On New Ways of Thinking about the Church (Part III)
In what follows, I reduce Jesus’ teaching to a schema of four descriptors that organize its qualities. In each case I highlight Jesus’ expansive teaching by alluding to a Gospel story and develop its characteristics through a Jewish interpretation stimulated by Heschel. The four qualities could be subdivided and multiplied to carry further interpretive nuances. They are illustrative and not exhaustive. The important point here consists in recognizing that Jesus was Jewish – and that what he represented in his preaching deserves unique attention on the part of the churches of his disciples… Part III of „On New Ways of Thinking about the Church“ by Roger Haight SJ , introduced by Andreas Telser.
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On New Ways of Thinking about the Church (Part II)
Most Christians have a general idea of how the church developed. The New Testament provides the main entrée into that process, but it does not paint an exact picture of how the church took form in response to the preaching of Jesus and his execution… Part II of „On New Ways of Thinking about the Church“ by Roger Haight SJ , introduced by Andreas Telser.
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On New Ways of Thinking about the Church (Part I)
For a growing number of Christians, mainly in the Western hemisphere, church-talk has become problematic for many reasons. However, for theology to shy away from or even avoid questions of the church only further limits the credibility of theology. Throughout his œuvre, Roger Haight has consistently tackled challenging issues for contemporary publics. With an introduction by Andreas Telser
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St. Ignatius, the Spiritual Exercises and the social sin of racism
Roger Haight’s theology has always been in a critical dialogue with how contemporary Westerners experience reality, while giving his theology a liberationist bent. This might be the reason for his more recent interest in facing racism, one of the painful scars of US-American history. A scar that seems to be torn open again by the announced policies of the current administration.
