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 ...

Pick it up; read it”—twice a young Roman rhetorician on the fast track to success heard these words, uttered in a sing-song voice: “Tolle, lege; tolle, lege.” Augustine then picked up and read Paul’s ...

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.

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 ...

Joseph H. Britton, recently reappointed as the J.L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Pastoral Theology, is the dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...