The Locus of the Theological Vocation - (College Theology Society) by Nathaniel Holmes & Ramon Luzarraga & Nancy M Rourke (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Where is theology being done, and how do these locations affect theology itself? The 71st Annual Volume of the College Theology Society aims to attend to how Christians' professional, linguistic, racial, geographic, political, gendered, sexual, and ecological locus informs their faith and their ways of seeking understanding. Colleges and universities that previously required students to study theology or religious studies are ending these requirements. Colleges and universities are shuttering theological degree programs, closing theology departments, and terminating theologians. What additional changes might follow from these changes, and how might this shift affect theology? At the same time, the loss of academic positions for theologians might liberate theological vocations to locate previously overlooked contexts. What forgotten loci for theological vocations might now be found? Might the fading of academic theology make room for theological, pastoral, ecclesiological or missiological renewal?

About the Author

Nathaniel Holmes is professor of religion and philosophy at Florida Memorial University. He holds a master of theological studies degree from Christian Theological Seminary and a PhD from St. Thomas University in practical theology. His research interests include practical theology and society, religious diversity and interfaith dialogue, and philosophy of religion.

Ramon Luzarraga is associate professor of theology and religious studies at Saint Martin's University. He holds a PhD from Marquette University in systematic theology and ethics. research interests deal with ethics and moral theology, questions surrounding the inculturation of Catholic religious practice in culture, political theology in all its varieties and the inevitable ethical questions which arise from that, as well as Hispanic and Caribbean theology. Luzarraga has presented and published in refereed journals across the country and internationally, most recently in the Newman Studies Journal. He is currently Vice President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, and Board Member and Treasurer of the International Network of Societies of Catholic Theology.

Nancy M. Rourke is assistant professor at St. John Fisher University. She holds a PhD from the Pontifical Institute of St. Patrick's College of Maynooth (Ireland). She has previously taught at Canisius University, where she directed the Catholic Studies program. She teaches courses in Catholic ethics and religious studies and writes in areas of environmental ethics, health care ethics at the end of life, and meta-ethics. Her recent book, Ecological Moral Character, was published by Georgetown University Press.