Renewing Theology

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"J. Matthew Ashley investigates Ignatian spirituality and three prominent 20th-century theologians who embraced its spiritual resources: Karl Rahner, Ignacio Ellacuria, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio-that is, Pope Francis. Ashley offers case studies to show how each Jesuit responded to the challenges of modernity in a way that is uniquely nourished and illuminated by themes constitutive of Ignatian spirituality." -American Catholic Studies Newsletter

"A splendid exhibition of the profound harmonies to be found between the needs of the modern world, the mission of theology and the spirituality of Ignatius." -The Way

"A beautiful and inspiring argument about the importance of meeting God-a personal relationship. . . .This book will be very useful as a textbook and for scholarly researchers." -Catholic Library World

"Ashley makes a convincing case that spirituality "should exist in a mutually fructifying relationship with theology," and I hope his work inspires much future conversation about how different spiritualities and theologies might help us to navigate the boundaries that separate us." -Horizons

"To revivify theology's relationship with a way of living in the world, Ashley does not merely demonstrate its possibility abstractly; he shows us. He shows us not just that renewing theology is needed, but imagines what it might look like, allowing readers to begin imagining how a renewal of this kind could take shape in their own theological tradition, within their own context, within their own lives." -America Magazine

"Renewing Theology is an important contribution to understanding Ignatian theology, more the intersection of theology and spirituality, but even more to the renewal of theology in our time. A wide reading by graduate students and theologians may just help us to see fresh ways of theologizing." -Reading Religion

"Among the book's numerous successes is Ashley's creative presentation of Rahner as retrieving Ignatian spirituality so as to present a message and mission of consolation to the modern world; thus Rahner can be aproductive model for academic theology today." -Philosophy & Theology

"Unlike Rahner and Ellacuria, Francis is not exactly a theologian; his ministry is essentially pastoral. Yet there is no doubt that the spiritual tradition of the Society has played a determinative role in the lives of all three, as Ashley's excellent study of the Ignatian contribution to the theological craft makes abundantly clear. -Theological Studies