Lawrence S. Cunningham

Lawrence S. Cunningham teaches at the University of Notre Dame and is author of An Introduction to Catholicism (Cambridge University Press).

Articles by Lawrence S. Cunningham

Books

Europe Today and Tomorrow

By Joseph Ratzinger

Without Roots

The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam

By Joseph Ratzinger and Marcello Pera

The Dialectics of Secularization

On Reason and Religion

By Jürgen Habermas and Joseph Ratzinger

On Conscience

By Joseph Ratzinger

Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church

By Pope Benedict XVI

The Fathers of the Church

From Clement of Rome to Augustine of Hippo

By Pope Benedict XVI; edited by Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ

Benedict the teacher

Jun 28, 2011 by Lawrence S. Cunningham

David Tracy once distinguished three audiences for the theologian: the church, the general public and the academic community. Joseph Ratzinger has spoken powerfully to all three.

Books

The Spirit of Vatican II

A History of Catholic Reform in America

By Colleen McDannell

The Spirit of Vatican II, by Colleen McDannell

May 11, 2011 reviewed by Lawrence S. Cunningham

Colleen McDannell confesses that integrating family history with scholarship is not for the faint of heart. In this valiant attempt McDannell tells the story of her Catholic parents in tandem with a discussion of the changes that were played out in the 20th century in the Catholic Church as a whole.

Books

The Foundations of Mysticism

Origins to the Fifth Century

By Bernard McGinn

The Growth of Mysticism

Gregory the Great Through the 12th Century

By Bernard McGinn

The Flowering of Mysticism

Men and Women in the New Mysticism: 1200-1350

By Bernard McGinn

The Harvest of Mysticism in Medieval Germany

By Bernard McGinn

God Matters

Herbert McCabe

God Still Matters

Herbert McCabe

Theology and Social Theory

Beyond Secular Reason

By John Milbank

The Beauty of the Infinite

The Aesthetics of Christian Truth

By David Bentley Hart

Lawrence S. Cunningham: 5 picks

Essential theology books of the past 25 years

Oct 04, 2010 selected by Lawrence S. Cunningham

Bernard McGinn, The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. In terms of sheer scholarship, this series is the most important contribution to the field of theology in the past quarter century.

Books

Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their Faith

Jerome P. Baggett

Sense of the Faithful: How American Catholics Live Their Faith

Dec 29, 2009 reviewed by Lawrence S. Cunningham
Jerome Baggett wanted to know how Catholics live their faith, how they interact in their worship community and how they relate to the larger church and their civic community. So he visited six Catholic parishes in the San Francisco Bay area and interviewed or reviewed questionnaires filled out by 300 parishioners.