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Doctrine & Life fosters dialogue between inheritance of Christian faith and the concerns of today's world - religious, political, artistic and economic. It is Catholic and ecumenical in outlook as it analyses current dilemmas and charts developments in church life, including, questions of specific interest to members of religious orders. *Annual Subscription - 10 issues per year*
Coming up in the July/August Issue...
Doctrine & Life
July-August 2022
Wisdom for the Synodal Journey
Jessie Rogers reflects on wisdom as allowing a space for God’s newness, the paschal mystery being a reminder that God works in surprising ways. It calls us to embrace the wisdom of vulnerability. She concludes: ‘To become a synodal church means to journey together. It means to open ourselves to others, to listen and to speak, to reflect and discern, and to take the next step together. The road is made by walking. Wisdom is found in responding to the Lord’s invitation to journey with the Spirit, with one another and ultimately with all of creation as we co-create a future which is God’s dream for the world.’
A Mystic for Moderns
Caryll Houselander and the Art of Suffering Well
Joshua P. Hochschild introduces the life and work of the author of The Reed of God. He says of the mid-twentieth-century British theological and spiritual writer that she became what she conceived Christ to be: ‘a poet of great compassion’.
Dominican Women of Hope
Elisabeth Healy, O.P., tells of how the Dominican Sisters of the Cabra Congregation discover reasons for hope as they look into the signs of the times. Recognising that change and adaptation are a necessary part of life, they foster unity and commit further to their preaching calling.
In Praise of Finland
David Begg analyses the achievements of Finland, recognised as the happiest country in the world, measured by such indicators as perceptions of corruption, generosity, freedom to make life choices, healthy life expectancy, social support and GDP per capita. His analysis is particularly relevant in view of Finland having endured two grinding wars with the Soviet Union and being again under threat because of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
A Static God in a Changing World
James Kelly brings the reader on a journey from the world-views of the ancient Greeks to the atomistic view of humanity and our place in the world that developed with Descartes and Newton. The more relational approach found in quantum mechanics, in contemporary organic philosophy, and in general systems theory provides a rich new foundation for re-appraising our image of God.
The Response of the Churches to the Destruction of Biodiversity
Seán McDonagh demonstrates that wildlife has decreased by 50% since the 1970s while the human population has doubled. The decrease in the numbers of flying insects (75% since 1989) poses a serious threat to food-production and to our ability to feed the growing population, pollinators being essential to propagating crops. He calls on parishes to involve themselves with the Irish Church’s ‘Action to Help Pollinators’.
A Red Priest Fighting Anti-Semitism
Toby Terrar tells of French priest Jean Boulier (1894-1980) whose thinking and actions paralleled those of Dorothy Day, as did the response of civic and religious authorities. He stood up in defence of Jews in Vichy France and, after the war, was active in helping trace Nazi war criminals. When challenged that he associated with Communists, he retorted: ‘Your Eminence, the Communists are on the platform with me, not I with them.’
Looking for God even while Denying Him
Marie-Thérèse Cryan reviews The Other Son: A Spiritual Autobiography, by Olivier Clément
Coming up in the July/August Issue...
Doctrine & Life
July-August 2022
Wisdom for the Synodal Journey
Jessie Rogers reflects on wisdom as allowing a space for God’s newness, the paschal mystery being a reminder that God works in surprising ways. It calls us to embrace the wisdom of vulnerability. She concludes: ‘To become a synodal church means to journey together. It means to open ourselves to others, to listen and to speak, to reflect and discern, and to take the next step together. The road is made by walking. Wisdom is found in responding to the Lord’s invitation to journey with the Spirit, with one another and ultimately with all of creation as we co-create a future which is God’s dream for the world.’
A Mystic for Moderns
Caryll Houselander and the Art of Suffering Well
Joshua P. Hochschild introduces the life and work of the author of The Reed of God. He says of the mid-twentieth-century British theological and spiritual writer that she became what she conceived Christ to be: ‘a poet of great compassion’.
Dominican Women of Hope
Elisabeth Healy, O.P., tells of how the Dominican Sisters of the Cabra Congregation discover reasons for hope as they look into the signs of the times. Recognising that change and adaptation are a necessary part of life, they foster unity and commit further to their preaching calling.
In Praise of Finland
David Begg analyses the achievements of Finland, recognised as the happiest country in the world, measured by such indicators as perceptions of corruption, generosity, freedom to make life choices, healthy life expectancy, social support and GDP per capita. His analysis is particularly relevant in view of Finland having endured two grinding wars with the Soviet Union and being again under threat because of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
A Static God in a Changing World
James Kelly brings the reader on a journey from the world-views of the ancient Greeks to the atomistic view of humanity and our place in the world that developed with Descartes and Newton. The more relational approach found in quantum mechanics, in contemporary organic philosophy, and in general systems theory provides a rich new foundation for re-appraising our image of God.
The Response of the Churches to the Destruction of Biodiversity
Seán McDonagh demonstrates that wildlife has decreased by 50% since the 1970s while the human population has doubled. The decrease in the numbers of flying insects (75% since 1989) poses a serious threat to food-production and to our ability to feed the growing population, pollinators being essential to propagating crops. He calls on parishes to involve themselves with the Irish Church’s ‘Action to Help Pollinators’.
A Red Priest Fighting Anti-Semitism
Toby Terrar tells of French priest Jean Boulier (1894-1980) whose thinking and actions paralleled those of Dorothy Day, as did the response of civic and religious authorities. He stood up in defence of Jews in Vichy France and, after the war, was active in helping trace Nazi war criminals. When challenged that he associated with Communists, he retorted: ‘Your Eminence, the Communists are on the platform with me, not I with them.’
Looking for God even while Denying Him
Marie-Thérèse Cryan reviews The Other Son: A Spiritual Autobiography, by Olivier Clément
