De Chirico (Instituto de Formazione Evangelica e Documentazione, Padova, Italy) begins by identifying the elastic contours of Evangelical theology in its contemporary outlook. Then he examines a number of Evangelical theologians who have interacted with Roman Catholicism in general and with Roman Catholic theology in particular over the past 40 sin

Ten lectures in Mariology. Topics include: Catholic and Orthodox liturgical and theological traditions; the story and image of Mary at Guadalupe and meaning among Protestant Christians; early biography of Mary written in Old Georgian and attributed to Maximus the Confessor; the doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception and its reception; the meaningfulness of Mary examined through four Marian lyrics; the title "Omnipotent by Grace" that was given to Mary; Mary as ""Wisdom"" and the ""Lady of the Temple"" who enabled the Israelites to experience God; Mary's significance in the 21st century; the history of devotion to Mary in Latin America during the conquest period and challenges to Mariological thought that remain; the postconciliar decline in interest in Marion piety and Mariology as a field of theological study, and todays renewed interest.

This study contributes to the revival of a more full-blooded Marian teaching and attempts to take the path set by ressourcement theology in recovering the robust voice of witness to Mary. Aidan Nichols, OP, works through the biblical, patristic, and medieval sources and introduces readers to the robust scriptural and theological bases for the Churchs celebration of Mary. He argues for the crucial relevance of Mary in the theological articulation of the gospel, the celebration and practice of the liturgy, and the sacramental life of the Church.

Mariology is the world's oldest kind of spirituality. This book is a collection of articles about the use of Mariology in thinking and in practical life. The index includes such diverse topics as "Mary and the great religions", "If Mary was prime minister", "Catholic and Orthodox Mariology", "Catholicism Protestantism and Mariology", "Mariology and vocation", "Mary's seven pains", "Mariology and culture", "Showdown with the Jesus-religion" and "Mariology and marketing". The book also includes a glossary, to make it easy to understand the topics being discussed. The book is a good introduction to Mariology - the oldest spirituality in the world.

In Mary’s Bodily Assumption, Matthew Levering presents a contemporary explanation and defense of the Catholic doctrine of Mary’s bodily Assumption. He asks: How does the Church justify a doctrine that does not have explicit biblical or first-century historical evidence to support it? With the goal of exploring this question more deeply, he divides his discussion into two sections, one historical and the other systematic. Levering’s historical section aims to retrieve the rich Mariological doctrine of the mid-twentieth century. He introduces the development of Mariology in Catholic Magisterial documents, focusing on Pope Pius XII’s encyclical Munificentissimus Deus of 1950, in which the bodily Assumption of Mary was dogmatically defined, and two later Magisterial documents, Vatican II’s Lumen Gentium and Pope John Paul II’s Redemptoris Mater. Levering addresses the work of the neo-scholastic theologians Joseph Duhr, Aloïs Janssens, and Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange before turning to the great theologians of the nouvelle théologie—Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Louis Bouyer, Joseph Ratzinger—and their emphasis on biblical typology. Using John Henry Newman as a guide, Levering organizes his systematic section by the three pillars of the doctrine on which Mary’s Assumption rests: biblical typology, the Church as authoritative interpreter of divine revelation under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the fittingness of Mary’s Assumption in relation to the other mysteries of faith. Levering’s ecumenical contribution is a significant engagement with Protestant biblical scholars and theologians; it is also a reclamation of Mariology as a central topic in Catholic theology.

A scholarly, easy to read book tracing Mary's presence in the Old Testament, through prophecies, figures and symbols, to Mary's role in the New Testament, where we see the many instances and places where Mary is found working beside her Divine Son. A clear, concise exposition (all Biblical) which shows clearly Marys place in the economy of Salvation. The author is well known in Italy for his scholarship and leadership in founding the Franciscans of the Immaculate. PROD ID: AIB-AG001, 393 pp, sewn softcover.