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Growing into the Fullness of Christ: Receptive Ecumenism as a Way of Ecclesial Conversion (2022)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2022). Growing into the Fullness of Christ: Receptive Ecumenism as a Way of Ecclesial Conversion. In P. D. Murray, G. A. Ryan, & P. Lakeland (Eds.), Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed (463-480). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192845108.003.0038

This chapter explores the distinctiveness of the theology and practice of ecclesial conversion at work in Receptive Ecumenism relative to other forms of ecumenical theory and engagement. It works through three main steps. First, understanding Recepti... Read More about Growing into the Fullness of Christ: Receptive Ecumenism as a Way of Ecclesial Conversion.

Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed (2022)
Book
Murray, P. D., Ryan, G. A., & Lakeland, P. (Eds.). (2022). Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192845108.001.0001

Receptive Ecumenism asks not what other churches can learn from us, but ‘what can we learn and receive with integrity from our ecclesial others?’. This demands more than viewing gifts from another tradition as objects of reception. Receiving with int... Read More about Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed.

The Reception of Vatican II in Systematic Theology (2021)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2023). The Reception of Vatican II in Systematic Theology. In C. E. Clifford, & M. Faggioli (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II (396-417). Oxford University Press

This chapter does three things. First, it treats of the divergent theological receptions of Vatican II with a view to the challenges which this presents for contemporary Catholic theology and life. Second, it indicates something of the range of ways... Read More about The Reception of Vatican II in Systematic Theology.

Thomas Aquinas and the Potential Catholic Integration of a Dynamic Occasionalist Understanding of Grace (2020)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2020). Thomas Aquinas and the Potential Catholic Integration of a Dynamic Occasionalist Understanding of Grace. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 22(1), 83-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12394

Starting out from John Barclay's Lutheran‐inclined, actualist reading of the in‐breaking quality of grace and the Spirit in Paul, this article asks how a Catholic theology of grace – typically more focused on identifying the relatively stable structu... Read More about Thomas Aquinas and the Potential Catholic Integration of a Dynamic Occasionalist Understanding of Grace.

Discerning the Call of the Spirit to Theological-Ecclesial Renewal: Notes on Being Reasonable and Responsible in Receptive Ecumenical Learning (2019)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2019). Discerning the Call of the Spirit to Theological-Ecclesial Renewal: Notes on Being Reasonable and Responsible in Receptive Ecumenical Learning. In V. Miller, D. Moxon, & S. Pickard (Eds.), Leaning into the Spirit: Ecumenical Perspectives on Discernment and Decision-making in the Church (217-234). Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature)

Ecclesiology as Political Theology: On Delivering on a Transformative Strategic Orientation in Ecclesiology (2019)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2019). Ecclesiology as Political Theology: On Delivering on a Transformative Strategic Orientation in Ecclesiology. Theological Studies, 80(4), 822-844. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040563919874516

This three-section article reappraises both Edward Schillebeeckx’s continuing significance and the relationship between ecclesiology and political theology. Having identified two differing sets of concerns within political theology, the first section... Read More about Ecclesiology as Political Theology: On Delivering on a Transformative Strategic Orientation in Ecclesiology.

Charisma, Institution und Trinität im Werk Karl Rahners: Zur Sicherung einer notwendigen pneumatologische Basis für eine ganzheitliche Theologie des Dienstamts (2018)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2018). Charisma, Institution und Trinität im Werk Karl Rahners: Zur Sicherung einer notwendigen pneumatologische Basis für eine ganzheitliche Theologie des Dienstamts. In G. Werner (Ed.), Gerettet durch Begeisterung: Reform der katholischen Kirche durch pfingstlich-charismatische Religiosität? (145-163). Verlag Herder

In Search of a Way (2017)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2017). In Search of a Way. In G. Wainwright, & P. McPartlan (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Ecumenical studies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199600847.013.45

This chapter explores ecumenical methodology. It is organized in six sections. The first reflects on ecumenism as a ‘method’, a ‘way’, variously understood, about which there is a second-order methodological discourse concerning how it is best pursue... Read More about In Search of a Way.

Receptive Ecumenism: Eine Einführung (2016)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2016). Receptive Ecumenism: Eine Einführung. In C. Böttigheimer, & R. Dausner (Eds.), Vaticanum 21. Die bleibenden Aufgaben des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils im 21. Jahrhundert: Dokumentationsband zum Münchner Kongress "Das Konzil 'eröffnen'" (235-248). Herder

Receptive Ecumenism; Eine Einfuhrung (2016)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2016). Receptive Ecumenism; Eine Einfuhrung. Theologische Quartalschrift (München), 196, 235-247. https://doi.org/10.14623/thq.2016.3.235-247

Der Beitrag zeigt, dass das rezeptive ökumenische Lernen – die Erneuerung und Befähigung durch den getrennten Anderen – der einzige Weg ist, wie sich die gegenwärtig getrennten christlichen Traditionen auf eine volle Einheit hin bewegen können. In di... Read More about Receptive Ecumenism; Eine Einfuhrung.

Ecclesia et Pontifice: On Delivering on the Ecclesiological Implications of Evangelii Gaudium (2016)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2016). Ecclesia et Pontifice: On Delivering on the Ecclesiological Implications of Evangelii Gaudium. Ecclesiology: The Journal for Ministry, Mission and Unity, 12(1), 13-33. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01201005

This article analyses the ecclesiological implications of Pope Francis’s 2013 Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium from the perspective of critical-constructive systematic ecclesiology. The analysis proceeds in three stages. The first, expository,... Read More about Ecclesia et Pontifice: On Delivering on the Ecclesiological Implications of Evangelii Gaudium.

Engaging with the Contemporary Church (2015)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2015). Engaging with the Contemporary Church. In M. Higton, & J. Fodor (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Practice of Christian Theology (278-293). Routledge

The Reception of ARCIC I and II in Europe and Discerning the Strategy and Agenda for ARCIC III (2015)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2015). The Reception of ARCIC I and II in Europe and Discerning the Strategy and Agenda for ARCIC III. Ecclesiology: The Journal for Ministry, Mission and Unity, 11(2), 199-218. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01102005

This essay derives from an address to the inaugural meeting of the third major phase of work of the Anglican – Roman Catholic International Commission (arcic) at the Monastery of Bose, Italy in May 2011. arcic is the official organ for formal bilater... Read More about The Reception of ARCIC I and II in Europe and Discerning the Strategy and Agenda for ARCIC III.

On Celebrating Vatican II as Catholic and Ecumenical (2013)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2013). On Celebrating Vatican II as Catholic and Ecumenical. In G. D’Costa, & E. Harris (Eds.), The Second Vatican Council: Celebrating Its Achievements and the Future (85-103). Bloomsbury

The Shaping of Catholic Theology in the UK Public Academy (2013)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2013). The Shaping of Catholic Theology in the UK Public Academy. In T. Greggs, & R. Muers (Eds.), Theology, Academy, Church and Society: Essays in Honour of David Ford (330-342). Cascade Books

Dominum et Vivificantem Read Today (2011)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2011). Dominum et Vivificantem Read Today. In D. Irarrázaval, P. D. Murray, & M. C. Bingemer (Eds.), Lord and Life-Giver: Spirit Today (142-147). (2011/4). SCM Press

Preface (2008)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2008). Preface. In P. D. Murray (Ed.), Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning: Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism (ix-xv). Oxford University Press

Receptive Ecumensim and the Call to Catholic Learning: Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism (2008)
Book
Murray, P. D. (Ed.). (2008). Receptive Ecumensim and the Call to Catholic Learning: Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism. Oxford University Press

This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - 'Receptive Ecumenism' - that is fitted to the challenges of the contemporary context and has already been internationally recognised as making a distinctive and important new contribut... Read More about Receptive Ecumensim and the Call to Catholic Learning: Exploring a Way for Contemporary Ecumenism.

Catholicism and Ecumenism (2007)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2007). Catholicism and Ecumenism. In A. Hession, & P. Kieran (Eds.), Exploring Theology: Making Sense of the Catholic Tradition (305-316). Dublin: Veritas

On valuing truth in practice: Rome's postmodern challenge (2007)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2007). On valuing truth in practice: Rome's postmodern challenge. In L. P. Hemming, & S. F. Parsons (Eds.), Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith in Reason (184-206). SCM Press

This essay probes whether there can be any real and fruitful dialogue between Roman Catholic self-understanding in relation to truth and postmodern questioning of the value of all such truth-talk, at least as traditionally conceived. After an introdu... Read More about On valuing truth in practice: Rome's postmodern challenge.

Theology 'under the lash’ : theology as idolatry critique in the work of Nicholas Lash (2007)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2007). Theology 'under the lash’ : theology as idolatry critique in the work of Nicholas Lash. In S. C. Barton (Ed.), Idolatry: false worship in the Bible, early Judaism, and Christianity (246-266). T&T Clark

‘It has, in these postmodern times, become a little easier to win a hearing for the suggestion that Ideologiekritik is always, in the last analysis, critique of idolatry.’ ‘[T]he critical dimension of the theological task is to be sought in the direc... Read More about Theology 'under the lash’ : theology as idolatry critique in the work of Nicholas Lash.

Theology 'Under the Lash' : Theology as Idolatry Critique in the Work of Nicholas Lash (2007)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2007). Theology 'Under the Lash' : Theology as Idolatry Critique in the Work of Nicholas Lash. New Blackfriars, 88(1013), 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2006.00131.x

‘It has, in these postmodern times, become a little easier to win a hearing for the suggestion that Ideologiekritik is always, in the last analysis, critique of idolatry.’ ‘[T]he critical dimension of the theological task is to be sought in the direc... Read More about Theology 'Under the Lash' : Theology as Idolatry Critique in the Work of Nicholas Lash.

On Valuing Truth in Practice : Rome's Postmodern Challenge (2006)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2006). On Valuing Truth in Practice : Rome's Postmodern Challenge. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 8(2), 163-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2400.2006.00189.x

This essay probes whether there can be any real and fruitful dialogue between Roman Catholic self-understanding in relation to truth and postmodern questioning of the value of all such truth-talk, at least as traditionally conceived. After an introdu... Read More about On Valuing Truth in Practice : Rome's Postmodern Challenge.

Roman Catholic theology after Vatican II (2005)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2005). Roman Catholic theology after Vatican II. In D. F. Ford, & R. Muers (Eds.), The modern theologians : an introduction to Christian theology since 1918 (265-286). (3rd ed.). Blackwell

The aim of this essay is to explore the key factors, debates and diverse – even conflicting – theological instincts and approaches that have shaped the story of European and North American Roman Catholic theology in the period after Vatican II. With... Read More about Roman Catholic theology after Vatican II.

“The Lasting Significance of Karl Rahner for Contemporary Catholic Theology” (2004)
Journal Article
Murray, P. D. (2004). “The Lasting Significance of Karl Rahner for Contemporary Catholic Theology”. Louvain Studies, 29(1-2), 8-27. https://doi.org/10.2143/ls.29.1.505245

This essay starts out by identifying two contrary but equally inadequate ways in which to receive Rahner’s theological legacy, each of which serves to distort and diminish his true lasting significance for contemporary Catholic theology. Where one wo... Read More about “The Lasting Significance of Karl Rahner for Contemporary Catholic Theology”.

A Liberal Helping of Postliberalism Please (2002)
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. (2002). A Liberal Helping of Postliberalism Please. In M. D. Chapman (Ed.), The Future of Christian Theology (208-218). Ashgate Publishing

Théologie en Dialogue: la Théologie Catholique au Royaume Uni ('The Challenges and Responsibilities of Contemporary Catholic Theology: A UK Perspective')
Book Chapter
Murray, P. D. Théologie en Dialogue: la Théologie Catholique au Royaume Uni ('The Challenges and Responsibilities of Contemporary Catholic Theology: A UK Perspective'). In A. B. de Baenst (Ed.), La théologie: Identité et pertinence: Actes du colloque, du 12 au 14 février 2018 (56-77). Institu d’Études Theologiques de Bruxelles