Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and is an Honorary Fellow of Campion College (Sydney). From 2014-2019 she was a member of the Ninth International Theological Commission. She holds a civil doctorate in Divinity from the University of Cambridge and the pontifical STL and STD degrees from the Lateran University. In 2020 she won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology. In 2023 she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences.

At a time when the landscape of Catholic theology is fractured by competing methods and interpretive visions, Tracey Rowland offers a singular and breathtakingly wide-ranging guide to its terrain, attentive to the doctrinal guardrails that sustain its integrity. With remarkable clarity, she maps the major divisions, conflicting metanarratives, and diverse schools of theologians shaping the field, enabling readers to grasp the central “big issues” that define contemporary theology. This is the most comprehensive and illuminating volume of its kind—an indispensable resource for scholars and novices alike seeking to navigate confusion and penetrate to the heart of contemporary Catholic theology.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Fundamental Issues and Building BlocksChapter 2The Hallmarks and Species of ThomismChapter 3The Communio ApproachChapter 4The Concilium AlternativeChapter 5Liberation Theology and the Papacy of FrancisConclusionBibliographyAppendix 1: List of Christological HeresiesAppendix 2: List of Documents from the Second Vatican CouncilAppendix 3: List of Papl EncyclicalsAppendix 4: List of Doctors of the ChurchIndex

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and is an Honorary Fellow of Campion College (Sydney). From 2014-2019 she was a member of the Ninth International Theological Commission. She holds a civil doctorate in Divinity from the University of Cambridge and the pontifical STL and STD degrees from the Lateran University. In 2020 she won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology. In 2023 she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences.

At a time when the landscape of Catholic theology is fractured by competing methods and interpretive visions, Tracey Rowland offers a singular and breathtakingly wide-ranging guide to its terrain, attentive to the doctrinal guardrails that sustain its integrity. With remarkable clarity, she maps the major divisions, conflicting metanarratives, and diverse schools of theologians shaping the field, enabling readers to grasp the central “big issues” that define contemporary theology. This is the most comprehensive and illuminating volume of its kind—an indispensable resource for scholars and novices alike seeking to navigate confusion and penetrate to the heart of contemporary Catholic theology.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Fundamental Issues and Building BlocksChapter 2The Hallmarks and Species of ThomismChapter 3The Communio ApproachChapter 4The Concilium AlternativeChapter 5Liberation Theology and the Papacy of FrancisConclusionBibliographyAppendix 1: List of Christological HeresiesAppendix 2: List of Documents from the Second Vatican CouncilAppendix 3: List of Papl EncyclicalsAppendix 4: List of Doctors of the ChurchIndex

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and is an Honorary Fellow of Campion College (Sydney). From 2014-2019 she was a member of the Ninth International Theological Commission. She holds a civil doctorate in Divinity from the University of Cambridge and the pontifical STL and STD degrees from the Lateran University. In 2020 she won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology. In 2023 she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences.

At a time when the landscape of Catholic theology is fractured by competing methods and interpretive visions, Tracey Rowland offers a singular and breathtakingly wide-ranging guide to its terrain, attentive to the doctrinal guardrails that sustain its integrity. With remarkable clarity, she maps the major divisions, conflicting metanarratives, and diverse schools of theologians shaping the field, enabling readers to grasp the central “big issues” that define contemporary theology. This is the most comprehensive and illuminating volume of its kind—an indispensable resource for scholars and novices alike seeking to navigate confusion and penetrate to the heart of contemporary Catholic theology.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1Fundamental Issues and Building BlocksChapter 2The Hallmarks and Species of ThomismChapter 3The Communio ApproachChapter 4The Concilium AlternativeChapter 5Liberation Theology and the Papacy of FrancisConclusionBibliographyAppendix 1: List of Christological HeresiesAppendix 2: List of Documents from the Second Vatican CouncilAppendix 3: List of Papl EncyclicalsAppendix 4: List of Doctors of the ChurchIndex