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In the nineteenth century there was a definite divide between those who read Coleridge as a religious thinker and those who read him as a poet. Even now, readers and critics find it hard not to consider one aspect of his work to the exclusion of the other. Here David Jasper considers Coleridge as a poet, literary critic, theologian and philosopher, seeing him as occupying a representative place in European and English Romantic thought on poetry, religion and the role of the artist. His earliest writings are closely linked to his mature religious and critical thought, and his greatest poems, 'Kubla Khan', 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and the 'Dejection' Ode, are a necessary prelude to the prose writings of the middle period of Coleridge's life. Self-reflection upon the processes of creating poetry and art, particularly in the Biographia Literaria, is an important development in Coleridge's sense of the relation of the finite to the infinite through the inspiration of the poet. Attention to the nature of inspiration, imagination and irony in creative writing leads directly to his later discussions of man's need of a divine redeemer and the nature of divine revelation. In the later poetry, attention is given to the theme of self-reflection in which spiritual growth is part and parcel of poetic development, each balancing the other. The final part of the book considers Coleridge's later prose, linking his reflections upon poetry with an epistemology, which he learnt principally from Kant and Fichtee in a discussion of revelation and radical evil. In conclusion, Coleridge's religious position is summed up through the late, and still unpublished notebooks, and the fragmentary remains of the long-projected Opus Maximum. The last chapter links Coleridge with a more recent debate on the nature of inspiration, poetic and divine, which arises out of Austin Farrer's Bampton Lectures The Glass of Vision.

Post-Christendom Studies publishes research on the nature of Christian identity and mission in the contexts of post-Christendom. Post-Christendom refers to places, both now and in the past, where Christianity was once a significant cultural presence, though not necessarily the dominant religion. Sometimes ""Christendom"" refers to the official link between church and state. The term ""post-Christendom"" is often associated with the rise of secularization, religious pluralism, and multiculturalism in western countries over the past sixty years. Our use of the term is broader than that however. Egypt for example can be considered a post-Christendom context. It was once a leading center of Christianity. ""Christendom"" moreover does not necessarily mean official public and dominant religion. For example, under Saddam Hussein, Christianity was probably a minority religion, but, for the most part, Christians were left alone. After America deposed Saddam, Christians began to flee because they became a persecuted minority. In that sense, post-Saddam Iraq is an experience of post-Christendom--it is a shift from a cultural context in which Christians have more or less freedom to exercise their faith to one where they are persecuted and/or marginalized for doing so.

Since being elected to the Chair of St. Peter on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has given unique shape to the meaning of the new evangelization. With his emphasis on the concept of encounter, and his stunning expression of pastoral ministry in Evangelii gaudium, the present pontiff has breathed new life into the Christian vocation to evangelize. This book brings together the voices of fifteen American Catholic scholars around the theme of Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter. Inaugurating the new series, Global Perspectives on the New Evangelization, this book incorporates a variety of approaches and questions in order to amplify the theology behind the pontificate of Pope Francis and the most recent developments in the new evangelization. Among the topics treated in the book are mercy, ecology, doctrine, culture, and the life and ministry of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The reader will be delighted with an array of perspectives that promise to give inspiration for embarking on further frontiers of the new evangelization.""The Church''s emphatic call for a new evangelization began with Pope Paul VI, has journeyed through the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and now continues with Pope Francis. This commendable volume accentuates, in fifteen thoughtful and innovative essays, Pope Francis''s understanding of the new evangelization as a fourfold encounter: merciful encounters, ecological encounters, doctrinal encounters, and cultural and political encounters. Thus, this book admirably provides the needed sociological, philosophical, and theological depth to sustain and foster the Church''s renewed endeavor to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations and peoples."" --Thomas G. Weinandy, Capuchin College, Washington DC, Member of the International Theological CommissionJohn C. Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life and Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of several books, most recently: Mary on the Eve of the Second Vatican Council (2017) and Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI (2012).Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is Associate Professor of Theology at Walsh University. He is the author of Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Etude in Phenomenology (Cascade, 2017) and Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (Cascade, 2017).

One of the most interesting voices in the Academy and the Church today is Martyn Percy. Percy, the Dean of Christ Church Oxford and a leading voice in the Anglican Communion, is both theologically orthodox, yet deeply unconventional. While remaining engaged in the scholarly community, Percy writes with clarity and passion on topics that range from ecclesiology to music, from sexuality to the Trinity, from advertising to ministerial training--he is a polymath.This book is two books in one. The first half contains a series of articles (written both by church leaders and academics) that serve as substantial, critical introductions to Percy''s thought. In the second half, the reader gets to hear from Percy himself in a collection of wide-ranging material from his corpus. While producing a dialectical engagement of some depth (as Percy offers written responses to his interlocutors), this volume should prove useful for a variety of communities beyond academic circles, especially ones engaged with contemporary issues facing ecclesiology, churches, and the wider Anglican Communion.""This volume exemplifies the approach which distinguishes Martyn Percy''s work: open, interdisciplinary, and generative of new connections and approaches.""--Linda Woodhead, Professor, Lancaster University""An excellent introduction to a theologian who represents the best of contemporary Anglican thought, with a deep spirituality firmly rooted in reality.""--Keith Ward, Professor, University of Oxford""If the church is permanently in crisis--necessarily so in light of its eschatological character--then it requires lucid and shrewd interpreters like Martyn Percy to mediate its critical engagement with society. This collection is therefore both timely and ambitious in its scope, insights, and humanity, and the balance is impressive and substantial. It takes some courage to be so liberal in today''s Anglican Communion, but Percy''s work shows how relevant that struggle remains.""--Gareth Jones, Professor, School of Theology, Charles Sturt University""In these wide-ranging and fascinating essays, the reader is invited to explore the many and multi-faceted contributions of Martyn Percy--priest, practical theologian, and sociologist of religion--and the open, generous Anglicanism that lies at the heart of all his work.""--Jane Shaw, Professor, Stanford UniversityIan S. Markham is the Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics. He is the author of numerous books.Joshua Daniel is a candidate for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Arkansas and a seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary. He completed his PhD on Wittgenstein and Religion at the University of Arkansas in 2015.

The theology of the cross is indisputably a trendy concept today. Numerous seminars, books, and dissertations tackle the topic. But The Theology of the Cross in Historical Perspective demonstrates that theology of the cross is no passing fancy. Theologies of the cross appear at the beginnings of the church, in the sixteenth-century reformations of the church, and in the more contemporary modernization of the church. Without theologies of the cross, what the church is called to be and to preach becomes unclear. So then, what is the theology of the cross?Anna Madsen surveys the theology of the cross in the thinking of Paul and Luther. She also outlines several important twentieth-century contributions to the subject. On the basis of her analysis, Madsen suggests that the theology of the cross reveals God to be found even in death. In death, after all, boundaries disappear. The theology of the cross assures Christians that God is present in the death of sin and in the realities of suffering and uncertainty. Given that it announces God''s presence, the theology of the cross is ultimately a theology of grace, freedom, and trust. Anna Madsen is Assistant Professor of Religion at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is an ordained ELCA pastor who completed her DPhil at the University of Regensburg, Germany.

Grace and Peace in the Earthly CityVolume 5, Number 1, January 2016Edited by David M. McCarthyCatholic Moral Traditions and Energy Ethics For the Twenty-First CenturyErin Lothes Biviano, David Cloutier, Elaine Padilla, Christiana Z. Peppard, and Jame SchaeferHuman Capacities and the Problem of Universally Equal Dignity: Two Philosophical Test Cases and a Theistic ResponseMatthew PetrusekA Case Study of Scholasticism: Peter Abelard and Peter Lombard on PenanceLucas BriolaAn Analysis of GSUSA''s Policy of Serving Transgender Youth: Implications for Catholic PracticeJohn Grabowski and Christopher Gross""For He is our Peace:"" Thomas Aquinas on Christ As Cause of Peace in the City of SaintsMatthew A. TapieInfused Virtue and ""22-Carat""Morally Right ACTSAngela KnobelNatural Law: New Directions In Thomistic Theological EthicsCharles R. PinchesReview Essay on the Social Problem of Family Homes for ConvivialityDavid Matzko McCarthyDavid Matzko McCarthy is the Fr. James M. Forker Professor of Catholic Social Teaching at Mount St Mary''s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Love, Redemption, Vocation, and the ChurchVolume 4, Number 2, June 2015Edited by David M. McCarthyRoman Catholic Teaching on International Debt: Toward a New Methodology for Catholic Social Ethics and Moral TheologyM. Therese LysaughtNarrative, Social Identity and Practical Reason: On Charles Taylor and Moral TheologyMark RyanHobbes Contra BellarmineMatthew RoseGrace Is the Emotion of the Love of GodEdward Collins VacekNo Woe to You Lawyers: A Virtue Ethics Approach To Happiness Within the Legal ProfessionJohn J. FitzgeraldDignity and the Body: Reclaiming What Autonomy IgnoresJoel J. Shuman and Brian VolckMore Than Self-Gift and Sex: The Role of Receptivity in Catholic Marital EthicsRobert RyanReview Essay on Catholic Higher Education: After Ex corde EcclesiaeJason KingDavid Matzko McCarthy is the Fr. James M. Forker Professor of Catholic Social Teaching at Mount St Mary''s University, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

The nature of Kierkegaard''s political legacy is complicated by the religious character of his writings. Exploring Kierkegaard''s relevancy for this political-theological moment, this volume offers trans-disciplinary and multi-religious perspectives on Kierkegaard studies and political theology. Privileging contemporary philosophical and political-theological work that is based on Kierkegaard, this volume is an indispensable resource for Kierkegaard scholars, theologians, philosophers of religion, ethicists, and critical researchers in religion looking to make sense of current debates in the field. While this volume shows that Kierkegaard''s theological legacy is a thoroughly political one, we are left with a series of open questions as to what a Kierkegaardian interjection into contemporary political theology might look like. And so, like Kierkegaard''s writings, this collection of essays is an argument with itself, and as such, will leave readers both edified and scratching their heads--for all the right reasons.""While everyone admits Kierkegaard''s greatness, our perception of the political dimension of his thought is mired in antagonisms: was he a proto-Fascist, a fundamentalist anti-democrat, a superb dialectical ironist ignoring social life and focusing on subjective experiences? Kierkegaard and Political Theology raises these debates to a new level. It is much more than yet another attempt to ''reactualize'' Kierkegaard, to make him useful for our time. It refers to Kierkegaard as a privileged lens through which we can approach in a new way the antagonisms of our dangerous time. So it''s not just a volume for those who want to get a better grasp of Kierkegaard, but a must for all those who want to understand our own predicament.""--Slavoj iek, Senior Researcher, Institute for Sociology and Philosophy, University of Ljubljana""This volume will prove a worthy resource for any reader interested in exploring the political implications of Kierkegaard''s writings, as well as any reader who seeks, with a little help from Kierkegaard, to examine the theological dimensions of modern politics. With essays covering a wide range of topics and approaches, the book offers a helpful roundup of contemporary interest in political theology. It makes a compelling case that Kierkegaard, whatever he may have considered himself, was an eminently political thinker.""--Noreen Khawaja, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University""Kierkegaard''s relation to social-political thought has always been a difficult one to negotiate. The collection Kierkegaard and Political Theology is a welcome attempt to tackle this issue. The work gathers some outstanding articles by leading scholars in the field of Kierkegaard studies. The authors fruitfully bring Kierkegaard into dialogue with contemporary theories of political thinking, while never losing sight of his religious commitments. In this way the profile of his own views comes out more clearly and a valuable case is made for Kierkegaard''s relevance today. This is an excellent collection that will be an important point of orientation for all future studies on the issue.""--Jon Stewart, Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University""I once told someone that I was writing a book on Kierkegaard and politics and he responded: ''That is going to be a short book.'' Thankfully, Kierkegaard and Political Theology is not short! With rigor and clarity, the contributors invite new directions in Kierkegaardian scholarship by attending to underexplored political ''crumbs'' in his thought. This volume demonstrates that Kierkegaard''s concern with ''the present age'' can continue to speak vibrantly to our own.""--J. Aaron Simmons, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Furman UniversityRoberto Sirvent is Professor of Political and Social Ethics at Hope International University in Fullerton, CA. He is the author of Embracing Vulnerability: Human and Divine (2014). Silas Morgan is a politica

At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were a number of smaller religious bodies that sought to develop religious and national identity on the margins--something especially difficult when the nation was at war in South Africa. This book examines rich and varied extant sources that provide helpful windows into the wartime experience of Canada''s religious minorities. Those groups on the margins experienced internal struggles and external pressures related to issues of loyalty and identity. How each faith tradition addressed those challenges was shaped by their own dominant personalities, ethnic identity, history, tradition, and theological convictions. Responses were fluid, divided, and rarely unanimous. Those seeking to address such issues not only had to deal with internal expectations and tensions, but also construct a public response that would satisfy often hostile and vocal external critics. Some positions evolved over time, leading to new identities, loyalties, and trajectories. In all cases, being on the margins meant dealing with two dominant national and imperial narratives--English or French--both bolstered respectively by powerful Anglo-Saxon Protestantism or French Quebec Catholicism. The chapters in this book examine how those on the margins sought to do just that.""Gordon Heath displays strong historical insight in his recognition of the historical value of the responses of Canadian minority religions to British military imperialism in South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. Heath has gathered important studies of the Canadian religions on the margins of the British Empire and how they overcame their natural pacifism to believe that British dominion in South Africa would spread civilization and culture to the benefit of all nations.""--Terence J. Fay SJ, Toronto School of Theology, University of TorontoGordon L. Heath is Professor of Christian History and Centenary Chair in World Christianity at McMaster Divinity College. He is the author of two other books on religion and the Boer War: The British in Our Nation: The BACSANZ Baptist Press and the South African War, 1899-1902 (2017), and A War with a Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902 (2009).