tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post144456974189040538..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: Karl Keating And Fr. Thomas P. Rausch, S.J.Joseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-84460233749526618902011-11-20T11:38:04.389-05:002011-11-20T11:38:04.389-05:00Saunders,
I agree that more evangelism is appropr...Saunders,<br /><br />I agree that more evangelism is appropriate for the Jesuits. I give such advice with hesitation, however, since there are so many truly horrible role models for evangelism. Ironically, it is because the Jesuits would prefer to be humble, prefer to allow others to live their lives, prefer to allow others to make their choices, prefer to work at modeling their life after Jesus, and prefer to leave evangelism to other religions that qualifies the Jesuits to be evangelists. They should not move too far out of their comfort zone, however. They would lose the very qualities that make them appropriate spokesmen for God.<br /><br />I hope it is understood that evangelism is not about quotas, conversions, or even about Catholicism. It is about God and his values and judgments. The “rules” and “dogma” of Catholicism are really specific reflections of instances of Gods values and judgments. It is the underlying values and judgments that are the real goals - even when they disagree with Catholic dogma.<br /><br />We need more role models for evangelism. The Jesuits have the opportunity to redefine evangelism.TonyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383259752181717440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-35289479786984652772011-11-17T06:37:10.000-05:002011-11-17T06:37:10.000-05:00The stoicism for evangelistic activity is a root c...The stoicism for evangelistic activity is a root cause of the vocation crisis in the Society. Liberation Theology is manifestation of this stoicism.Saunders in Maldennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-79666482109579956232011-11-17T00:21:51.680-05:002011-11-17T00:21:51.680-05:00Karl Keating takes a well-reasoned position. I wis...Karl Keating takes a well-reasoned position. I wish that Fr. Thomas had taken such a well-reasoned position.TonyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383259752181717440noreply@blogger.com