A review of Paul Lakeland's latest book

In 2003 the theological community and the world lost one of its most prolific and down-to-earth Christian scholars Dorothee Soelle Her work endured five decades and spanned the period from the birth of political theology to our present globalistic cyber-age Soelle rsquo s voice was not silenced a

Why we should think twice about genetic engineering

I found myself rooting for this book as I went through the early pages But about one-third through Consumed I began thinking ldquo repetitious rdquo then tried to convince myself that it had a nice ldquo range rdquo but eventually had to admit that it was a rambling reflection best described

Early Christian literature both Greek and Latin tells us that there is a long history of Christian women living in celibate communities of prayer and service By the end of the fourth century at least such communities were not unusual and through the Middle Ages in the West womens monastic est

The permanent diaconate a reality in the ecclesial structure of the church in the United States since its renewal by the Second Vatican Council has been the topic of several volumes in the Paulist Press Deacon rsquo s Library series Kenan Osborne O F M emeritus professor of systematic theology