Theology of Cardinal Walter Kasper

Kristin Colberg is associate professor of theology at Saint John's University and School of Theology and the College of Saint Benedict, and the sole U.S. member on theological commission for the Synod on Synodality. She received her doctorate at the University of Notre Dame in systematic theology. She is the author of Vatican I and Vatican II: Councils in the Living Tradition (Liturgical Press, 2016) and the co-editor of Speaking Truth in Love, a festschrift in honor of Cardinal Walter Kasper (Liturgical Press, 2014). Professor Colberg also serves as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). Robert A. Krieg received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and has taught there since 1977. He is the author of several books, including Treasure in the Field: Salvation in the Bible and in Our Lives (Liturgical Press, 2013). Krieg has published articles in America, Comment, Commonweal, The Heythrop Journal, The Irish Theological Quarterly, The Journal of Religious Thought, Theologische Quartalschrift, Theological Studies, and Worship. He has known Cardinal Kasper since 1980.

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• ContentsForeword   ixCardinal Walter Kasper, RomeTributes to Cardinal Kasper   xiGustavo A. Gutiérrez, OP, University of Notre Dame A. James Rudin, Rabbi, American Jewish CommitteeIntroduction   xvKristin M. Colberg, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (Collegeville), and Robert A. Krieg, University of Notre DameSECTION ONEGod, Freedom, and History1. The Task of Theology   3Kristin M. Colberg, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University2. A Distinctive Theological Approach   21Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School3. The Promise and the Burden of Natural Theology   42Anthony J. Godzieba, Villanova University4. The Mystery of Being Human 59Mary Catherine Hilkert, OP, University of Notre Dame5. Jesus the Christ in Retrospect and Prospect   79William P. Loewe, The Catholic University of America6. Pneumatology and Beyond: “Wherever”   98Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ, Fordham University7. The God of Jesus Christ in Continuity and Discontinuity   110Cyril J. O’Regan, University of Notre DameSECTION TWOThe Church, Ecumenism, and Christian-Jewish Relations8. A Theology of Church and Ministry   129Thomas F. O’Meara, OP, University of Notre Dame9. Dialogue, Communion, and Unity   139Brian E. Daley, SJ, University of Notre Dame10. The Catholic Tübingen School and Ecumenism   154Catherine E. Clifford, St. Paul University (Ottawa)11. Catholicism in a New Key   170John R. Sachs, SJ, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry12. Unity at the Table   189Susan K. Wood, SCL, Marquette University13. New Paths of Shalom in Christian-Jewish Relations   203Elizabeth T. Groppe, Xavier University (Cincinnati)14. Celebrating Judaism as a “Sacrament of Every Otherness”   223Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia)15. Faith Seeking Understanding   241John C. Cavadini, University of Notre Dame16. How to Do Theology Today   248Cardinal Walter Kasper, RomeSECTION THREEReflections on Forgiveness, Vatican II, and Hope17. Forgiveness and the Purification of Memory   261Cardinal Walter Kasper, May 25, 200418. Renewal from the Source: The Interpretation and Reception of the Second Vatican Council   278Cardinal Walter Kasper, April 24, 201319. Be Joyful in Hope: A Homily   296Cardinal Walter Kasper, April 27, 2013List of Contributors   301Index of Persons   305