This book is radical in a couple of senses of the word, including the original one of “returning to the roots.” Purves, who is the Hugh Thomson Kerr Professor of Pastoral Theology at Pittsburgh ...

Pope Francis teaches us that theology must "attend to the concrete reality of human life and human suffering," San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told theology graduates at a commencement speech May 20. ...

Perhaps it is just a sign of the times that Catholics would be jolted reading that a cardinal, facing a difficult pastoral situation, would publicly acknowledge having asked himself: “How would Jesus ...

Pastoral imagination, writes Eileen Campbell-Reed, is the ability to lead with “situated possibility,” to improvise on a daily basis while envisioning what might lie beyond current realities. This ...

Come to the University of Dayton for top-quality, up-to-date, broad ranging theological education in biblical, historical, systematic, moral and pastoral theology. You will have access to the world ...

Andrew B. McGowan, newly named as the J.L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology, focuses his scholarly work on the social and intellectual life ...

Doctrine and theological reflection are to be formed by its evangelizing purpose and by pastoral concerns, Pope Francis told the faculty and students of the John Paul II Institute on Thursday.

So, you’ve felt the tug — God pulling at your heart to draw closer and give your life over to His Will. You’ve started reading everything you can get your hands on to help you learn your faith. But ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., called for theological schools to be “providential cultural laboratories” in a recent speech in Toronto. But the cardinal warned that theologians have too often ignored ...

In a series of recent public contributions, Cardinal Robert McElroy has called for reforming the Church’s pastoral practice related to sexual sin, on the grounds that the current approach is harmfully ...

Harding University has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, money that will enable it to launch what it's calling a Christian Workers Institute.