«What an extraordinarily strong and beautiful collection of essays! Ranging from studies of the Bible and liturgy through various facets of theology and philosophy to political and interreligious dialogue, not one piece fails to deliver some new insight to the reader. It speaks well to the significance of Dermot Lane’s life and work that such an excellent medley has been assembled. In paying this singular tribute, the volume also contributes to a wide range of religious issues in clearly written prose that is by turns intelligent, critical, poetic, pastoral, and beautiful.»
(Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ Emerita Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University, New York City)
This book is a collection of essays, each focused on the state of a particular question in contemporary theology, written in honour of the distinguished Irish theologian, Dermot A. Lane. Lane, in his extensive corpus, seeks to bring constructive perspectives to bear on a range of issues in theology. The contributors to this volume include former colleagues and students of Dermot Lane, and theologians from other faculties of theology in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, who have collaborated with him.
In tribute to Lane’s legacy, this Festschrift seeks to offer constructive intradisciplinary perspectives on select questions in contemporary theology, relating to sacred texts, liturgy, philosophy, the God question, anthropology, race, ecology, politics, ecumenical dialogue, interreligious dialogue, ecclesiology, and hope.
Contents: Alan J. Kearns and Ethna Regan: Introduction – Theology & The Bible – Bradford A. Anderson: Reading the Hebrew Bible in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities – Jonathan Kearney: Innovative Tradition: On Some Aspects of Jewish Biblical Textuality – Amanda Dillon: Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Emerging Field of Biblical Reception – Kieran J. O’Mahony: Paul after Paul: The Reverberation of the Apostle – Theology & Liturgy –Thomas O’Loughlin: The Continuing Quest for «Eucharistic Origins» and the Implications of this Research for Theologies of the Eucharist – Thomas R. Whelan: Liturgical Theology in Dialogue with Contemporary Western Cultures – Theology & Philosophy – Ian Leask: Mortal Thinking: Notes on Plato’s Phaedo – Maureen Junker-Kenny: Losing «Reason» as a Counterpart to «Religion»? Stances on the Specificity of Faith in God – Joseph S. O’Leary: Salutary Truth – Fáinche Ryan: Aquinas on Truth-Telling in a Post-Truth World – Theology & the Divine Life – Jim Corkery: Grace: Divine Solicitude for a World in Intensive Care – Declan O’Byrne: On Going «Beyond» the «Classical Presentation» of Chalcedon – Paul D. Murray: Charism, Institution, and Trinity in the Work of Karl Rahner: On Securing the Necessary Pneumatological Ground for an Integrated Theology of Ministry – Theology & Anthropology – Alyson Staunton: Bodies that Matter: A Feminist Argument for John Paul II’s Theology of the Body – M. Shawn Copeland: Race and Theology – Terrence W. Tilley: Challenges of Empirical Research for Theological Anthropology – John Murray: Is Anthropocentrism a Problem for Ethics? A Brief Examination of Dermot Lane’s Approach – Theology & the Political – Asma Afsaruddin: Problematising a Theology of Violence in the Islamic Tradition – Joseph Rivera: The Open Self: Political Identity and Dialogue – Theology & Dialogue – Andrew Pierce: Ecumenical Theology: A Work in Progress – Michael Barnes: Christology and Interreligious Dialogue – Peter Admirand: Further Stepping Stones for Jewish-Christian Dialogue – Theology & Hope – Gemma Simmonds: Hope and Reconciliation: An Ecclesiological Reflection – Cornelius J. Casey: On the Priority of Hope: The Poet and the Theologians – Sandra Cullen and Andrew G. McGrady: The Global Compact on Education: Educating for Hope – Peter C. Phan: Keeping Hope Alive: Dermot A. Lane’s Eschatology.
Ethna Regan is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at Dublin City University. Alan J. Kearns is Assistant Professor of Ethics at Dublin City University.
