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Rosiglitazone Treatment Attenuates Expression of Inflammatory Hallmarks in the Remaining Kidney following Contralateral Nephrectomy
Authors: Efrati Shai , Berman Sylvia , Chachashvili Avraham , Cohen Natan , Averbukh Zhan , Weissgarten Joshua
Published: October 2007

Background/Aims: Following kidney donation, living kidney donors have been reported to develop anemia and pronounced inflammation. Therapeutic strategies for ameliorating unilateral nephrectomy-induced inflammation would be beneficiary for the living donors. We applied rosiglitazone to attenuate inflammatory processes ongoing within the remaining kidney following contralateral nephrectomy. Methods: 20 Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to left unilateral nephrectomy and 20 others to sham operation. Half of each group was treated for 2 weeks with rosiglitazone (5 mg/kg body weight). After sacrifice, intrarenal transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, angiotensin-II (A-II), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, IL-4 and nitric oxide (NO) were assessed, and histologic sections stained to assess the inflammatory cell infiltration. Renal function was evaluated by creatinine, urea, cystatin C measurements. Results: Intrarenal IL-6, A-II and TGF-β were significantly augmented, while NO was significantly decreased in kidneys remaining after contralateral nephrectomy. Rosiglitazone treatment abrogated augmented IL-6, A-II and TGF-β synthesis and restored intrarenal NO availability in the remaining kidneys. Rosiglitazone also augmented anti-inflammatory IL-4 cytokine synthesis, while IL-10 production, leukocyte infiltration and renal function parameters remained unchanged. Conclusions: Rosiglitazone treatment attenuates the proinflammatory responses, repre- sented by augmented IL-6, A-II and TGF-β production, developing in the remaining kidney following contralateral nephrectomy. In addition, by stimulating IL-4 synthesis and restoring NO availability, rosiglitazone treatment initiates counteractive anti-inflammatory responses in the remaining kidney.
Kafka's Jewish Languages: The Hidden Openness of Tradition
Authors: Suchoff David
Published: October 2007

This essay connects Kafka's German and his Jewish linguistic sources, and explores the trans-national perspective on literary tradition they helped him create. I begin with a critique of Deleuze and Guattari's view of Kafka as a minority writer, showing how their cold war nationalism scants the positive contributions that Yiddish and Hebrew made to his work. I continue with an examination of the "twilight of containment," when this postcontemporary Kafka began to break through his cold war canonization after 1989. Other sections include: "German-Jewish Traditions: The Echoes of Yiddish," on Kafka's cultural politics; "Hebrew: Zionism in a Transnational Key"; and "Goethe's Jewish Voices," on Yiddish as a model for Kafka's new conception of national writing. I conclude by considering the Jewish and other sources of Kafka's "linguistic turn," and the general, transnational focus on tradition that Jewish languages brought to his classic texts.
R. Joseph Albo's Discussion of the Proofs for the Existence of God
Authors: Ehrlich Dror
Published: October 2007

In his Sefer ha-'Ikkarim [Book of Principles] R. Joseph Albo discusses Maimonides' proofs for the existence of God. The following paper offers an analysis of Albo's discussion of the proofs, advancing two theses: (1) Albo's main argument in his central discussion is that proofs for the existence of God cannot be based on the theory of the eternity of the universe. This argument, however, is contradicted by his other remarks on the topic, which appear elsewhere in the Sefer ha-'Ikkarim. (2) Albo's discussion of this issue includes several expressions of independent and critical thought.
Where Only Wind Was Once Sown
Authors: Starling Heloisa Maria Murgel
Published: October 2007

The article traces the reception of different strands of Republicanism in Brazil. French republicanism inspired authors such as Euclides da Cunha in his realization that a true Brazilian republic would only be achieved with the inclusion of its vast interior and its destitute population. But the reception of republicanism in Brazil also drew from Anglo-Saxon sources, which resulted also in an emphasis on the political nature of the community. American republicanism, with its conception of territorial expansion, land possession, and active economic participation added a further dimension to Brazilian republicanism. In particular, Teofilo Otoni's attempt to create a political community in the Mucury Valley was modeled after the ideals of American republicanism. Even if the Brazilian republicanism that emerged from the reception of these strands failed to impose its agenda over the political mainstream, it provided a unifying ideology for the opposition throughout the Second Empire and the First Republic, and still constitutes a source of inspiration for political reform and criticism.
The Sanctification and Democratisation of "the Nation" and "the People" in Late Eighteenth-Century Northwestern Europe
Authors: Ihalainen Pasi
Published: October 2007

This paper suggests that the study of the modernisation of European political cultures in the eighteenth century would greatly benefit from a comparative conceptual historical approach. is approach would effect the reconstruction of a variety of meanings attached to chosen political concepts in different national contexts through the side-by-side analysis of primary sources originating from each case according to the methodology of both historical semantics and pragmatics. A promising research topic is the continuity and change in the conceptualisation of national community, national identity, popular sovereignty and democracy in various European political cultures. e conceptual analyses of late eighteenth-century political sermons from five northwestern European countries, conducted by the author, for example, reveal that conceptual changes related to the rise of nationalism took place even within public religion, allowing it to adapt itself to the age of nationalism. Further analysis of the secular debates taking place in representative bodies and public discourse in late eighteenth-century Britain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden elucidates the gradual development of the notion that all political power is ultimately derived from the people and that such a system constituted a "democracy" in a positive sense within different parliamentary traditions and perhaps even before the French Revolution.
Civis, civitas, civilitas
Authors: Chignola Sandro
Published: October 2007

By focusing on the Italian translations of civilization, the author explores ways in which conceptual change has reflected historical developments in Italy. Unlike the widespread literal translation of civilization from English or French to other languages, civilizzazione has been a marginal term in Italian. On the other hand, terms such as civiltà, more akin to the Latin civitas, are more frequently employed. e article maps out the complex semantics of civitas and how its trajectory in the philosophy of history was uniquely translated into Italian. Whereas in other European nations civilization and the notion of historical progress it conveyed became a central concept, in Italy, due to the elaboration of an identity heavily influenced by Christian heritage, the more static concept of civiltà proved to be more significant.
Introduction
Authors: den Boer Pim
Published: October 2007

A series of panels focusing on the concept of civilization were organized in each one of the annual meetings held by the History of Political and Social Concepts Group (HPSCG) in New York (2005), Uppsala (2006) and Istanbul (2007). The guiding idea of such an effort was to stimulate research on what became one of the most successful eighteenth-century neologisms in modern socio-political vocabulary. There has been extensive historical and conceptual research on civilization in German, French and English, but little has been produced on its introduction, translation and usage in other European and non-European languages.
Peer relationships
Authors: Thompson Sanna J. , Kim Jihye , McManus Holly , Flynn Patrick , Kim Hyangcho
Published: October 2007

English

Homeless youth peer relationships in the USA and South Korea were examined in the context of youth homelessness as a growing global concern. Although some aspects of street life transcended culture, individual and group behaviors varied according to perspectives related to individualism or collectivism. Service delivery systems need to develop culturally specific interventions.

French

Cette recherche sur les relations entre les jeunes aux États-Unis et en Corée du Sud a été entreprise dans le cadre du phénomène croissant des jeunes sans-abri à l’échelle mondiale. Bien que certains aspects de la vie dans la rue transcendent la culture, les comportements individuels et de groupe varient en fonction des perspectives relatives à l’individualisme ou au collectivisme. Les systèmes de prestation de services doivent donc mettre au point des approches pouvant répondre aux spécificités culturelles.

Spanish

Se examinó la relación entre los jóvenes sin hogar en los Estados Unidos y en Corea del Sur, en el contexto de la juventud en desamparo, como una preocupación creciente a nivel global. Aunque algunos aspectos de la vida en la calle transcienden la cultura, las conductas individuales y grupales variaron de acuerdo con perspectivas relativas al individualismo o al colectivismo. Los sistemas de otorgamiento de servicios necesitan desarrollar intervenciones culturalmente específicas.
Institutionalized child abuse
Authors: Kimmel Carrie E. , Roby Jini L.
Published: October 2007

English

In this article the practice of using child soldiers is examined in the light of the structural elements that facilitate and perpetuate this form of institutionalized child abuse. Based on new models for understanding this form of child abuse, the authors suggest intervention methods at the macro and micro levels.

French

Cette étude examine la pratique du recrutement des enfants à titre de soldats et fait ressortir des é léments structurels qui facilitent et contribuent à perpé - tuer cette forme de maltraitance institutionnalisé e. En s’appuyant sur de nouveaux modè les pour comprendre cette forme de maltraitance à l’égard des enfants, les auteurs proposent des méthodes d’intervention sur les plans macro et micro.

Spanish

En este trabajo se examina la prá ctica del uso de niñ os soldados, a la luz de los elementos estructurales que facilitan y perpetúan esta forma de institucionalización de abuso infantil. Con base en nuevos modelos para la comprensión de esta forma de abuso infantil, los autores recomiendan métodos de intervención en los niveles macro y micro.
Comparing the policy response to violence against women in the USA and South Korea
Authors: Postmus Judy L. , Ah Hahn Sur
Published: October 2007

English

Violence against women is a major public health and human rights crisis affecting women from all countries. This article presents a comparative policy analysis of the Violence Against Women Act (USA) and the Protection Act (South Korea), providing social work and research implications.

French

La violence faite aux femmes est un fléau affectant les femmes de tous les pays, qui constitue un important problème de santé publique tout en allant à l’encontre des droits humains. Cette étude présente une analyse comparée de deux lois, la Violence Against Women Act (É .-U.) et la Protection Act (Corée du Sud), et tire des conclusions utiles pour le travail social et la recherche dans ce domaine.

Spanish

La violencia contra las mujeres supone un importante problema de salud pública y derechos humanos que afecta a las mujeres de todos los países. Este trabajo presenta un análisis comparativo de las políticas Acción de Violencia contra las Mujeres (EUA) y Acción de Protección (Corea del Sur) en el que se implica al trabajo social y a la investigación.
The Enrichment of God in Balthasar's Trinitarian Eschatology
Authors: Dalzell Thomas G.
Published: October 2007

For those who fear or suspect that the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar may represent a version of Hegelianism for Catholics, or high-powered intellectual play-acting, or sheer mystification, this article offers an alternative interpretation. By differentiating among the various levels of language — metaphysical, analogical, and metaphorical — that he deploys, the author attempts to show how Balthasar, while conscious of the traps that ensnare the less wary, has striven nevertheless to breathe new life into the seemingly intractable problem of how to relate the world to God.
The Calendar: Sanctification of Time
Authors: Chadwick Henry
Published: October 2007

The roots of the western calendar reflect both Christianity's links with the societies of the ancient Mediterranean word and its own specific theology and early history. The development of the calendar, the author shows, reveals a similar inter of pre-Christian and Christfan elements, as the Church sought not just to order but to sanctify human time.
Sharing in Christ's Death and the Holy Spirit
Authors: Meyer John R.
Published: October 2007

The author diseases what Paul probably understood by a Christian sharing in the death of Christ. Paul's admonition to walk according to the Spirit involves participation in the life of the risen Christ, which presupposes sharing in the dying Jesus sacramentally and existentially. The continual dying of Jesus in the believer sheds interesting light on the meaning of suffering in everyday life.
Why Confess Our Sins Out Loud?: Some Possibilities Based on the Thought of Ferdinand Ebner and Louis-Marie Chauvet
Authors: Chapel Joseph
Published: October 2007

Drawing on the dialogical personalism of Ferdinand Ebner and the sacramental theology of Louis-Marie Chauvet, the author explores the constitutive nature of 'word' as it relates to the confession of sins.
Is the Whole of Morality Contained in Revelation?
Authors: Mobbs Frank
Published: October 2007

Appealing to distinctions enshrined in conciliar teachings, the author offers grounds for rejecting Lawrence J. Welch's attempt (ITQ, 64, 1999) to provide a christological foundation for the claim of Veritatis Splendor that the magisterium has a divine commission to teach moral truths as contained in natural law.
Reflections on Grace (1)
Authors: Henry Martin
Published: October 2007

The first part of this study (the second and third parts are to appear in the next two issues of the ITQ) concentrates on a review of the interpretation of the doctrine of grace since the Reformation.
The Invincible Allure of the Historical Jesus for Systematic Theology
Authors: Keating James F.
Published: October 2007

With the emergence of a third 'quest for the historical Jesus', the relationship between history and theology once again comes to the fore. On one end of the spectrum are those who deny any theological significance to critical historiography. On the other end are those who insist that what is said about Jesus theologically cannot contradict what is known about him historically. The present essay explores why some form of the second position is inevitable given both the historical character of divine revelation and the ultimate unity of faith and reason.
Worship and Reconciliation: An Australian Perspective
Authors: Boyd Robin
Published: October 2007

In this edited version of the Michael Hurley Lecture, delivered to the Columbanus Community, Belfast, on 10 Sept 2001, the author describes not only various practical moves towards unity between the Anglican, Catholic, and Uniting Church communities in Australia, but also various attempts to heal divisions within the Churches themselves.
Reflections on Grace (2)
Authors: Henry Martin
Published: October 2007

In this second part, some of the main contributions to the reinterpretation of the doctrine of grace in twentieth-century Catholic theology are discussed. After outlining the new approach to grace opened up by personalist thinking before Vatican II, the article examines the understanding of grace that emerged after the Council - particularly within liberation theology. In conclusion, possible implications of jettisoning certain aspects of the classical theology of grace are considered.
On Revisiting Dei Verbum
Authors: Norris Thomas
Published: October 2007

Vatican II's authoritative teaching on revelation achieved a number of important breakthroughs. They constitute a perennial source of renewal for theology and for the Church. After noting the two theological 'languages' used in Dei Verbum, the author explores some of the document's major theological themes — and notes some remarkable silences.
Liturgical Studies in a New Millennium
Authors: Tracey Liam M.
Published: October 2007

The author examines the underlying presuppositions of recent liturgical studies as well as their implications for actual liturgical reform and future developments of the concrete form of communal worship.
Theological Reflection on 'the good of the spouses' (Can. 1055 #1)
Authors: Hannon Patrick
Published: October 2007

The historical origins and theological meaning of the technical term bonum conjugum used in the new Code of Canon are explored with a view to assisting canon lawyers in the interpretation of Can. 1055, #1.
Speaking of God
Authors: Madden Nicholas
Published: October 2007

With the help of a poet (Seamus Heaney), the author explores the conditions for speaking about God exemplified by a systematic theologian (Thomas Aquinas) and a mystic theologian (John of the Cross), and finds that one compliments the other.
Deus Trinitas: Some Dogmatic Implications of David Coffey's Biblical Approach to the Trinity
Authors: Molnar Paul D.
Published: October 2007

The author explores Coffey's Lonerganian method and conclusions, and suggests that, while it is important to have a contemporary doctrine of the immanent Trinity, Coffey's own starting point causes him to compromise some of the most important insights of the doctrine that he originally intended to uphold. Coffey's own natural theology, it is claimed, leads him to compromise both God's freedom in se and his free action ad extra by following Rahner's belief that love of neighbour is identical with love of God.
Reflections on Grace (3)
Authors: Henry Martin
Published: October 2007

What meaning can the Christian doctrine of grace still have in a world marked by an all-pervasive disenchantment with traditional religion and a deepening scepticism about reality's ultimate status? If no final answer can ever be given to this question, does one still have the right to believe in grace?
Coeliacs, Alcoholics, the Eucharist and the Priesthood
Authors: McGrath Aidan
Published: October 2007

Against the background of the historical antecedents and the law as articulated in the 1917 and 1983 Codes of Canon Law , this article examines the reasons for, and the content of, the 1995 intervention by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the use of low-gluten hosts and non-fermented grape juice as valid matter for confecting the Eucharist.
Newman: Conscience, the Matrix of Spirituality
Authors: Madden Nicholas
Published: October 2007

The subtleties of Newman's understanding of the ontological level of conscience (as distinct from the level of prudential judgement) are the subject of this reflection. The full human/divine setting for conscience, both personal and communal that Newman thereby highlights leads inexorably to an ever contemporary spirituality, i.e. one that is demanded by, because rooted in, reality.
'Celtic Spirituality', Ecumenism, and the Contemporary Religious Landscape
Authors: O'Loughlin Thomas
Published: October 2007

Recent interest in what is called 'Celtic Christianity' is a phenomenon that calls for critical reflection, especially from those working in historical theology. Such reflection may reveal much that is bogus, but it can also place in perspective contemporary Christian perceptions of the traditions which formed them. This, it is argued, has relevance to ecumenism and to the way various Churches interact, since Christian memory is always creative of the Christian future.
Recovery of the Passions in Moral Theology
Authors: Twomey D. Vincent
Published: October 2007

I had sooner play cards against a man who was quite sceptical about ethics, but bred to believe that 'a gentleman does not cheat', than against an irreproachable moral philosopher who had been brought up among sharpers.
Reappropriating Patristic Christology: One Doctrine, Two Styles
Authors: Davidson Ivor
Published: October 2007

Against the background of the history of the formula anhypostasis-enhypostasis, used originally to help define the humanity of Christ, two attempts to find a more contemporary expression of its truth are analysed, one by the Anglican scholar, H. M. Relton, and the other by the Protestant theologian, Karl Barth.
Pneumatological Themes in the Writings of Karol Wojtyla
Authors: Makhalemele Nicodemus T.
Published: October 2007

In 1986, Pope John Paul II promulgated his encyclical Dominum et Vivificantem. The seeds of this teaching can be traced back to his reflections on the role of the divine Pneuma in the Church occasioned by various pastoral activities as Archbishop of Cracow. The aim of the essay is to trace Wojtyla's early pneumatological reflections, which were also developed against the background of a social setting openly hostile the main tenets of Christian faith.
Recollections of a Theologian: An Autobiographical Dialogue with Cardinal Newman
Authors: Fries Heinrich
Published: October 2007

In this autobiographical essay, the author characterises his own Life and theology as marked by a sustained dialogue with Newman's life and thought, which in turn deeply influenced Newman studies in post-war Germany. In addition, particular attention is given to the significance of Newman's originality for the discipline of fundamental theology.
Faith, Reason, and Freedom
Authors: McDermott John M.
Published: October 2007

Postconciliar disagreements on the faith-reason and natural-supernatural distinctions peculiar to Catholic theology, it is claimed, reflect an underlying problem introduced by Kant into modem thought. After discussing the wider philosophical context of such thought, the author demonstrates its influence on the inner-ecclesial debate before attempting a synthetic solution inspired by the recent encyclical Fides et Ratio and based on the existential primacy of love over knowledge.
The Integration of Law and Virtue: Obedience in Aquinas's Moral Theology
Authors: Brown Benjamin J.
Published: October 2007

The recent recovery of the Aristotelian/Thomistic notion of virtue is generally seen as the antithesis of a legalistic approach to morality. As a result, the importance and role of law tend to be ignored by virtue ethicists, while related concepts such as duty and obedience get little attention. The author seeks to demonstrate the central significance of law, and a certain primacy of the virtue of obedience, in Aquinas's understanding of a specifically Christian virtue ethics.
The Tears of Thomas Merton
Authors: Dempsey G.T.
Published: October 2007

Merton's Journals, recently released twenty five years after his death, give us a unique insight into the mind and heart of one of the most popular spiritual writers of the twentieth century. A close reading of Merton's writings in the light of the Journals enables the author to throw a critical but basically sympathetic eye on the tortured life, literary achievement, and political leanings of the American monk, poet, and spiritual writer.
Review Article: The Fellowship of Catholic Scholars: A Critique
Authors: Doyle David
Published: October 2007

The publication of a collection of selected texts from the Proceedings of the 1978-1995 Annual Conferences organised by the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (FCS)* provides the author an opportunity critically to examine the Fellowship and its aims. The political and cultural situation of contemporary American Catholic academia provides the existential context for such a critique.
Emmanuel Levinas and Christian Theology
Authors: Morrison Glen J.
Published: October 2007

Faithful to the Talmudic tradition and seared by the experience of the Shoah, Levinas's lifelong work is both a polemic against Christianity and a proclamation of the Christianity envisaged by Matt 25. The author examines four theological themes central to Christian tradition - God and love of neighbour, the paschal theme, cosmology, and Eucharist - to show how Levinas can throw-new light on these mysteries of our faith.
Psalm 41 (42): a classic text for Antiochene spirituality
Authors: Hill Robert C.
Published: October 2007

Using Ps 41 (42) as a prime example, the author examines the way exegesis typical of the Antiochene school concentrates so excLusiveLy on the historia (the presumed factual basis) for each psalm that, on the whose, the spiritual significance of the psalms tends to be ignored.
Architecture and Spirituality
Authors: Carroll Thomas K.
Published: October 2007

Reflecring on the changes made to church buildings - in particuimr to the sanctuaries - in the name of liturgical renewal, the author seeks to identify the specificaLLy theological or spiritual character of church architecture.
Is Canon 1395 a Cause of Disrepute for the Church?
Authors: McGrath Aidan
Published: October 2007

During the controversy about the Irish Church's handling of clerics accused of the sexual abuse of minors, the relationship between Canon Law and the State's criminal law became the subject of public debate. In the course of the controversy, canon 1395 was given a certain interpretation, the validity of which the author challenges.
Review Article: The Nature and Exercise of Authority in the Church
Authors: Welch Lawrence J.
Published: October 2007

This article reviews a collection of essays, Authority in the Roman Catholic Church: Theory and Practice, edited by Bernard Hoose. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2002. Pp. xii+253. Price £45.00. ISBN 0-7546-0531-0.
Maybe, Maybe Not: Richard Kearney and God
Authors: Desmond William
Published: October 2007

Placing Richard Kearney within the category of 'lovers' rather than 'theorists' among those thinkers engaged in the quest for God, the author subjects Kearney's recent book The God Who May Be to a sympathetic but critical analysis. Special attention is paid to the ambiguities of trying to think about God in terms of possibility. Different senses of possibility are explored, and not all of them are to be attributed to God. Without proper discrimination between these different senses, we might be tempted to make of the God of possibility an idol rather than an icon.
A Tract for Our Times: Newman, Genet, and the Syntax of Universal Morality
Authors: Luz Martin J.
Published: October 2007

The author examines the question of universal morality from the point of view of narrative construction. After defining universal morality's key traits, he concludes that not only is authentic morality inaccessible by means of instrumental reason, but that instrumental reason forbids the existence of authentic morality. Thus he argues that the only viable path to authentic morality is through a primal act of faith.
Grave Matter: Humanae Vitae Thirty-five Years Later
Authors: Rearden Myles
Published: October 2007

The condemnation of contraception by Pope Paul VI as intrinsice inhonestum does not amount to saying that it is gravely wrong per se. And yet, because the use of condoms is immoral as such, albeit venially, the Church cannot countenance their use even for a good purpose as in the prevention of AIDS.
Is Karl Rahner a Modalist?
Authors: Pugliese Marc A.
Published: October 2007

According to Rahner, 'the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity, and the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity'. This thesis, some claim, can be construed in ways that imply modalism. This paper explores the validity of this claim by examining what Rahner himself meant to assert concerning the Trinity in comparison, on the one hand, with what the Church has traditionally considered 'orthodox', and the error of 'modalism' on the other.
Karl Rahner on the Radical Unity of the Love of God and Neighbour
Authors: Beyer Gerald J.
Published: October 2007

According to Karl Rahner, every true act of love of God is also love of neighbour. Yet, every act of love of God is not also an act of love of neighbour. Is Rahner's position tenable? Does Rahner confuse or conflate the two loves? Exploring the many facets of Rahner's understanding of the 'radical unity' of the love of God and neighbour, the author argues it is both theologically cogent and pastorally exigent in light of the signs of the times.
'The most contentious of terms': Towards a New Understanding of Late Medieval `Popular Religion'
Authors: Ryan Salvador
Published: October 2007

What constitutes 'popular religion'? This study seeks to show that, at least with regard to the laity in late medieval Gaelic Ireland, not only does what could be regarded as superstition often have its roots in orthodox Christianity (not paganism), but, more generally, the supposed dividing line between the official 'orthodox' élite and the 'superstitious' rest is untenable.
Graviora delicta: The Duty to Report Clerical Sexual Abuse to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Authors: Mullaney Michael
Published: October 2007

The motu proprio Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela reminds bishops of the long-established competence of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in penal matters concerning more serious moral offences committed by clerics, including sexual abuse of minors. In addition to harmonising with the 1983 Code, the Congregation's own procedures for dealing with such offences, the motu proprio underlines the Long-standing obligation of bishops to inform the Congregation of such offences and how this obligation is fulfilLed.
Virtue for Genomics: Curiosity and Scepticism in Genetic Research
Authors: Fullam Lisa
Published: October 2007

Exploring the middle ground between abstract and applied ethics from the perspective of virtue ethics, the author singles out a number of virtues pertinent to genomics in general and the related area of human reproductive cloning in particular, giving special attention to the virtues of curiosity and scepticism.
Moment of Truth- The Conversion of Edith Stein
Authors: Madden Nicholas
Published: October 2007

Reading the Life of the great mystic, St Teresa of Avila, Edith Stein's own life was transformed. To get an insight into that moment, the author examines the great German/Jewish Carmelite's life and philosophy - for her they were almost one and the same — paying particular attention to her originality as Husserl's assistant.
Christianity and the Non-Christian Religions in the Light of the Theology of John Henry Newman
Authors: Merrigan Terrence
Published: October 2007

Newman's insights into the historical nature of God's self-communication and his application of these to the question of the salvific significance of non-Christian religions, it is claimed, can help theology assess the claims of both the pluralist theology of religions and the predominantly Catholic inclusivist theology of religions.
The Ecumenical Methodology of Forgiveness
Authors: Hurley Michael
Published: October 2007

Against the background of earlier ecumenical methodologies, the author critically analyses the methodology of forgiveness pioneered by Pope John Paul II and applies his findings to the concrete situation in Ireland and Europe.
Review Article: Is Catholic Social Teaching a Communitarian Ethic?
Authors: Murray John
Published: October 2007

Catholic Social Teaching, according to Schuck, should include the papal encyclicals issued before as well as after Rerum Novarum. Viewed from this perspective, the Church's social doctrine is seen to be part of a particular theological framework and to be based on a communitarian ethic normally neglected by commentators. How persuasive is this claim?
Mary and the Creed: Icon of Trinitarian Love
Authors: Kelly Anthony J.
Published: October 2007

The author presents some basic themes of Mariology within the framework of seven fundamental, credal terms: Father, Son, Cross, Resurrection, Spirit, Church, Eternal Life. By grounding Mariology in the Nicene Creed, he endeavours to relate Marian doctrine to that on the Trinity and to show the significance of Mary's presence to the Church.
The Two Modes of Human Love: Thomas Aquinas as Interpreted by Frederick Crowe
Authors: Vertin Michael
Published: October 2007

The author gives an account of Lonergan's approach to Aquinas, of Lonergan's influence on Frederick Crowe, and of Crowe's application of some of Lonergan's ideas to the interpretation of Aquinas on the two kinds of love that he terms complacent love and concerned love.
Beyond Liturgical Inculturation: Transforming the Deep Structures of Faith
Authors: Gittins Anthony J.
Published: October 2007

There is misunderstanding and disagreement about inculturation, often mistaken for what is really acculturation. Much work has concentrated on liturgy or rite. The author re-examines the nature and fruits of authentic inculturation, re-situating it in its broadest context, in the hope that it might stimulate the analogical imagination 1 and contribute to the ongoing dialogue.
Defining 'Group Rights'
Authors: Cronin Kieran
Published: October 2007

The author examines the debate between proponents of individual rights and supporters of the concept of group or collective rights. He highlights the change of focus over the last few hundred years, and suggests that the most promising approach to the concept of group rights must involve a deeper appreciation of collective goods such as land, language and religious belonging. The strong opposition between the two sides of the debate, it is suggested, could be reconsidered in the light of the two-thousand-year Catholic tradition of dealing with the tension between diverse groups and individuals within the Church.
Moral Decision Making: Changing Models in Twentieth-Century Catholic Thought
Authors: Allsopp Michael
Published: October 2007

The author investigates the way descriptions of the moral decision-making process have changed since the middle of the twentieth century in Catholic thought. He proposes a model that incorporates the best features from the past with insights from more recent research, such as the importance of holism, and the restoring of the human will to its traditional position.
The Argument from Tradition in Catholic (Moral) Theology
Authors: Johnstone Brian V.
Published: October 2007

The author asks how the argument from tradition should be constructed in Catholic moral theology. He traces the different ways the question has been dealt with in recent history, from the medieval model of Aquinas, to the Manuals of the post-Tridentine Neo-Scholastic model, to the models following on from Vatican II. He lays down the fundamental criteria which must be met for something to be received into Tradition, and argues for a sacramental-teleological model to meet the needs of the Church today.
Experimentation on Animals
Authors: Twomey D. Vincent
Published: October 2007

On the basis of the original assumptions of Christian tradition regarding the relationship between humans and animals - assumptions radically undermined by modern science from Galileo down to our own day - the author outlines the moral principles governing experimentation on animals, principles which are clarified by recourse to reflections developed within the utilitarian tradition.
On the Relation of Particular to Universal Church
Authors: Mansini Guy
Published: October 2007

The author explores the reasons why we might want to say, as did the CDF in its 1992 letter on the Church as a communion of Churches, that the universal Church is both ontologically and temporally prior to particular Churches.
Karl Barth on Creation
Authors: Henry Martin
Published: October 2007

Science can no doubt be a useful dialogue partner for some areas of theology, but when it comes to the crunch of theodicy, Barth's intuitions about the meaning of 'creation' may perhaps still be more realistic than any amount of speculation about the 'big bang'.
Music as Liturgical Revelation
Authors: Love Cyprian
Published: October 2007

The author argues that music is the basis for language, awareness of temporality, and art - Heidegger's three essential dimensions of human consciousness. Thus musicality is crucial for the human person's integration with reality. Also, the author tells us, music is linked universally with hope, another primordial human instinct. Hope, then, is the link between music and religious practices. Thus, in the liturgy, music can assume its rightful role as a vehicle of hope, in the light of Revelation.
Newman's Approach to the Act of Faith in the Light of the Catholic Dogmatic Tradition
Authors: Norris Thomas
Published: October 2007

The author looks at the structure and nature of the act of faith as understood by Cardinal Newman, in relation to the Catholic dogmatic tradition of the time. This issue not only traverses the whole of Christian tradition but also has a continuing and modern relevance. This is because the denial of the reasonableness of faith and the religious view of life, which Newman perceptively analyzed, continues to question the validity of faith and the worth of belief today.
The Role of the Theologian, Donum Veritatis and Newman
Authors: Fleming Amelia
Published: October 2007

The author examines the Instruction on the ecclesial role of the theologian Donum Veritatis, paying particular attention to the issue of theological dissent. Evaluating it, she appeals to the 'helpful voice' of Newman, who once wrote: 'Out of the collision of flint and steel, the light of truth has been ignited.1 His ideas about the role of a schola theologorum are still helpful, it is argued, and indeed comforting, to the theologian struggling with the Instruction.
Faith, Exegesis, and Theology1
Authors: Topel John
Published: October 2007

The author looks at the role of faith in modern exegesis and argues that the eye of faith in exegesis is to be found in pushing beyond present exegetical methods to collaboration with theologians. This would lead to a more holistic and realistic meaning of the Word of God and a revitalization of theology itself.
Bernanos on the Adventure of Christian Living
Authors: Murphy Joseph
Published: October 2007

For Georges Bernanos, the call to holiness means living the spiritual adventure, the only true adventure, in a world adversely affected by sin but already redeeemed by Christ. To embark upon this adventure, the Christian must recover the evangelical values characteristic of childhood, join Christ in the agony of Gethsemani, and share in the mysterious exchange of spiritual gifts that takes place in the Church, the Communion of Saints.
Maurice Blondel on the Structures of Science within a Positive Phenomenology
Authors: Conway Michael A.
Published: October 2007

The author examines Blondel's discussion of the natural sciences from L'Action (1893). He shows that this penetrative study of the sciences in a phenomenological setting allows the French philosopher not only to clarify the limitations of scientific theorization, but also, and in a contemporary setting more interestingly, to explain why it is that they are so successful.
Give Beauty Back: Art, Morality and Mission
Authors: McDonagh Enda
Published: October 2007

In the author's view, possibly the primary moral task of humanity is the reconciliation of diversity and unity, the drawing together of all the parts of the human family. Such global reconciliation is essential to the Christian mission of establishing the reign of God on earth. This work has parallels in the work of artists - missionaries of beauty and goodness. Art, which can and should enrich human life, has been important in the Christian Church. It helps us to reflect on the task and cost of creating, typified in God's sending his Son in a new creation, thereby reconciling the world to himself.
Mirror of His Beauty: The Femininity of God in Jewish Mysticism and in Christianity
Authors: Schäfer Peter
Published: October 2007

The author investigates the Kabbalistic idea that God has a female potency, Shekhina, and locates its development in twelfth century Provence. The reason for the origin of this idea has puzzled scholars. What is proposed here is an approach which has been virtually ignored — the influence of the strongly Christian local context; more specifically, the huge growth in veneration of the Virgin Mary around the same time. He argues that the strong emphasis on Mary, leaning dangerously at times towards deification, may well have influenced the development of a similar idea in Judaism.
Spirituality and Wealth: The Burdens of Silence
Authors: Warren Michael
Published: October 2007

The author struggles with the seeming impossibility of speaking coherently about wealth in the context of spirituality in the modem world. How are we to overcome the insidious lure of Mammon? He revisits the history of new religious orders in the Middle Ages, the later growth of capitalism, and the silencing of a religious voice. Finally, he turns to the idea of 'gift' in the Eucharist as a counter-balance to the 'sacred doctrines' of wealth and economics.
Religion after Detraditionalization: Christian Faith in a Post-Secular Europe
Authors: Boeve Lieven
Published: October 2007

The category of detraditionalization, in combination with the category of pluralization, it is argued, offers a conceptual framework to think anew the 'transformation of religion' in so-called postsecular Europe. Subsequently the impact of this transformation on Christian faith is investigated, and what the appropriate theological response may be. Beyond mere continuity and discontinuity between faith and contemporary context, the main lines are sketched of what the author calls a 'theology of interruption', understood as both 'interrupted theology' as well as 'interrupting theology'.
Sacramental Piety in Luther's Sermon on the Worthy Reception of the Sacrament, 1521
Authors: Ngien Dennis
Published: October 2007

Luther's view of justifying Word as God's deed saturates his thinking. God's promises are effective, since they emanate from God and point to him, and in this sense are to be grasped purely by faith, without any human accretions. Faith grasps God's own action done on us according to the efficacious words of Christ's institution so that his divine idioms — righteousness, life and salvation — are communicated to the believer in exchange for the human idioms — sinfulness, death and damnation.
Review Article: Martin Henry's Translation of Franz Overbeck
Authors: Gossman Lionel
Published: October 2007

In this review article, Lionel Gossman, Emeritus Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Princeton University and author of the highly acclaimed study, Basel in the Age of Burckhardt (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2000), reflects on the significance, not just for theology but for general intellectual and cultural history, of Franz Overbeck's classic text of 1873: Ueber die Christlichkeit unserer heutigen Theologie, now available in a new English translation by Martin Henry.1
The Trinity and the Church: Explorations in Ecclesiology from a Trinitarian Perspective
Authors: Hunt Anne
Published: October 2007

Renewed interest in Trinitarian theology in recent times has led explorations in ecclesiology from an explicitly Trinitarian perspective. Yet, these explorations vary dramatically in their conclusions regarding Church structure and organization. Indeed, these applications bear such close correspondence to the ecclesial traditions or understandings from which the theologians themselves come that one must doubt that the Trinity really is the determining feature. This article examines the methodologies employed and their limitations.
Science, Sexual Morality, and Church Teaching: Another Look at Humanae Vitae
Authors: McDermott John M.
Published: October 2007

How does the modern understanding of science and technology affect the Church's traditional interpretation of the natural law? Is freedom opposed to the necessities of nature? Can there be exceptions to the natural law? Humanae Vitae provided a test case where opposing ideas of 'nature' emerged, giving rise to different theologies. The encyclical, together with subsequent magisterial teaching, has also provided the basis for the development of a rich theology of marriage.
The 'Hierarchy of Truths' in the Thought of John Henry Newman
Authors: Ernst Harold E.
Published: October 2007

The author argues that Newman exhibits an implicit notion of the hierarchy of truths, as that concept has come to be understood following the Second Vatican Council. He surveys the evolution of the concept's theological understanding from its introduction at Vatican II, then utilizes the structure of this survey as a basis for exploring the congruity of various aspects of Newman's thought with the contemporary theological reception of the conciliar notion of the hierarchy of truths.
Henri de Lubac on Church and Eucharist
Authors: Moloney Raymond
Published: October 2007

De Lubac's recovery of the rich theological vision of the Church Fathers — in particular that of St Augustine — on the intrinsic relationship between Church and Eucharist is in stark contrast with the desiccated theology of the Middle Ages, which tended to treat them in isolation, as is still the case today. Among other things, the patristic vision offers a theological foundation for Christian social engagement that is greatly needed today.
Albert Camus, Simone Weil and the Absurd
Authors: Van Nieuwenhove Rik
Published: October 2007

According to Camus it is only in the face of the absurd - and through our unremitting revolt against it - that meaning can be generated. Espousing the Christian faith abnegates the absurd, and with it the only possible source of meaning for modem man. This critique can be addressed by engaging with Simone Weil. She develops an original dialectic of divine absence (in the laws of indifferent 'necessity' and affliction) and presence, which reflects the intra-Trinitarian unity and distance of the divine Persons, and which finds ultimate expression on the Cross of Christ. For her this dialectic does not induce revolt but a sophisticated kind of reconciliation that involves a selfless openness to, and engagement with, this world.
Debt Crisis and Debt Relief
Authors: Peschke Karl-Heinz
Published: October 2007

The external and internal causes of the present international debt crisis are analysed before the author takes up the moral issues involved in debt relief, which are somewhat more complex than is usually assumed in pubic discourse.
When a Priest is Accused of a Crime
Authors: Ó Catháin Diarmaid
Published: October 2007

The author outlines the procedures to be followed in the a case of accusations of child sexual abuse made against clergy and Religious as well as the dilemma faced by the respective Bishop or Religious Superior. Also discussed is the complex (and tragic) situation of those who have been falsely accused.
Frozen Fates
Authors: Cid-Aguayo Beatriz Eugenia
Published: October 2007

The case of a Chilean frozen vegetable company shows how the operations of agroindustrial complexes in Chile have transformed the social structures in which they are incorporated. National and global agro-food market operations significantly increase economic risk in local rural areas. The company studied finds itself at risk because of problems of access to international markets and has developed strategies to reduce both fixed and operating production costs in order to prevail in that risky situation. In practice, these policies translate into a progressive rationalization of production processes that constitutes an externalization of risk from the company to its immediate surroundings. The company thus transfers many of its risks and costs to producers and workers, carrying out an aggressive pricing policy with regard to the former and cutting back labor requirements for the latter, with the result of increasing social inequity. In sum, the case illustrates the deep consequences of capitalist operation in rural areas.