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After reviewing some previous contributions to the discussion of continuity and change in the Christian tradition, the article suggests another way of thinking about the problem by using Pierre Bourdieu's analytic notion of habitus. Keywords Bourdieu, church reform, church tradition, Yves Congar, John Henry Newman, semper reformando, Vincent of Lerins, With the election of Pope Francis, expectations were raised that he would lead the Catholic Church through reforms in many areas of church life, not only in matters of style [...]

Religious historian Martin E. Marty has called David Tracy 'the most original of today's Catholic theologians, and the one with whom other theologians, Catholic and Protestant, have to reckon.'(1) He [...]

THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN AN AGE OF GLOBAL DIALOGUE. By Leonard J. Swidler and Paul Mojzes. Philadelphia: Temple University, 2000. Pp. 229. $59.50; $19.95. In keeping with their long-standing [...]

TORTURE AND EUCHARIST: THEOLOGY, POLITICS, AND THE BODY OF CHRIST. By William T. Cavanaugh. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1998. Pp. xi + 286. $26.95. Cavanaugh here studies the Church in Chile [...]

[The author argues that the Church's social mission has always been historically, socially, and culturally contextualized and that the current context is aptly described as globalization. With the help of some social scientists, he then analyzes the recent phenomenon of globalization and draws out from it various implications for the Church's social mission today.], AS RECENTLY AS 1979, when Karl Rahner offered his now famous theological analysis of Vatican II as the emergence of the global Church, the term 'globalization' was hardly in use. [...]

THE LAUGHTER OF THE OPPRESSED: ETHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN WIESEL, MORRISON, AND ENDO. By Jacqueline A. Bussie. New York: Continuum, 2007. Pp. vii + 212. $24.95. Why in Western [...]

PEOPLE OF GOD. By Jose Comblin. Edited and Translated from the Portuguese by Phillip Berryman. New York: Orbis, 2004. Pp. ix + 230. $25. This is a courageous, prophetic, but [...]

By W. Clark Gilpin. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996. Pp. xxv + 211. $38; $15.95. This volume is really a history of Protestant theological education in the U.S. from 1720 [...]

By Letty M. Russell. Louisville: Westminster/Knox, 1993. Pp. 253. $15. Following upon her earlier book Household of Freedom: Authority in Feminist Theology, Russell attempts a feminist interpretation of the Christian [...]

THEOLOGY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: THE LAST Two HUNDRED YEARS. By Hans Schwarz. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdroans, 2005. Pp. xviii + 597. $39. Beginning with Kant and Schleiermacher in the [...]

MOTHER CHURCH: ECCLESIOLOGY AND ECUMENISM. By Carl E. Braaten. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998. Pp. ix + 164. $16. Braaten, long active in ecumenical affairs, notes that there is a certain malaise [...]

The current conflictual situation of theology can be understood from a sociological perspective using the work of Pierre Bourdieu on the relationships of power in a given field. The article intends to help theologians be more reflexive about their task of interpreting the Christian symbol system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the issues and questions involved in the experience of different forms of ecclesiality. Problems raised by different forms of ecclesiality; Role of analogical thinking in approaching the problems constructively.

Summarizes the themes and emphases of the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatical Council. Development of a program for the reform of the theological education; Introduction of the vernacular in the liturgy following the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy; Initiation of changes in the Roman Catholic community.

Compares the similarities between the liberation theology of Latin America and the social gospel movement of North America. Basis of liberation theology in the historical reality of Latin America; Latin American liberation theologians; Origins of the Social Gospel as a social movement rather than a theological one; Social Gospel theologian Walter Rauschenbusch.

Explores the relationship between the Church's self-understanding and the way it acts in a given social context. Social and religious context of the theology of liberation; Ecclesiology of liberation theology; Prophetic role of church leaders.

Takes a look at the book `On Naming The Present: Reflections On God, Hermeneutics, And Church' by David Tracy.