Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter

by John C Cavadini (Editor), Donald Wallenfang (Editor)

Overview

Since being elected to the Chair of St. Peter on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has given unique shape to the meaning of the new evangelization. With his emphasis on the concept of encounter, and his stunning expression of pastoral ministry in Evangelii gaudium, the present pontiff has breathed new life into the Christian vocation to evangelize. This book brings together the voices of fifteen American Catholic scholars around the theme of Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter. Inaugurating the new series, Global Perspectives on the New Evangelization, this book incorporates a variety of approaches and questions in order to amplify the theology behind the pontificate of Pope Francis and the most recent developments in the new evangelization. Among the topics treated in the book are mercy, ecology, doctrine, culture, and the life and ministry of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The reader will be delighted with an array of perspectives that promise to give inspiration for embarking on further frontiers of the new evangelization. ""The Church's emphatic call for a new evangelization began with Pope Paul VI, has journeyed through the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and now continues with Pope Francis. This commendable volume accentuates, in fifteen thoughtful and innovative essays, Pope Francis's understanding of the new evangelization as a fourfold encounter: merciful encounters, ecological encounters, doctrinal encounters, and cultural and political encounters. Thus, this book admirably provides the needed sociological, philosophical, and theological depth to sustain and foster the Church's renewed endeavor to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations and peoples."" --Thomas G. Weinandy, Capuchin College, Washington DC, Member of the International Theological Commission John C. Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life and Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of several books, most recently: Mary on the Eve of the Second Vatican Council (2017) and Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI (2012). Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is Associate Professor of Theology at Walsh University. He is the author of Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Etude in Phenomenology (Cascade, 2017) and Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (Cascade, 2017).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498243377
Publisher:	Pickwick Publications
Publication date:	01/19/2018
Series:	Global Perspectives on the New Evangelization , #1
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

John C. Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life and Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of several books, most recently: Mary on the Eve of the Second Vatican Council (2017) and Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI (2012). Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is Associate Professor of Theology at Walsh University. He is the author of Dialectical Anatomy of the Eucharist: An Etude in Phenomenology (Cascade, 2017) and Human and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (Cascade, 2017).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Merciful Encounters

Chapter 1 A Church of Mercy and Hope: Pope Francis and the New Evangelization Anh Q. Tran, SJ 1

Chapter 2 Embodied Mercy: The Centrality of the Incarnation in the Thought of Pope Francis Mary Madeline Todd, OP 17

Chapter 3 From Encounter to Justice: Pope Francis, Catholic Sisters, and the Culture of Encounter Jennifer Kryszak 38

Chapter 4 Pope Francis and His Phenomenology of Encuentro Donald Wallenfang, OCDS 57

Ecological Encounters

Chapter 5 "Everything Is Related": Laudato si' and the Ascent from Creation to God Brian Pedraza 75

Chapter 6 Serene Attentiveness to the Creator and Creation Terrence Ehrman, CSC 93

Doctrinal Encounters

Chapter 7 Doctrine and Praxis in Pope Francis's Approach to Evangelization Melanie Susan Barrett 113

Chapter 8 Pope Francis and Christian Credibility Glenn B. Siniscalchi 129

Chapter 9 The Unity of the Virtues in a Missionary Key Andrew Kim 146

Chapter 10 Marriage as Mundane Participation in the Divine Sacrifice of Love: The Sacramental Realism of Amoris laetitia Timothy P. O'Malley 166

Cultural and Political Encounters

Chapter 11 The Movement of Intercessory Prayer and the Openness to Encounter Leonard J. DeLorenzo 185

Chapter 12 The Time of Encounter in the Political Theology of Pope Francis Joseph S. Flipper 201

Chapter 13 Social Communication as Encounter Daniella Zsupan-Jerome 227

Chapter 14 Pope Francis on the Evangelization of Culture R. Jared Staudt 243

Chapter 15 Winning Converts: John A. O'Brien and the Renewal of Lay Leadership in the Church John C. Cavadini 261

Index 279

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The Church’s emphatic call for a new evangelization began with Pope Paul VI, has journeyed through the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and now continues with Pope Francis. This commendable volume accentuates, in fifteen thoughtful and innovative essays, Pope Francis’s understanding of the new evangelization as a fourfold encounter: merciful encounters, ecological encounters, doctrinal encounters, and cultural and political encounters. Thus, this book admirably provides the needed sociological, philosophical, and theological depth to sustain and foster the Church’s renewed endeavor to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations and peoples.”

—Thomas G. Weinandy, Capuchin College, Washington DC, Member of the International Theological Commission

Editorial Reviews

The Church’s emphatic call for a new evangelization began with Pope Paul VI, has journeyed through the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and now continues with Pope Francis. This commendable volume accentuates, in fifteen thoughtful and innovative essays, Pope Francis’s understanding of the new evangelization as a fourfold encounter: merciful encounters, ecological encounters, doctrinal encounters, and cultural and political encounters. Thus, this book admirably provides the needed sociological, philosophical, and theological depth to sustain and foster the Church’s renewed endeavor to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations and peoples.”

—Thomas G. Weinandy, Capuchin College, Washington DC, Member of the International Theological Commission

From the Publisher