The contemporary Catholic Church finds itself in deep crisis as it questions which elements are essential to the Catholic faith, and which can be changed. Bringing a longue durée perspective to this issue, Michael Seewald historicizes the problem and investigates how theologians of the past addressed it in light of the challenges that they faced in their time. He explores the intense intellectual efforts made by theologians to explain how new components were added to Christian doctrine ove...

The Catholic Church is under great pressure to change. The list of debated topics is long: women’s rights, same-sex partnerships, the involvement of the laity, etc. Michael Seewald makes it clear: the Church could be more flexible than it is currently. Discussions about reform move within a narrow dogmatic framework, but this is only one of many possibilities. Here Michael Seewald shows how it is possible for the Catholic Church to undergo fundamental reform while at the same time remainin...

Was den jüdischen, christlichen und islamischen Glauben verbindet: Gott sprichtDer Glaube von Juden, Christen und Muslimen setzt voraus, dass Gott spricht und sich offenbart. Doch wie stellen sich die drei monotheistischen Religionen ein Sprechen Gottes und die göttliche Offenbarung vor? Und welche Sprache sprechen wir, wenn wir über und mit Gott sprechen - sei es im Gebet, im Gottesdienst oder in Diskussionen?Der Judaist Alfred Bodenheimer, der katholische...

Magma to MicrobePublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 178.Hydrothermal systems at oceanic spreading centers reflect the complex interactions among transport, cooling and crystallization of magma, fluid circulation in the crust, tectonic processes, water-rock interaction, and the utilization of hydrothermal fluids as a metabolic energy source by microbial and macro-biological ecosystems. The development of mathematica...