Church and Society: The Laurence J. McGinley Lectures, 1988-2007 Book

Foreword   Robert Peter Imbelli     ix
Preface     xxi
Abbreviations     xxv
University Theology as a Service to the Church Fall 1988     1
Teaching Authority in the Church Spring 1989     16
Catholicism and American Culture: The Uneasy Dialogue Fall 1989     27
Faith and Experience: Strangers? Rivals? Partners? Spring 1990     43
Newman, Conversion, and Ecumenism Fall 1990     51
The Uses of Scripture in Theology Spring 1991     68
John Paul II and the New Evangelization Fall 1991     87
Historical Method and the Reality of Christ Spring 1992     103
Religion and the Transformation of Politics Fall 1992     116
The Church as Communion Spring 1993     129
The Prophetic Humanism of John Paul II Fall 1993     142
The Challenge of the Catechism Fall 1994     157
Crucified for Our Sake: Love, Violence, and Sacrifice Spring 1995     175
John Paul II and the Advent of the New Millennium Fall 1995     191
Priesthood and Gender Spring 1996     205
The Travails of Dialogue Fall 1996     221
The Ignatian Tradition and Contemporary Theology Spring 1997     234
Mary at the Dawn of the New Millennium Fall 1997     248
Should the Church Repent? Spring 1998     262
Human Rights: The United Nations and Papal Teaching Fall 1998     276
Can Philosophy Be Christian? The New State of the Question Spring 1999     291
Justification Today: A New Ecumenical Breakthrough Fall 1999     306
The Papacy for a Global Church Spring 2000     318
The Death Penalty: A Right-to-Life Issue? Fall 2000     332
Religious Freedom: A Developing Doctrine Spring 2001     348
Christ Among the Religions Fall 2001     360
When to Forgive Spring 2002     373
The Population of Hell Fall 2002     387
True and False Reform in the Church Spring 2003     401
John Paul II and the Mystery of the Human Person Fall 2003     414
The Rebirth of Apologetics Spring 2004     430
A Eucharistic Church: The Vision of John Paul II Fall 2004     443
How Real Is the Real Presence? Spring 2005     455
Benedict XVI: Interpreter of Vatican II Fall 2005     468
The Mission of the Laity Spring 2006     485
The Ignatian Charism at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century Fall 2006     497
Evolution, Atheism, and Religious Belief Spring 2007     509
Who Can Be Saved? Fall 2007     522
McGinley Lectures Previously Published     535
Index     539