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73% (13 of 18)
Nickname: switzerj
Location: Spring Hill College --The Jesuit College of the South - Mobile, Alabama
In My Own Words:
Hello! I've recently completed an interdisciplinary PhD in theology and education at the Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. I'm proud to serve on the faculty of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, as an Assistant Professor of Theology. It's a fine school with an emphasis on scholarship and service. It's an especially great place to study if you're intere… Read moreHello!
I've recently completed an interdisciplinary PhD in theology and education at the Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. I'm proud to serve on the faculty of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, as an Assistant Professor of Theology.
It's a fine school with an emphasis on scholarship and service. It's an especially great place to study if you're interested in what a positive catholic vision can do for the world and for your own appreciation of life's meaning. If you wish to check it out, visit us at <www.shc.edu>.
If you're interested in the interdisciplinary PhD in theology and education at Boston College, visit <www.bc.edu/irepm> for more information.
Best wishes!
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Reviewer Rank: 7,386 - Total Helpful Votes: 13 of 18
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This helpful book is authored by Kevin Orlin Johnson, a PhD in art history. He has a firm grasp on church history and on topics like art and culture and he does a good job explaining many of the Roman Catholic customs and practices that often confuse those who aren't Catholic (not to mention many Catholics themselves!). He does use a rather uncritical approach, however, so his book will be especially beneficial to those who prefer a more conservative view of the issues he covers (such as sacraments, funerals, popes, ordained ministry, monasticism, vestments, holy objects, etc.). For those who lean toward a more progressive stance on many of these issues, this book will probably not be… Read more
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
The people of his time and culture knew him as "Tommaso D'Aquino." We know him as Thomas Aquinas ... but we also know him as probably the greatest, most systematic thinker that Christianity has ever produced. This five-volume work is the classic Dominican translation of his SUMMA THEOLOGIAE and is probably the most widely used English translation of the work. (As an aside, you may enjoy the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that sought to rebuild Roman Catholic philosophy and theology on the work of Aquinas; it is included in this edition.) If your love is classic catholic theology, you need a copy of this work in your library. All of Roman Catholic theology was firmly based upon it for… Read more
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
It is amazing how this book has generated such discussion and even condemnation! Perhaps that's a good thing since the field of christology is like any other area of study: it needs to be refreshed and new ideas need to be generated to light the fire of new insight. When it was first published, I posted one of the first reviews of this item on Amazon. But that was by no means the last word because the book has continued to be a source of inspiration and learning for me. It is very challenging reading, but it contains untold riches to be dug out like gold in a mine. As I read the negative reviews the book has received, I find myself thinking that the reviewers simply don't understand… Read more
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