Books & Edited Volumes

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A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (with William F. Storrar and Paul Louis Metzger) (2011)

Does global civil society offer hope of a world for all? Reflecting on globalization, ethics,...

 

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Cusanus: The Legacy of Learned Ignorance (2006)

The thought of Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) draws upon a rich heritage of ancient, medieval,...

 

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Christian Spirituality and the Culture of Modernity: The Thought of Louis Dupré (with George P. Schner SJ) (1998)

Not all thinkers have closed the book on modernity and opened a new one on...

 

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El Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church (with Raúl Gómez SDS) (1998)

"The articles which follow are a clear proof of the new boldness, creativity, and seriousness...

 

Book Chapters

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"Hans Urs von Balthasar, Erich Przywara's Analogia Entis, and the Problem of a Catholic Denkform", The Analogy of Being: Invention of the Antichrist or the Wisdom of God? (2011)
 

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"Thinking Out Loud about the Triune God: Problems and Prospects for a Trinitarian Social Ethic in a Procedural Republic", A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (2011)

An excerpt from this chapter's first paragraph:

"Discourse about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...

 

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"Trinity and Creation: David L. Schindler and the Catholic Tradition", Being Holy in the World: Theology and Culture in the Thought of David L. Schindler (2011)

An excerpt from this chapter's conclusion:

"From his very first publication, it was clear to...

 

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"Latino/a Spirituality and the Universal Call to Holiness", Misa, Mesa, Musa, Volune 2: Liturgy in the U.S. Hispanic Church (2008)

This essay represents a translation and significantly expanded version of my earlier piece, "La Mística...

 

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"Selbstgestaltung des Menschen nach Nikolaus von Kues und modernes Verständnis des Menschen: aufgezeigt an Hans-Georg Gadamer", Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeiträge der Cusanus-Gesellschaft:Die Sermones des Nikolaus von Kues II. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte. Akten des Symposions in Trier vom 20. bis 22. Oktober 2005. (2006)
 

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"La productividad de la imagen de San Buenaventura y Nicolás de Cusa", El problema del conocimiento en Nicolás de Cusa: genealogía y proyección (2005)
 

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"Art and U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience", Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience (2004)
 

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"The Sacramental Theology of Nicholas of Cusa", Introducing Nicholas of Cusa: A Guide to a Renaissance Man (2004)
 

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"Eucharist: Presence of a Gift", Rediscovering the Eucharist: Ecumenical Conversations (2003)
 

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"Heymeric of Camp", A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (2003)
 

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"Response to Avery Dulles, `Eucharist as Sacrifice´", Rediscovering the Eucharist: Ecumenical Conversations (2003)
 

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"Sacra ignorantia: Sobre la doxología filosófica del Cusano", Concidencia Dos Opostos e Concordia: Caminhos do Pensamiento em Nicolau de Cusa (2002)
 

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"Introduction to the 2000 edition", Henri de Lubac, SJ, Scripture in the Tradition (2000)
 

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"'Modern Forms Filled with Traditional Spiritual Content': On Louis Dupré's Contribution to Christian Theology", Christian Spirituality and the Culture of Modernity: The Thought of Louis Dupré (1998)
 

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"Evangelization and the Culture of Death", The Church's Mission of Evangelization: Essays in Honor of His Excellency, The Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to the United States of America (1996)
 

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"'His Name is Jesus': Negative Theology and Christology in Two Writing of Nicholas of Cusa from 1440", Nicholas of Cusa on Christ and the Church: Essays in Honor of Chandler McCuskey Brooks for the American Cusanus Society (1996)
 
"Wer schrieb die ex-greco-Notizen im Codex Cusanus 44?", Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeiträge der Cusanus-Gesellschaft (1995)
 
"Neues zu den Quellen der cusanischen Mauer-Symbolik", Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeiträge der Cusanus-Gesellschaft (1991)
 
"'Repräsentation': Zum Barockverständnis bei Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988)", Reisen des Barock: Selbst- und Fremderfahrungen und ihre Darstellung (1991)
 

Research Articles

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"Recognizing Diversity after Multiculturalism", New Theology Review (2008)
 

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"'The Great Task of the University': Reflections on the Regensburg Address of Pope Benedict XVI", Cultural Encounters--A Journal for the Theology of Culture (2008)

Pope Benedict’s address at the University of Regensburg created a firestorm. But far from trying...

 

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"Carmen Dei: Music and Creation in Three Theologians", Theology Today (2006)

The essay traces the idea that God creates the world with the harmony, order, and...

 

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"Waiting for a Cosmic Christ in an Uncreated World", Communio: International Catholic Review (2001)

A meditation on Christ and the cosmos, this essay takes St. Paul’s eschatology as its...

 

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"The Painted Word", Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology (1998)
 

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"Sisters in Doing the Truth: Dorothy Day and St. Thérèse de Lisieux", Communio: International Catholic Review (1997)
 

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"Questioning the Primacy of Method: On Sokolowski's Eucharistic Presence", Communio: International Catholic Review (1995)
 

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"On Dupré's Passage to Modernity", Communio: International Catholic Review (1994)
 
"Nicholas of Cusa on the Power of the Possible", American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly (1990)
 

Book Reviews, Shorter Contributions, & Translations

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Response to Stanley Hauerwas, "A Worldly Church", Journal of Law, Philosophy, and Culture (2009)

An excerpt from the response:

"Responding to a thinker with the originality of Stanley Hauerwas...

 

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"HTI's Collaborations at Princeton and Beyond", Perspectivas (2007)

From April 19-21, 2007, I had the distinct pleasure of accompanying HTI scholars Néstor Medina...

 

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"Preface to the Second English Edition", Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life, 2nd ed. (Joseph Ratzinger) (2007)
 
Translation (from German) of "Foreword to this Edition", Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life, 2nd ed. (Joseph Ratzinger) (2007)
 
"How Much Time Is There for Music in God's Plan of Creation?", Virginia Seminary Journal (2006)

This piece explores themes of time and eternity, of poetry and music, and their implications...

 

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Review of The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar (Edward T. Oakes, SJ, and David Moss, eds.), The Thomist (2006)

Hans Urs von Balthasar resisted the attempt to place the pronounced tensions within his thinking...

 

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Review of The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth (David Hart), Cultural Encounters--A Journal for the Theology of Culture (2005)
 

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Review of Gott als das offenbare Gehimnis nach Nikolaus von Kues (M. Thurner), The American Cusanus Society Newsletter (2003)
 
"A Response to Cardinal Avery Dulles, 'Eucharist as Sacrifice'", Rediscovering the Eucharist: Ecumenical Conversations (Roch A. Kereszty, ed.) (2003)
 
"Reflections on the End of a Cusanus Jubilee Year", American Cusanus Society Newsletter (2002)
 

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"La Mística Hispana: ¿Un Nuevo Camino a la Santidad en los Estados Unidos?", Amen (publicación del Instituto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia) (2001)
 

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Review of We, The Ordinary People of the Streets (Madeleine Delbrêl), The Houston Catholic Worker (2001)

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"The most intriguing contribution of the book, in my opinion,...

 

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"Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa: An Introduction", Communio: International Catholic Review (2001)
 

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"On Frederick Bauerschmidt's 'Theo-Drama and Political Theology'", Communio: International Catholic Review (1998)
 

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Review of Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings (H. Lawrence Bond, ed.), The Thomist (1998)

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This book represents a major step forward in the introduction...

 

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Review of Raising Abel: The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination (James Alison), Theological Studies (1996)

See pp. 34-35 of the attached PDF.

The first paragraph: "Alison argues for the recovery...

 
Review of Miscellany of Nicholas of Cusa (Jasper Hopkins), The Review of Metaphysics (1995)

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This book is Jasper Hopkins' eighth study of the thought...

 

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Review of God the Spirit (Michael Welker), Religious Studies Review (1995)
 
Review of Nicholas of Cusa in Search of God and Wisdom (Gerald Christianson and Thomas Izbicki, eds.), Mitteilungen und Forschungsbeiträge der Cusanus-Gesellschaft (1995)
 

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Review of The Craft of Theology: From Symbol to System (Avery Dulles, SJ), The Thomist (1994)

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The catholicity of Avery Dulles's method in The Craft of...

 

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Review of Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer Christologie "von unten": Der christologische Neuansatz "von unten" bei Piet Schoonenberg und dessen Weiterführung mit Blick auf Nikolaus von Kues, Theological Studies (1993)

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In 1988, Schoonenberg delivered a lecture to the Theological Faculty...

 

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Review of Theology: Love's Question (Terry J. Tekippe), Religious Studies Review (1993)
 
Translation (from German) of "Communio: A Program" (Joseph Ratzinger), Communio: International Catholic Review (1992)