Center
for Dominican Studies at Ohio Dominican University
New
Dominican Journal Published
COLUMBUS, OH August 27, 2007-- A scholarly journal entitled Dominican
Studies has just been published and distributed
by The Center for Dominican Studies at Ohio
Dominican University.
The project
coincides with the 800th Anniversary celebration of the founding
of the first Dominican monastery in Prouilhe, France, by Saint
Dominic.
The Center for Dominican Studies joins this
celebration in a unique way by opening possibilities for shared
study on issues of importance to the church, culture and society
through the publication of manuscripts that reflect a body
of contemporary wisdom in the Catholic and Dominican traditions.
Featured in this first edition are three commissioned articles
written by Dominican scholars Richard Schenk,
OP, Th.D , Carol Dempsey, OP, Ph.D., and Thomas O’Meara,
OP, Ph. D.
In his article Creative
Fidelity: Remembrance and Forgetting, Renewal and Accommodation
on the 800th Anniversary of the Foundation of Prouille, Richard
Schenk, provides the reader with an historical, challenging
and inspirational view of the rich heritage and call to fidelity bequeathed
to the Order by Dominic de Guzman.
Carol Dempsey’s
article, Isaiah: God’s Poet of Light reminds
us of the richness and relevance of Isaiah’s message for
the contemporary preacher who is challenged to both listen to the
Word and act upon it with intelligence and passion for the truth.
Thomas
O’Meara’s article, Power and Display in
the Church: Yves Congar’s Critique takes
a critical look, at Yves Congar’s 1963 text Pour une
Eglise servante et pauvre (Power and Poverty
in the Church). In O’Meara’s words, “To
read Congar today is to be struck by his passion for the future.”
The publishers of this initial journal hope that it will
be another valuable venue for sharing “the
holy preaching.”
If you are interested in receiving a free copy
of the journal, contact Catherine
Colby, OP, Ed.D., Director
of the Center for Dominican Studies.
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Center for Dominican Studies.
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