Himes
Merton
Reuther
Berry
Catholic Social Teaching
100
“If something is always and everywhere the case, it must be noticed, accepted and celebrated somewhere sometime.”
What is the Sacramental Principle
100
How Merton died at age 53 in a hotel room in Bangkok.
What is electrocuted by a faulty wire
100
This is unique in explicitly using women’s experience to shape theology.
What is Feminist Theology
100
Berry argues that this is essential for reorienting humanity to a proper relationship with creation.
What is a New Story
100
The US Catholic Bishops divide Catholic Social Teaching into this number of themes.
What is Seven
200
The love of God outside the Trinity
What is Grace
200
Merton uses these two animals to explain a life lived in fear of death.
What is a Cat and Mouse
200
The critical principle in feminist theology.
What is the promotion of the full humanity of women
200
Berry suggests that this should be put on a shelf for twenty years so that it can be returned to with a fresh perspective.
What is the Bible
200
Conceived by Catholic Social Teaching as both individual and social, and created for love.
What is the Human Person
300
God encountering people through created realities.
What is Mediation
300
It functions to manifest a union that already exists but is not fully realized.
What is Symbol
300
Systems and patterns of male-dominance and privilege.
What is Patriarchy
300
A theological belief that does not distinguish God from creation
What is Pantheism
300
Letters circulated by the Pope and addressed to the world’s bishops, all Catholics, and more recently to ‘all people of good will.’
What are Papal Encyclicals
400
Central to the Christian faith but has had diverse interpretations as to its cause and effect.
What is The Incarnation
400
Merton describes this as "the perfection of life."
What is Love
400
The Greek word for 'Wisdom' who is personified in some books of the Bible.
What is Sophia
400
Explains how non-human creation reflects God by 'bearing the fingerprints' of the Creator.
What is Vestigia Dei
400
The central principle of Catholic Social Teaching
What is the dignity of the human person
500
A theological principle that describes Catholicism's essentially social anthropology and concept of faith.
What is Communion
500
Rather than distance or separateness, Merton links this concept with the center of existence itself.
What is Transcendence
500
A form of feminism the emphasizes women's uniqueness and virtues
What is Romantic Feminism
500
A manifestation of God in human experience and the way in which Berry views all of the universe.
What is Theophany
500
A concept in Catholic Social Teaching that explains how people are to relate to the experiences of others.
What is Solidarity
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