Catholic faith of several authors

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Hey guys, hope your day is going well.

I’m not sure where I should post this, but Traditional Catholicism seems to be the best place.

Next semester, my university will offer a “theology of ministry” course and I was curious if any of the books that are used in this course are in theological tension with Rome.

Chittister, Joan D. Scarred By Struggle, Transformed By Hope. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Pub., 2003.

Fox, Zeni and Regina Bechtle, eds. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders. Lanham, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Pub, 2005.

Hahnenberg, Edward P. Ministries: A Relational Approach. New York: Herder & Herder, 2003.

Killen, Patricia. The Art of Theological Reflection. New York: Crossroads, 1994.

Wood, Susan K., ed. Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003.

Thanks in advance for your help!
 
dbacks5439 said:
Hey guys, hope your day is going well.

I’m not sure where I should post this, but Traditional Catholicism seems to be the best place.

Next semester, my university will offer a “theology of ministry” course and I was curious if any of the books that are used in this course are in theological tension with Rome.

Chittister, Joan D. Scarred By Struggle, Transformed By Hope. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Pub., 2003.

Fox, Zeni and Regina Bechtle, eds. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders. Lanham, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Pub, 2005.

Hahnenberg, Edward P. Ministries: A Relational Approach. New York: Herder & Herder, 2003.

Killen, Patricia. The Art of Theological Reflection. New York: Crossroads, 1994.

Wood, Susan K., ed. Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003.

Thanks in advance for your help!
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Right off the bat- Sister Chittister. She is open dissent with the Church, and is an advocate for homosexuality, abortion, female priests, inclusive language, etc…
She was banned from speaking in an Australian diocese. I believe she has been told to cease and desist more than once.
 
PatienceAndLove said:
Right off the bat- Sister Chittister. She is open dissent with the Church, and is an advocate for homosexuality, abortion, female priests, inclusive language, etc…
She was banned from speaking in an Australian diocese. I believe she has been told to cease and desist more than once.
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I agree that Chittister is politically and theologically very liberal, and that she drives both kinds of conservatives crazy. I don’t know if that qualifies her as in “open dissent” because I’m not sure what that means. She certainly speaks her mind on a lot of controversial issues, and not all of her opinions are in accord with the catechism, so if that’s open dissent she is certainly in it.

I have read some of her writings, and I am certain she is opposed to abortion, not sure where that comes from. I know that she does support women priests. Not sure her stance on homosexuality. Most of the things I have read by her are anti-war in nature, which isn’t to say she doesn’t write on other topics. She is a Benedictine nun in good standing, and a widely read theologian. She is quite a good writer. You can learn things from her without agreeing with her, which is about 50% of what college is about, IMO. (The other 50% is mostly drinking, 😉 just kidding.)

Don’t know the other folks, but “Relational Approaches” doesn’t sound very Roman to me.

I’m guessing that you will read a lot that is in theological tension with Rome. Hard to learn anything about a topic without being exposed to all sides of it.

Hope you enjoy the course, if you choose to take it.
 
I think I would rather stick red hot nails into my eyeballs than take that course.
 
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She was ban from speaking in a diocese!
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That doesn’t mean much – Depends on which chair the bishop sits in. HOWEVER:

She is involved with Call to Action and has promoted women’s ordination. She attended the first Women’s Ordination Worldwide Conference in 2000 against a Vatican instruction not to attend. She equates capital punishment (of criminals) with abortion (killing the innocent).
 
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I think I would rather stick red hot nails into my eyeballs than take that course.
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I would too. The problem with this university and most Catholic universities is that everything is liberal. I guess I’ll have to take another course, thankfully this one isn’t required.
 
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