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Matthew Levering
Matthew Levering offers a biblical and Thomistic portrait of the cardinal virtue of temperance and its allied virtues, in dialogue with an ecumenical range of theologians and scholars.
In Aquinas's…
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What does it mean for our daily realities to claim the Roman Catholic tradition? Bringing together theology and personal memoir, Matthew Levering offers this vulnerable, honest, and hopeful of why…
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In December 2022, a group of Catholic scholars gathered in Rome to take part in a conference which attempted to pursue in more depth the certain questions touched on in…
The aim of this groundbreaking volume is to "enrich and intensify the theological dimension of the Jewish-Catholic dialogue" called for by the 2015 Vatican document, The Gifts and the Calling…
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This book brings the thought of John Henry Newman into conversation with that of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI on a number of crucial theological themes. The book begins with a programmatic…
This collection of scholarly essays engages historical, theological, and exegetical dimensions of St. Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Hebrews, treating such themes as Christ's priesthood, sonship, and knowledge, the angels, grace…
Contributors to this volume - Jesuits, Dominicans, and lay scholars - explore different aspects of the complex yet illuminating relationship between Ignatius and Thomas. Students of Ignatius, Thomas Aquinas, second…
This book reassesses the so-called Roman School, a nineteenth-century theological network centered in Jesuit Roman College. It shows how this long-neglected movement not only shaped the theology of its day…
This handbook offers a comprehensive and varied study of deification within Christian theology. Forty-six leading experts in the field examine points of convergence and difference on the constitutive elements of…
Matthew Levering, Michael Waldstein
This edited volume comprises contributions from a range of scholars who elucidate the depth and breadth of two of the most prominent figures of the Catholic tradition today.
This volume, like each in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, is designed to serve the church-through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth-and demonstrate the continuing…
A survey of twentieth-century Catholic moral theology with an overarching argument against conscience-centered Christian ethics –
In The Theology of Robert Barron, Matthew Levering explores the key themes and sources of Bishop Robert Barron's theological vision, tracing the development of his thought from his years as…
This book is the next volume in Levering’s Engaging Doctrine series. The prior volume of the series examined the doctrine of creation. The present volume examines the purpose of creation…
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This book is the dogmatic sequel to Levering’s Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage, in which he argued that God’s purpose in creating the cosmos is the eschatological marriage of God…
Taking seriously the efforts of Paul, and later Thomas Aquinas, to expose and root out the sins against charity, Matthew Levering reclaims the centrality of love for moral, and in…
This well-researched book explains why the Catholic Church continues to teach marital indissolubility and addresses the numerous contemporary challenges to that teaching.
It surveys the patristic witness to marital indissolubility…
On Christian Dying gathers original texts from the great saints and teachers of the Christian tradition to present 2000 years of theological wisdom on death and dying. Matthew Levering mines…
Marriage as an institution faces many challenges today. This volume presents essential wisdom from the 2000 year-old Christian tradition that is as true and valuable today as it always was…
A readable guide for priests, seminarians, and educated readers seeking to learn more about the simultaneous unworthiness and dignity of the priesthood. Always challenging and penetrating, the selections unite around…
This is a rich, informative, and inspiring compendium of the Christian tradition of prayer and contemplation from the earliest days of the Church to the present day. Included are selections…
Newman on Doctrinal Corruption examines John Henry Newman's understanding of history and doctrine in his own context, first as an Oxford student and professor reading Edward Gibbon and influenced by…
A distinguished theologian offers a historical examination of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, defending an Augustinian model against various contemporary theological views.
Contemporary scholars often refer to the event of Vatican II, but what kind of an event was it? In this first book of the new CUA Press series Sacra Doctrina…
What happens after death to Jesus and to those who follow him? Jesus and the Demise of Death offers a constructive theology that seeks to answer that very question, carefully…
Authored by theologians, historians, and biblical scholars, Reading Romans with St. Thomas Aquinas contributes to a historical reconstruc-tion of Aquinas’s exegesis and theology by addressing such topics as: the Holy…
Aquinas’s commentaries on St. Paul are well known and have received significant attention in the past few years. It is widely known, too, that Aquinas quotes Paul often in the…
Shows that von Balthasar’s critics can and should benefit both from the rich and wide-ranging conversations that mark his trilogy and from the critical and constructive engagement with German philosophical…
A distinguished scholar offers an examination of the doctrine of creation and its contemporary theological implications, engaging with classical and modern views.
What happens after death to Jesus and to those who follow him? This book offers a constructive theology that seeks to answer that very question, carefully considering both Jesus’ descent…
A leading theologian offers a historical survey of the proofs of God’s existence for readers interested in traditional Christian responses to the problem of atheism.
Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple is a concise introduction to the Christian theology of salvation in light of the contributions of Thomas Aquinas.
The interpretation of Scripture has depended largely on the view of history held by theologians and exegetes. This title examines the changing views of history that distinguish patristic and medieval…
An introduction to natural law theory and a challenge to re-think current biblical scholarship on the topic. Levering establishes the relevance of a biblical worldview to the contemporary pursuit of…
Argues that Catholic ethics make sense only in light of the biblical worldview that Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom of God by pouring out his spirit. Jesus has made it…
In Mary’s Bodily Assumption, Matthew Levering presents a contemporary explanation and defense of the Catholic doctrine of Mary’s bodily Assumption.
A respected theologian introduces Augustine’s theology through his most important works.
Explores nine key virtues needed to die (and live) well. When death begins to strip away nearly everything that belongs to us, we discover that we need the virtues more…
