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Ten Theology Books to Watch For – April 2024

Here are some excellent new theology books * that will be released in April 2024 :

* broadly interpreted, including ethics, church history, biblical studies, and other areas that intersect with theology

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Theology Books April 2024

The Betrayal of Witness: Reflections on the Downfall of Jean Vanier

Stanley Hauerwas / Hans Reinders, Eds.

( Cascade Books )

The downfall of Jean Vanier due to the history of sexual abuse that came to light in 2020 has shocked everyone familiar with his life and work as the founder and leader of L’Arche. The authors in this book raise significant questions regarding his influential legacy and its relevance for theology and disability and for L’Arche in particular. Without any attempt to whitewash or downplay the seriousness of his transgressions, the question cannot be avoided to sort out the good and the bad in Vanier. It requires soul-searching on the part of his theological heirs and those who have been influenced by him. Finally, his work with and influence upon L’Arche raises the question of sustainability and how its communities might—or might not—be shaped by his tarnished legacy.


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Praying for Freedom: Racism and Ignatian Spirituality in America 

Laurie Cassidy, Ed.

(Liturgical Press)

Why do the Spiritual Exercises not change us as deeply as we hope? This is the haunting question that was raised at the recent general congregation of the Jesuits about Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises and the question the contributors to this book explore and attempt to answer in the context of ongoing racial injustice in the United States. All of us who love and are engaged in Ignatian spirituality must also ask ourselves this same question. Contributors explore this question by examining how “color-blindness racism” determines our interpretation of the Spiritual Exercises in the United States. Animated by the grace of Ignatius’s conversion experience these spiritual directors, theologians, and leaders in Jesuit ministries offer insightful scholarly and creative pastoral engagement of the Spiritual Exercises for the ongoing journey of conversion from racism and white supremacy in the United States.

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