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Contrary to all previous dualism between the sacred and secular, Bridge Building seeks to end the compartmentalization of the faith that academic theology has, at times, reinforced.  Thought and action must proceed together for Christians to live an integral life.  Neither orthodoxy nor orthopraxy can be understood in isolation, as the deepest mysteries of the Christian life can only be 'known' through action.  This theological method favors accompaniment as a pastoral strategy, encounter as epistemologically necessary and praxis as the only possibility for real conversion.  Loving action is participation in the God who is found most profoundly in the crucified people of today.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50146784510225,"sku":"CIN0824598067VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51838437130513,"sku":"CIN0824598067G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52740384620817,"sku":"NIN9780824598068","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0824598067.jpg?v=1750702966"},{"product_id":"when-the-gospel-grows-feet-book-thomas-m-kelly-9780814680773","title":"When the Gospel Grows Feet","description":"The Salvadoran priest Rutilio Grande, SJ, was killed in a hall of bullets on March 12, 1977, along with two passengers in the car he drove. The impact of this killing transformed his friend and archbishop, Oscar Romero, as well as the church in Latin America and throughout the world.  How could powerful forces within the overwhelmingly Catholic country of El Salvador execute a Roman Catholic priest and two innocent people in broad daylight in front of witnesses? Why would this same government go to the extreme of murdering thousands of lay Catholic ministers, dozens of priests, and even the nation's archbishop? Why would the government, and the oligarchy that supported it, believe it necessary to repress the church in such a brutal manner?  Thomas Kelly finds answers to these questions by exploring the church's identity and mission during the colonial period (1500 - 1820) and the transformative impact of Vatican II (1962 - 65) on the Latin American bishops. He considers Grande's life, formation, ministry, and death and his impact on Archbishop Romero. Finally, Kelly explains what Grande and the church of El Salvador can teach North American Catholics today.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50531638477073,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50531639689489,"sku":"CIN0814680771VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52435120783633,"sku":"NLS9780814680773","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0814680771.jpg?v=1751170742"},{"product_id":"mixville-book-thomas-m-kelly-9781480036659","title":"Mixville","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51220426227985,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51220427014417,"sku":"NIN9781480036659","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/148003665X.jpg?v=1751116614"},{"product_id":"theology-at-the-void-book-thomas-m-kelly-9780268033538","title":"Theology at the Void","description":"This text explores the intersection of the questions: What is human being?, What is language? and What is theology? 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Kelly begins the discussion with an analysis of Friedrich Schleiermacher's understanding of human experience, language, and theology to articulate the Christian faith. Twentieth-century thinkers Wayne Proudfoot and George Lindbeck are introduced early in the text as critics of Schleiermacher's approach, which, they maintain, is dependent upon a culturally limited theological anthropology. Kelly argues that contrary to Schleiermacher's \"turn to the subject\" theological methodology, postmodern thinkers assign no priority to experience but rather assert that languages and cultural systems construct experience.   As one solution to the tension between these two camps, Kelly proposes two alternative approaches: George Steiner and Karl Rahner. In his book Real Presences, renowned literary critic George Steiner suggests a possibility for moving beyond the more radical anthropological elements of the postmodern critique. Karl Rahner offers a theological alternative that is sensitive both to the postmodern critique as well as to the nature of Catholic theology. Kelly demonstrates how both of these great thinkers provide a viable resolution to a major problem facing systematic theology. In the end, Kelly finds Rahner's resolution most persuasive.   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