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Third Gospel for the Third World, Vol.
III - C,
Travel Narrative - III (Luke 17:11-19:44) by
Fr. Herman Hendrickx, 226 pp, PhP 239, $ 19.95
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This book is a commentary on the Gospel of Luke that intends
to pay special though not exclusive attention to whatever maybe of particular
interest to Third World readers.
Although European, Herman Hendrickx is eminently qualified to Interpret
the Gospel of Luke from a Two-Thirds World viewpoint. His cross-cultural
experiences are legion. His commentary overflows with evidences of contextualized
exegesis without abandoning solid historico-critical methodology.
The author's profound knowledge of Luke's cultural context allows him
to understand the contextual innuendos and overtones of the teachings
of Jesus in that day. This enables him to find parallels in the contemporary
Two-Thirds World. Therefore, questions and issues such as ethnic exclusiveness,
Old Testament legalism, religious partisanship, the place of womanhood,
the Gentile mission, the plight of the poor, and the emphasis on the felt
needs of humankind - all areas of concern in contemporary Asia, Africa,
and Latin America - are highlighted. His treatment of the miracles and
the Messianic claims of Jesus is magisterial!
- Justice C. Anderson (Missiology Professor)
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DIALOGUE, Resource Manual for Catholics in Asia, from the
Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
and FABC.
192
pp. PhP249,
$ 18.95
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There is no doubt that interreligious dialogue
ranks amongst the priorities of the Church in Asia. Soon after the Second
Vatican Council, the Church in Asia began developing a new thrust in mission
and spoke about the importance of the dialogue with our brothers and sisters
of other faith.
This Resource Manual contains materials which could be used for the education
and formation of persons for interreligious dialogue. These articles have
been written in an easy-to-understand and easy to use format.
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Reframing Religious Life
by
Diarmuid O'Murchu, MSC
160pp,
P 150.00
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The monastic and religious life fascinates
and baffles the human imagination. People admire its sense of sacrifice
and unstinting service, and those familiar with it cherish the human warmth
and ardent holiness of its members. For most people, however, it is a
world apart, which people neither understand nor feel any connection with.
It is perceived to be for those specially chosen and we assume that they
themselves know what it is all about.
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Introduction to the Old Testament,
A Liberation Perspective by Fr. Anthony
R. Ceresko, O.S.F.S., Revised and Updated
edition
384
pp., PhP 329.
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This thorough revision and updating of the popular Introduction to the
Old Testament brings a fresh new look to a classroom classic. Introduction
to the Old Testament has become a favorite text for those using a liberative
approach to Biblical Studies. While covering standard issues such as literary
formation of the texts and their religious themes, Ceresko goes behind
the texts to uncover the social background and the vital history of competing
interests reflected in the scriptures.
Applying Norman Gottwald's thesis on Israel's origins, Ceresko argues
that Israel was formed through a process of social revolution, inspired
by the memory of runaway slaves and their worship of a God whose cut mandated
radical social equality and justice. The subsequent history is viewed
in terms of the people's faithfulness to this covenant, expressed not
only in worship but in the practice of justice and mercy.
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 Walking
Together, Seeking Peace
The Local Church of
Mindanao-Sulu Journeying in Dialogue with the Muslim Community (1965-2000)
By William LaRousse
496pp., PhP 490.00
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"Father LaRousse's comprehensive survey of the Local Church's living
dialogue with Mindanao-Sulu Muslims highlights in a remarkable way the
major events, groups, and personalities of the 35-year perior (1965-2000).
The study succeeds in presenting the providential unfolding of the ministry
of interreligious dialogue, underlying in the ongoing process the Church's
self-understanding of her identity and mission as a community of and for
dialogue. The book is a must for bishops, major superiors, seminary and
religious formators, missiologists, historians, peace-builders, and media
practitioners."
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Most Rev. Fernando R. Capalla, D.D., Chairman
CBCP Commission on Interreligious Dialogue
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Being Sexual...
and Celibate
by Keith Clark, capuchin
184pp, PhP 120.00
Written
by Keith Clark, a member of the Capuchin Franciscans. He
is currently assigned at St. Lawrence friary in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin,
teaching leadership courses and is guardian for the community. He holds
a master's degree from Fordham University. He has written other books
on Sexuality and communications, two of which are Make Space, Make
Symbols, and An Experience of Celibacy.
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"Part
of the reason celibacy seems to irrelevant to many people," writes
Keith Clark, "is that often there is insufficient recognition of
the relationship between the committed celibate life and the whole human
experience of intimacy and relationships. As a result the connection between
celibacy and sexuality is almost completely ignored."
This,
then, is what Being Sexual... And Celibate is all about - the connection
between sexuality and celibacy. It is also about intimacy and loneliness,
relationships, love - human and divine - and about prayers.
His
is not a heady, theoretical approach. It is personal, experiencetial,
reflective. "I have travelled the path of celibate commitment within
religious life. it is along this path that I feel some comfort in leading
others in further reflections in being sexual."
To
this end, Father Clark provides thoughtful presentations on what, for
most people, remain unexamined assumptions. He urges readers to reriously
examine their own experience of being sexual and not to fear its mystery,
and to recognize the necessity for intimacy in everyone's life. he reflections
on the role of intimacy within religious communities and the fraternity
of priests, and its role beyong community.
Being
Sexual... And Celibate, whether dealing with the value of friendship,
the necessity for self-awareness and disclosure, or the fact of loneliness,
is always refreshing. Clark can facilely take a piece of accepted wisdom,
re-examine it in the light of personal experience, or the experience of
others, and bring the reader to a new and often starting insight.
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The
International Bible Commentary
A
Concise Dictionary of Theology, Revised
and Expanded Edition
Into
The Mountain, hostaged by the Abu Sayyaf