groningen.

Author : Justin S. Holcomb,David A. Johnson
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814770634

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Christian Theologies of the Sacraments by Justin S. Holcomb,David A. Johnson Pdf

Delves into the ancient debate regarding the nature and purpose of the seven sacraments What are the sacraments? For centuries, this question has elicited a lively discussion and among theologians, and a variety of answers that do anything but outline a unified belief concerning these fundamental ritual structures. In this extremely cohesive and well-crafted volume, a group of renowned scholars map the theologies of sacraments offered by key Christian figures from the Early Church through the twenty-first century. Together, they provide a guide to the variety of views about sacraments found throughout Christianity, showcasing the variety of approaches to understanding the sacraments across the Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox faith traditions. Chapters explore the theologies of thinkers from Basil to Aquinas, Martin Luther to Gustavo Gutiérrez. Rather than attempting to distill their voices into a single view, the book addresses many of the questions that theologians have tackled over the two thousand year history of Christianity. In doing so, it paves the way for developing theologies of sacraments for present and future contexts. The text places each theology of the sacraments into its proper sociohistorical context, illuminating how the church has used the sacraments to define itself and its congregations over time. The definitive resource on theologies of the sacraments, this volume is a must-read for students, theologians, and spiritually interested readers alike.

Author : Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Penance
ISBN : OCLC:70143764

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Reconciliation and Penance in the Mission of the Church by Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum Pdf

Author : Regis A. Duffy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608996896

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On Becoming a Catholic: The Challenge of Christian Initiation by Regis A. Duffy Pdf

This handbook to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), written by a renowned religious educator and theologian, invites converts, the clergy, and all those engaged in the catechumenal process to appreciate anew the richness of the Catholic faith. Regis Duffy articulates the requirements for becoming and remaining a full Christian committed to gospel values on every level of life to the building of the Kingdom of God. On Becoming a Catholic is a complete introduction to the essentials of the catechumenal process and clearly relates what the church teaches to its members. Duffy's exposition stresses: - The theology of the Cross as the root of all Christian conversion and formation, and its meaning for individual Christians and parish life - The Word of God as prophetic Word in parish, familial, and personal lives: learning to recognize the Lord in unexpected places of our lives and world, and nurture openness and responsiveness to the Word - How to live and act as one marked by the Cross and the Word of God: participating in a conversion process that profoundly changes our priorities, values, lifestyle, and -- most importantly -- our involvement in worship and sacraments - What it means to be a Christian community: discovering the meaning of the Liturgical Year and the Church's role as teacher - The value of Lenten observance, the meaning of Good Friday, and the centrality of the Easter event as basis for a practical theology of our redemptive need and God's enduring response - How honest Eucharistic participation embodies a renewed sense of personal commitment to Christ and sense of mission and ministry in the community.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555007213

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The Church association monthly intelligencer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank O'Loughlin
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0809145561

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The Future of the Sacrament of Penance by Frank O'Loughlin Pdf

Calls for a change in attitude toward, and a renewal in, understanding the use of the sacrament of penance

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1555869025

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Penance and Reconciliation in the Mission of the Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Schmitt
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781581121384

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The Sacrament of Confession as a by William Schmitt Pdf

Adrienne von Speyr in her book "Confession" and throughout her writings speaks of the "confession" of Jesus Christ. This is a startling use of the term because Christ never sinned. The author examines all the writings of von Speyr in the light of Roman Catholic soteriology and sacramental theology and in view of the influences that existed between her and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The author then shows how the theme of confession is central to von Speyr's writing, aids in illuminating her theology of Holy Saturday and the Paschal Mystery, and serves as the basis for the renewal of the sacrament of confession.

Author : Robert A. Bickers,Rosemary Seton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136786099

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Missionary Encounters by Robert A. Bickers,Rosemary Seton Pdf

Describes the exceptional wealth of missionary archives and the major contributions they can make not only to the study of the processes of Christian evangelism and Western imperialism but also their value in documenting and analysing the nature of Western encounters with indigenous societies.

Author : Steven W. Hackel
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807839010

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Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis by Steven W. Hackel Pdf

Recovering lost voices and exploring issues intimate and institutional, this sweeping examination of Spanish California illuminates Indian struggles against a confining colonial order and amidst harrowing depopulation. To capture the enormous challenges Indians confronted, Steven W. Hackel integrates textual and quantitative sources and weaves together analyses of disease and depopulation, marriage and sexuality, crime and punishment, and religious, economic, and political change. As colonization reduced their numbers and remade California, Indians congregated in missions, where they forged communities under Franciscan oversight. Yet missions proved disastrously unhealthful and coercive, as Franciscans sought control over Indians' beliefs and instituted unfamiliar systems of labor and punishment. Even so, remnants of Indian groups still survived when Mexican officials ended Franciscan rule in the 1830s. Many regained land and found strength in ancestral cultures that predated the Spaniards' arrival. At this study's heart are the dynamic interactions in and around Mission San Carlos Borromeo between Monterey region Indians (the Children of Coyote) and Spanish missionaries, soldiers, and settlers. Hackel places these local developments in the context of the California mission system and draws comparisons between California and other areas of the Spanish Borderlands and colonial America. Concentrating on the experiences of the Costanoan and Esselen peoples during the colonial period, Children of Coyote concludes with an epilogue that carries the story of their survival to the present day.