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[Catholic Caucus] Church must rethink its 'anachronistic' sexual ethic: priestRonaldo Zacharias, a moral theologian, feels Catholic theology not helping people integrate sexuality into their personhood Father Ronaldo Zacharias (left) is pictured with Pope Francis while attending the International Congress of Moral Theology from May 13-14, 2022, at the VaticanThe Catholic Church's "established, dogmatic models of the theological approach to sexuality have become anachronistic," a moral theologian told a conference on sexuality and culture at the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.Developing a new theological ethics of sexuality is "a task for the entire church...

Is Christianity a white man’s religion? This may sound absurd, but some individuals lay claim to this belief. Some hold such a position due to the practice of slavery by early antebellum Christians. Slaveholders would often persuade their slaves that being submissive is the Christian thing to do and that their blessings would come in the afterlife. Professor Rasiah S. Sugirtharajah contends that the entire Bible is a colonial work used to subdue natives under the conquest of Christians.However, a simple glimpse at church history quickly portrays a very different tale. African theologians have influenced the church remarkably throughout the...

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the leading theologians of the Muslim world, who is considered the spiritual guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has called for the murder of Christians. He was recently blacklisted as a terrorist by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. Qaradawi, 90, was included in a list totaling 59 names of individuals and 12 entities listed as terrorists connected to Qatar. Ahmed Adnan, a Saudi journalist, writer and political advisor based in Lebanon made the claim Qaradawi supports killing Christians in an interview with Al-Ahram al-Arabi.

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen discusses the Devil's incessant attempts to turn our heats away from God. May we never forget that Satan, the father of lies, is a cruel deceiver of men whose only desire is our destruction. Below is a partial transcript of Venerable Sheen's remarks.The Devil - Venerable Fulton Sheen Starting at 4:43: I thought perhaps you might be interested in hearing about the Devil from a sound philosophical and theological point of view. I'm going to describe to you the Devil, first from the psychiatric point of view, and secondly from the biblical. First the psychiatric....

ELCA NEWS SERVICE April 24, 2009 Teaching Theologians Affirm ELCA Task Force Documents 09-096-MRC CHICAGO (ELCA) -- A statement supporting a recommendation put forth by the Task Force for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Studies on Sexuality is gaining support from more than 100 teaching theologians of the church and other Christian theologians teaching at ELCA institutions. Professors from ELCA seminaries, colleges and universities, retired bishops, a retired seminary president and ELCA theologians teaching at other institutions are signing on daily. On Feb. 19 the task force released a report and recommendation for a process to consider changes to...

Conference Call: 200 Christian Theologians and Ethicists Question the Nation's "Theology of War" and the Ethics of War on TerrorismTo: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor, Religion Reporter Contact: Deryl Davis, 202-328-8842 ext. 214 or ddavis@sojo.net, Deanna Murshed, 202-328-8842 ext. 257 or dmurshed@sojo.net both of Sojourners News Advisory: As the debate over the war on terrorism continues, 200 Christian theologians and ethicists today issued a new "Confession." Because of a deep and growing concern about an emerging national "theology of war," the increasingly frequent language of "righteous empire," and official claims of "divine appointment" for a nation in a "war" on terrorism,...

MADRID (AFP) - Women have historically suffered discrimination in the name of religion, and the world's great faiths must do more to encourage gender equality, theologians told a seminar at a Saudi-organised conference Thursday. "Women have been forgotten and marginalised in religions," Juan Jose Tamayo, director of theology at Madrid's Juan Carlos III university, told a roundtable on the second day of the World Conference of Dialogue in Madrid, aimed at bringing the great monotheistic faiths closer together. "They are organised hierarchically and patriarchically, excluding women in all fields of knowledge and religious matters." Now, at the start of the...

I've been reading Michael Dowd's Thank God for Evolution, and at the same time reading about what's going on at the Altenberg 16. It is pretty clear where the next wave of science and theology is going, and sadly, it looks like its going to be another 150 years of chasing our tail. As is starting to be admitted, Darwinism got us nowhere. The point of Darwinism was to remove God entirely from the process of diversification of life, and perhaps even from Creation itself. The hope of Darwinism has always been the three pillars of natural selection: * Heredity...

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 27, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A theologians videoconference will be held this Friday on the "Permanent Formation of the Clergy." The conference, organized by the Vatican Congregation for Clergy, can be followed live starting at noon (Rome time) or recorded through the Web page of the dicastery at www.clerus.org. The Web page will later publish the original texts delivered by the theologians. A computer needs Real Player to follow the conference with audio and images. Among the scheduled speakers are Bishop Rino Fisichella, rector of the Lateran University, who will focus on "Formation and Globalization: A Challenge for the...

SCHIAVO CASE REVEALS MORAL PRIORITIES Catholic League president William Donohue issued the following news release today on the Terri Schiavo case: “Mention Terri Schiavo to left-wing Christians and feminists and immediately they panic. That’s because they find it impossible to think about euthanasia without first thinking about abortion. And anything that might jeopardize their precious right to abort a child must be resisted at all cost. Tragically, as this case has revealed, even when the specter of domestic violence is raised, it is not enough to get the ‘pro-women’ advocates to take Terri’s side. Consider the following. “The most left-wing...

Some of Mel Gibson's biggest critics are Catholic theologians. Believe it or not, they are "accusing" him of following the Gospel accounts of Jesus' passion too closely. In other words, Gibson hasn't consulted them to receive their guidance and direction in understanding the Gospels. According to some theologians, the Gospels are theological diatribes thoroughly lacking in historical value and accuracy. Some theologians believe that the Gospels were written long after Christ's passion and therefore are more reflective of the community than they are of the actual events. Interestingly, one of the main reasons for their later dating of the gospels...

<p>The campaign to purge America of religious values and imagery rolls on. The latest strike came last week when two "renowned theologians" complained about President Bush's frequent references to faith in his public comments.</p> <p>During an audio news conference on Feb. 11, Princeton University Professor of Religion Elaine Pagels and C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance Foundation, described Bush's use of religious language as reckless, divisive and destructive.</p>

Keeping Secrets: Universities Refuse to Reveal Theologians' Status National Catholic Register Oct. 20-26, 2002 by JOHN BURGER Register Staff Writer PART ONE OF TWO SPOKANE, Wash. - Chicago Cardinal Francis George and Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Weurl, chairman of the bishops' education committee, both say universities should make public information about which of their theologians have a mandatum and which don't. But, as parents are finding, many universities disagree. They are keeping their lips sealed about the canon law recognition a Catholic teaching theologian must seek from the bishop. The problem isn't just at universities known for dissent - but even...