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The Ecumenist, v. 55, no. 3 (Summer 2018)

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Table of contents

  • The Ecumenist Is Changing
  • Gregory of Montreal, David Seljak
  • Mission and Migration: Korean Canadians in The United Church of Canada, HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Don Schweitzer
  • Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land: Identity and Mission of the Mar Thoma Church in the Diaspora, Jesudas M. Athyal
  • The Church as Migrant: A New Model of the Church for a ‘Cross-ing’ People, Michael M. Canaris
  • Book notes:
    • On the Current State of Ecumenism: A Festschrift for John A. Radano
      Donald Bolen, Nicholas Jesson, and Donna Geernaert, eds. Towards Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue 500 Years After the Reformation: Essays in Honour of Monsignor John A. Radano. Toronto: Novalis, 2017, 382 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 55, no. 2 (Spring 2018)

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  • The Last Interview: Gregory Baum on Theology, Society, and Spirituality, Scott Kline and David Seljak
  • More Life with Gregory, David Seljak
    • Gregory Baum, Un Priant / Gregory Baum: A Man of Prayer, Normand Breault
  • Gregory Baum: Who Are You?, Christine Jamieson
  • A Witness to Grace: The Gifts of Gregory Baum, Stephen Bede Scharper
  • Gregory Baum, Work, and Community, Joe Mancini
  • The Most Optimistic Augustinian I Ever Met, Donald Stoesz
  • Book Notes
    • Chavez as a Prophet of the Borderlands
      Luis D. León, The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015. xv + 220 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 55, no. 1 (Winter 2018)

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Table of contents

  • My Life with Gregory
    • Introduction, David Seljak
    • Memories of Gregory Baum, Mary E. Hines
    • In Grateful Remembrance of a Friend, Douglas John Hall
    • Witness to Transforming Grace, Catherine E. Clifford
    • Gregory Baum: Dialogical Theologian, Harold Wells
    • Gregory: Professor, Mentor, Friend, Marilyn Legge
    • Gregory Baum: A Theologian’s Theologian, David Pfrimmer
    • Encountering Gregory Baum, Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM
    • Theology as Conversation, Don Schweitzer
    • Prayer and Politics: In Gratitude for Gregory Baum, Heather Eaton
    • Gregory Baum: Journalist as Theologian, Michael W. Higgins
    • Gregory’s Educational Pathway: Changing Contexts and New Challenges, Roger Hutchinson

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The Ecumenist, v. 54, no. 4 (Fall 2017)

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  • Gregory Baum, “Francis Invites Contrite Catholics in “Irregular” Unions to Receive Holy Communion”
  • Donald Schweitzer, “Justification by Grace and Its Meaning for Cultural and Religious Pluralism”
  • Joe Gunn, “A Crowning Highlight of Canadian Ecumenism – Abandoned”
  • Cesar Jaramillo, “Project Ploughshares Update”
  • Book notes:
    • Gregory Baum: Bearing Prophetic Witness to the Gospel
      Gregory Baum, The Oil Has Not Run Dry: The Story of My Theological Pathway. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017. 259 pp.
    • My Reflection on a Culture in Crisis
      J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. New York: HarperCollins, 2016. 264 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 54, no. 3 (Summer 2017)

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  • The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation: Lutherans and Catholics Join in a Common Commemoration, Gregory Baum
  • Theology in a Secular University: Still Room for the Transcendent, Christine Jamieson
  • Religion and Human Rights, Arvind Sharma
  • Yes to Boycotting Israeli Products, Guy Durand
  • Jules Isaac: The Jewish Conscience of the Church, Gregory Baum
  • The Crucifixion of Fethullah Gülen, Gregory Baum
  • Book notes:
    • Attending to Light that Shone in the Darkness
      Jean-Pierre Fortin, Grace in Auschwitz: A Holocaust Christology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016. xxxvi + 279 pp.
    • Churches Helping Churches after the Second World War
      James C. Enns, Saving Germany: North American Protestant and Christian Mission to West Germany 1945–1974. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2017. 308 pp.
    • Jean Vanier: In Dialogue with Modernity
      Michael W. Higgins, Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart. Toronto: Novalis, 2016. 122 pp.
    • Leonard Swidler: A Man of Ecumenical Dialogue
      Leonard Swidler, The Age of Global Dialogue. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016. 416 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 54, no. 2 (Spring 2017)

URL: https://criticaltheology.net/ecumenist-v54-no2/

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  • Faith and Justice in the Era of Trump: Part II
    • The People Who Voted for Trump, Gregory Baum
    • Interfaith Dialogue, Trump, and Religious Intolerance, Leo D. Lefebure
    • Feminism, Fakery, and Fascism, Heather Eaton
    • Rebuilding Ecological Bridges to the White House, Idara Otu
    • President Trump and the Spiritual and Political Challenge of Climate Chaos, Stephen Bede Scharper
  • Divine Kenosis as Discipleship: Building the Human Community out of Mercy, Jean-Pierre Fortin
  • Book notes
    • Opening Western Rationality to Transcendence
      Jean-Luc Marion, Givenness and Revelation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. xviii + 137 pp.
  • Massacre in the Mosque, Gregory Baum

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The Ecumenist, v. 54, no. 1 (Winter 2017)

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  • The “Scandal” of Gay–Straight Alliances in Ontario Catholic Schools, Graham McDonough
  • Faith and Justice in the Era of Trump
    • As When the Sun Sets on the American Empire, David Pfrimmer
    • The Representation of Muslim Women in the Trump Era, Idrisa Pandit
    • An Election Victory for Vulgar Anti-humanism, Don Schweitzer
    • Trump, Conspiracy, and the Apocalypse, Carmen Celestini
    • Dialogue and Truth-Seeking in a Post-Truth Culture, Catherine E. Clifford
  • Book notes
    • Korean Canadians and the Scriptures
      HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Don Schweitzer, The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture in the United Church of Canada. Daejeon, South Korea: Daejanggan Publisher, 2016. 142 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 53, no. 4 (Fall 2016)

URL: https://criticaltheology.net/ecumenist-v53-no4/

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  • Pope Francis and the In’ples: Why a Visit to Chiapas?, Michel Andraos
  • Pope Francis’s Polemic Against Clericalism, Gregory Baum
  • Laudato Si’, Transformative Learning, and the Healing of Human–Earth–Divine Relationships, Christopher Hrynkow
  • The Gospel Imperative to House the Homeless and the Challenges Facing Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in Systems Approaches, Megan Shore and Scott Kline

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The Ecumenist, v. 53, no. 3 (Summer 2016)

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  • Remembering the Moderator’s Consultation on Faith and the Economy, Ted Reeve
  • Health Inequalities, Capitalism, and the Social Economy, Michael Roy
  • Interculturalism in The United Church of Canada, Don Schweitzer
  • Edgar Morin on the Secular Sacred, Gregory Baum
  • Presentation of Francis’s Exhortation on the Family, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
  • Memoirs of a Roman Catholic Priest, John Walsh
  • Book notes
    • Karl Stern: A Religious Freudian
      Daniel Burston, A Forgotten Freudian: The Passion of Karl Stern London: Karnac, 2016. 256 pp.
    • The Moral Visions of World Religions
      Miroslav Volf. Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. xviii + 280 pp.
    • Catholic Involvement in Social Development
      Robert Calderisi, Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013, 278 pp.

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The Ecumenist, v. 53, no. 2 (Spring 2016)

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  • The Minorities and the Marginalized in Modi’s India, Jesudas M. Athyal
  • The Primacy of Justice: Ted Scott, Social Justice, and the Anglican Church of Canada, Carling Beninger
  • Justification by Grace and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Summary Report, Don Schweitzer
  • Book notes
    • An Indictment of Dominant Canadian Culture
      Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. N.p.: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015. vi + 528 pp.
    • African Catholicism: Culture, Development, and Theology
      Joseph Ogbonnaya. African Catholicism and Hermeneutics of Culture: Essays in the Light of African Synod II. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014. xxii + 250 pp.

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