Since Vatican II, the key question that has developed in Catholic theology, often unstated or unrecognized, is, what is theology? The thesis presented here is that contemporary theologizing is "e;fractured"e; in many places and to varying degrees. These fractures can vary in seriousness between theologians, and a particular theologian may suffer from some fractures but not others. The fractures addressed here are between -theology and spirituality-theology and philosophy-theology and liturgy-the literal and spiritual senses of sacred scripture-theology, preaching, and apologetics-theology and ethics-theology and social theory-dogmatic and pastoral theology-theology and the "e;koinonial"e; Christian life-theologians and non-theologians- the generation gap between Gen X and Millennial/Post-Millennial Catholics, and -theology and the Magisterium. For each of these, an attempt is made to examine the symptoms, give a diagnosis, and write a prescription.
