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Contesting Chaosmos: (Re)Viewing Medieval Aesthetics / Kristen Drahos in The Irish Theological Quarterly, 89/2 (2024)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 99-114 Titre : Contesting Chaosmos: (Re)Viewing Medieval Aesthetics Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kristen Drahos, Auteur Année de publication : 2026 Article en page(s) : 99-114 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article analyses the hermeneutic dispute of the contemporary value of medieval aesthetics within the writing of two giants in the 20th century—Umberto Eco and Hans Urs von Balthasar. I claim that Eco’s Joycean adaptation of medieval aesthetics uses religious language to insert a permanent, postmodern aesthetic dismantling of cosmic form. I argue that Balthasar’s reading of Dante challenges the limits that Eco frames as inherent within the medieval cosmos, and that Balthasar offers an adaptive medieval aesthetics that rebuts the religious overhaul Eco demands. This debate amplifies the flexibility of aesthetics based on form to attune to contemporary concerns while remaining faithful to the fundamental religious commitments of Christian tradition. [article] Contesting Chaosmos: (Re)Viewing Medieval Aesthetics [texte imprimé] / Kristen Drahos, Auteur . - 2026 . - 99-114. Langues : Anglais (eng) in The Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 99-114 Résumé : This article analyses the hermeneutic dispute of the contemporary value of medieval aesthetics within the writing of two giants in the 20th century—Umberto Eco and Hans Urs von Balthasar. I claim that Eco’s Joycean adaptation of medieval aesthetics uses religious language to insert a permanent, postmodern aesthetic dismantling of cosmic form. I argue that Balthasar’s reading of Dante challenges the limits that Eco frames as inherent within the medieval cosmos, and that Balthasar offers an adaptive medieval aesthetics that rebuts the religious overhaul Eco demands. This debate amplifies the flexibility of aesthetics based on form to attune to contemporary concerns while remaining faithful to the fundamental religious commitments of Christian tradition.

The Emergence of ‘Dialogue’ as a Core Concept of Revelation in Magisterial Teaching / Ryan K. McAleer in The Irish Theological Quarterly, 89/2 (2024)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 115-132 Titre : The Emergence of ‘Dialogue’ as a Core Concept of Revelation in Magisterial Teaching Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ryan K. McAleer, Auteur Année de publication : 2026 Article en page(s) : 115-132 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article analyses key magisterial documents, investigating the emergence and development of the concept of dialogue in the teaching of the Church since the Second Vatican Council, demonstrating how this concept is central for an articulation of revelation and its dynamic outworking in salvation history. Beginning with Vatican II’s Dei verbum (1965), and its recognition that revelation is a dialogical word-event reality, an overview of magisterial documents in the years immediately following the Council will show how dialogue was reduced to a functional practice for the Church’s mission. Verbum Domini (2010) marks the beginning of a return towards dialogue in magisterial teaching with its re-reading of Dei verbum, bringing the concept of dialogue from the edge of the Church’s life back to the centre of fundamental theology. The social teaching of Pope Francis has continued to deepen this recovery of the dialogical dynamic of revelation. [article] The Emergence of ‘Dialogue’ as a Core Concept of Revelation in Magisterial Teaching [texte imprimé] / Ryan K. McAleer, Auteur . - 2026 . - 115-132. Langues : Anglais (eng) in The Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 115-132 Résumé : This article analyses key magisterial documents, investigating the emergence and development of the concept of dialogue in the teaching of the Church since the Second Vatican Council, demonstrating how this concept is central for an articulation of revelation and its dynamic outworking in salvation history. Beginning with Vatican II’s Dei verbum (1965), and its recognition that revelation is a dialogical word-event reality, an overview of magisterial documents in the years immediately following the Council will show how dialogue was reduced to a functional practice for the Church’s mission. Verbum Domini (2010) marks the beginning of a return towards dialogue in magisterial teaching with its re-reading of Dei verbum, bringing the concept of dialogue from the edge of the Church’s life back to the centre of fundamental theology. The social teaching of Pope Francis has continued to deepen this recovery of the dialogical dynamic of revelation.

Supersessionism and the Cult Attitude of Stephen and Hebrews / Nicholas J. Moore in The Irish Theological Quarterly, 89/2 (2024)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 133-150 Titre : Supersessionism and the Cult Attitude of Stephen and Hebrews Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Nicholas J. Moore, Auteur Année de publication : 2026 Article en page(s) : 133-150 Langues : Français (fre) Résumé : In the face of continued debates about Christian supersessionism with regard to Judaism, this article revisits two texts which have been thought to display the harshest anti-temple attitudes in the New Testament: Stephen’s speech in Acts 7, and the Letter to the Hebrews. Many scholars believe these two texts are connected, and a perceived anti-cultic attitude forms one of the key alleged similarities between the two. The article first examines shared lexical and conceptual points between the two texts, affirming their proximity. It then examines each text’s cult attitude in turn. Stephen portrays the temple as divinely given yet always subordinate to God’s heavenly presence. Hebrews frames deficiencies in the Levitical cultus as divinely intended in light of the heavenly tabernacle. These texts therefore do not condemn but instead relativize Israel’s earthly sanctuary/ies, in keeping with themes in Israel’s Scriptures, and thus should not be regarded as supsersessionist. [article] Supersessionism and the Cult Attitude of Stephen and Hebrews [texte imprimé] / Nicholas J. Moore, Auteur . - 2026 . - 133-150. Langues : Français (fre) in The Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 133-150 Résumé : In the face of continued debates about Christian supersessionism with regard to Judaism, this article revisits two texts which have been thought to display the harshest anti-temple attitudes in the New Testament: Stephen’s speech in Acts 7, and the Letter to the Hebrews. Many scholars believe these two texts are connected, and a perceived anti-cultic attitude forms one of the key alleged similarities between the two. The article first examines shared lexical and conceptual points between the two texts, affirming their proximity. It then examines each text’s cult attitude in turn. Stephen portrays the temple as divinely given yet always subordinate to God’s heavenly presence. Hebrews frames deficiencies in the Levitical cultus as divinely intended in light of the heavenly tabernacle. These texts therefore do not condemn but instead relativize Israel’s earthly sanctuary/ies, in keeping with themes in Israel’s Scriptures, and thus should not be regarded as supsersessionist.

Herbert McCabe on the Development of Doctrine / Taylor Payne in The Irish Theological Quarterly, 89/2 (2024)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 151-163 Titre : Herbert McCabe on the Development of Doctrine Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Taylor Payne, Auteur Année de publication : 2026 Article en page(s) : 151-163 Langues : Français (fre) Résumé : This article explores Herbert McCabe’s work on the development of doctrine. It contends that he provides a perspective that helps theologians move beyond the stale disputes that identify one’s position on this subject as either ‘conservative’ or ‘progressive.’ In light of his notion of the nature of tradition and use of the concept of a revolution, he is able to argue that the Church’s ongoing reception of her deposit of faith is both a radical and conversative process. By implication, his portrait of this process enables Catholic theologians to carry out their work with academic freedom and joyful wonder. [article] Herbert McCabe on the Development of Doctrine [texte imprimé] / Taylor Payne, Auteur . - 2026 . - 151-163. Langues : Français (fre) in The Irish Theological Quarterly > 89/2 (2024) . - 151-163 Résumé : This article explores Herbert McCabe’s work on the development of doctrine. It contends that he provides a perspective that helps theologians move beyond the stale disputes that identify one’s position on this subject as either ‘conservative’ or ‘progressive.’ In light of his notion of the nature of tradition and use of the concept of a revolution, he is able to argue that the Church’s ongoing reception of her deposit of faith is both a radical and conversative process. By implication, his portrait of this process enables Catholic theologians to carry out their work with academic freedom and joyful wonder.