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Philosophical Theology, Practical theology, Contextual Theologies, Theology and Literature, Interreligious Dialogue and Education, Philosophy, and 20 moreTheology and philosophy, Theology, Higher Education, Philosophy Of Religion, Émmanuel Lévinas, Refugee Studies, Theological Ethics, Theological Hermeneutics, Religious Education, Christian Spirituality, Continental Philosophy of Religion (Theology), Theopoetics, Edmond Jabes, Contemporary Philosophy and Poetry: Emmanuel Levinas and Paul Celan, Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Theology and Culture, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Restorative Justice edit
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Terry A. Veling is a theological educator and writer who has lived and taught in the United States, Israel and Austra... moreTerry A. Veling is a theological educator and writer who has lived and taught in the United States, Israel and Australia. His writing is both personal and scholarly. He is married with four sons. His interests include theology, philosophy and the natural world. He lives on a 16 acre bushland property on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia. edit
In the interests of making this text more widely accessible, I am offering it here as a PDF. However, if you want to support theological writing, please consider purchasing this text. Love watches over justice. Along with social justice,... more
In the interests of making this text more widely accessible, I am offering it here as a PDF. However, if you want to support theological writing, please consider purchasing this text. Love watches over justice. Along with social justice, we need social mercy. When the two are in harmony, we can attain social healing.
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This volume of poetry and prose expresses the vital connection between poetry and the human spirit. A preview is available here: https://wipfandstock.com/someone-to-love-someone-like-you.html
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A collection of poetry gleaned from spiral-bound notebooks under the themes (1) "Combining the Letters" and (2) "Mystery and Majesty."
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Contents and Fist Chapter Preview. "The works of Emmanuel Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi horror, are striking in the constancy of their thought and the strength of their appeal. We are not condemned to evil and hatred; rather we are... more
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"The works of Emmanuel Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi horror, are striking in the constancy of their thought and the strength of their appeal. We are not condemned to evil and hatred; rather we are called to be-for-each-other. For You Alone explores the relational and religious quality of Levinas’ work.
"The works of Emmanuel Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi horror, are striking in the constancy of their thought and the strength of their appeal. We are not condemned to evil and hatred; rather we are called to be-for-each-other. For You Alone explores the relational and religious quality of Levinas’ work.
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Veling's work is a meditative exploration of the relationship between justice and mercy. While it recognises the importance of social justice - as a mutual indebtedness - it argues that without social mercy, even justice itself cannot... more
Veling's work is a meditative exploration of the relationship between justice and mercy. While it recognises the importance of social justice - as a mutual indebtedness - it argues that without social mercy, even justice itself cannot save us. Mercy is not the opposite or complement of justice, but its very condition.
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"A probing introduction to the meaning and methods of Practical Theology. “Practical theology” has emerged as a distinctive approach to the theological task. Rather than seeing itself as a “branch” of theology, practical theology is a... more
"A probing introduction to the meaning and methods of Practical Theology.
“Practical theology” has emerged as a distinctive approach to the theological task. Rather than seeing itself as a “branch” of theology, practical theology is a theological sensibility highlighting the need to “read the signs of the times.” Veling sketches the contours of practical theology and explores its key elements to reflect on the deeper role of theology in the church and society.
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“Practical theology” has emerged as a distinctive approach to the theological task. Rather than seeing itself as a “branch” of theology, practical theology is a theological sensibility highlighting the need to “read the signs of the times.” Veling sketches the contours of practical theology and explores its key elements to reflect on the deeper role of theology in the church and society.
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Preview available here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781592440917/living-in-the-margins/ The living space of "the margins" is a vital space of interpretive commentary that takes place between "the written" (our sacred texts and tradition)... more
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The living space of "the margins" is a vital space of interpretive commentary that takes place between "the written" (our sacred texts and tradition) and the "unwritten" (our contemporary questions and concerns). This text is inspired by a verse from the Jewish poet, Edmond Jabes: "Ah, who will ever count the centuries examined in the margins of our book."
The living space of "the margins" is a vital space of interpretive commentary that takes place between "the written" (our sacred texts and tradition) and the "unwritten" (our contemporary questions and concerns). This text is inspired by a verse from the Jewish poet, Edmond Jabes: "Ah, who will ever count the centuries examined in the margins of our book."
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An abbreviated version from a longer work that speaks about "Facing the Other" and "Being Faced."
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Religion need not only be studied from the “outside” in an analytical fashion, but can also be studied from the “inside” in a theological fashion. Challenging the religious/secular divide, this paper argues that the duty of religious... more
Religion need not only be studied from the “outside” in an analytical fashion, but can also be studied from the “inside” in a theological fashion. Challenging the religious/secular divide, this paper argues that the duty of religious faith is to humanise our world or to personalise our world, to overcome the world of “It” and welcome the presence of “You.”
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Prologue to my new book of poetry and prose: "Someone to Love, Someone Like You: Poems of Divine and Human Love."
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Theological education is primarily concerned with bringing theology into serious engagement with the social, cultural, political and ecclesial contexts shaping our lives.
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This paper is a response to Heather Walton's 2017 Presidential Address to the International Academy of Practical Theology, "A Theopoetics of Practice: Re-forming in Practical Theology." It explores a key question raised by Walton: "If we... more
This paper is a response to Heather Walton's 2017 Presidential Address to the International Academy of Practical Theology, "A Theopoetics of Practice: Re-forming in Practical Theology." It explores a key question raised by Walton: "If we were to construct a way of imagining a theopoetics of practical theology, what would it look like?"
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Reclaiming Eucharist at the Heart of Small Community Life. In COMPASS 26/1 (Autumn 1992): 33-39.
Small Christian Communities: In the Mainstream and in the Margins. In COMPASS 26/1 (Autumn 1992): 26-32.
Drawing on Levinas' writings, this paper is a reflection on society, justice and mercy.
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Abstract — Along with his philosophical works, Emmanuel Levinas also produced collections of his own Talmudic commentaries. He credits his Talmudic learning to an enigmatic and mysterious teacher, Chouchani, who influenced Levinas in the... more
Abstract — Along with his philosophical works, Emmanuel Levinas also produced collections of his own Talmudic commentaries. He credits his Talmudic learning to an enigmatic and mysterious teacher, Chouchani, who influenced Levinas in the postwar years. Levinas gives little credence to the rise of modern historical-critical methods of exegesis. Rather, the method he learned from Chouchani drew on ancient practices of rab- binic and Talmudic interpretation. The meanings taught by Talmudic texts are drawn from the deeply symbolic well of Scripture, filled with signs, stories, and teachings. According to Levinas, we cannot rely solely on an historical method to access the deeper well of meanings found in the Scriptures. The aim of this essay is to explore Levinas’s critique of historical criticism and to distil some of the hermeneutical approaches he proposes in his Talmudic commentaries.
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An approach to family-centred religious education
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This paper makes a case for poetics as an essential "reserve of vitality" for practical theology: the "theo-logical" needs the "theo-poetical."
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This chapter is a contribution to a volume of essays in honour of Bernard J. Lee, S.M.
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In memory of my father, I offer four testimonial reflections from people I admire who have recently died: Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Dorothee Soelle, and Johnny Cash.
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Death Studies, Practical theology, Spirituality, Continental Philosophy, Paul Ricoeur, and 11 moreLevinas, Pastoral Theology, Christian Spirituality, Spirituality & Counselling & Psychotherapy, Dorothee Soelle, Rites of Passage, Paul Ricouer, Clinical Pastoral Counseling, Clinical Pastoral Education, Emmanuel Levinas, and Johnny Cash (singer)
This essay is a reflection on "personality" - as unique, as holy, as natural - and suggests that the duty of religious faith is to "humanise" our world or to "personalise" our world: to overcome the world of "It" and welcome the presence... more
This essay is a reflection on "personality" - as unique, as holy, as natural - and suggests that the duty of religious faith is to "humanise" our world or to "personalise" our world: to overcome the world of "It" and welcome the presence of "Thou." This is also what it means to "divinise" our world - hallowing each other and each created life as holy.
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This essay is a reflection on the place of Catholic practical theology within the field of theological disciplines. It suggests that practical theology is a discipline in the sense that it is a practice or a way of life – a... more
This essay is a reflection on the place of Catholic practical theology within the field of theological disciplines. It suggests that practical theology is a discipline in the sense that it is a practice or a way of life – a discipleship. To venture a theological life is to live theologically. It is not so much to ask about the ways that theology can be made practical; rather, it is to ask how the practices of my life can be made theological.
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Translation, like the art of interpretation, necessarily involves an original. This suggests that orginality lay at the heart of every translation; there must be some spark of originality that inspires or ignites our efforts toward deeper... more
Translation, like the art of interpretation, necessarily involves an original. This suggests that orginality lay at the heart of every translation; there must be some spark of originality that inspires or ignites our efforts toward deeper or better understandings. The relationship between originality and translation is not only concerned with a "text" and a "reader," but also between "I and thou" and all that addresses and reveals itself to me in its "thou-like" originality. This essay considers the relationship between translation and the "original," and their intimate and yet unfathomable bond.
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This article seeks to show that the practices teachers and students engage in—reading, writing, reflection, conversation, teaching, learning—can be spiritually formative. The first part, “Listening to the Voices of the Pages,” explores... more
This article seeks to show that the practices teachers and students engage in—reading, writing, reflection, conversation, teaching, learning—can be spiritually formative. The first part, “Listening to the Voices of the Pages,” explores the monastic approach to reading known as lectio divina, and my own efforts to transpose this ancient method of reading into a twenty-first-century classroom. The second part, “Combining the Letters,” explores the creative power of words to name and bring forth life, and my own efforts to encourage
and inspire students to write.
and inspire students to write.
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This essay is a meditative exploration of the relationship between justice and mercy. While it recognises the importance of social justice - as a mutual indebtedness - it argues that without social mercy, even justice itself cannot save... more
This essay is a meditative exploration of the relationship between justice and mercy. While it recognises the importance of social justice - as a mutual indebtedness - it argues that without social mercy, even justice itself cannot save us. Mercy is not the opposite or complement of justice, but its very condition.
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This essay is a reading of transcendence and relationship in the writings of the Jewish philosopher and Talmudic commentator, Emmanuel Levinas.
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""Abstract: "Theology's About Face" makes a tentative and initial link between theology and the ethical concerns of Levinas' writing, particularly around his notion of responsibility for the face of the other as presented in his first... more
""Abstract: "Theology's About Face" makes a tentative and initial link between theology and the ethical concerns of Levinas' writing, particularly around his notion of responsibility for the face of the other as presented in his first major work, Totality and Infinity. "Being Faced" echoes themes from Levinas' second major work, Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence. This essay explores the metaphor of "being faced" (with the sense of persecution and obligation this imposes upon us) in contrast to our more familiar and usual stance of "facing being" (with the sense of anxiety and questioning this produces in us).
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What does it mean to live in the margin of tradition? The interpretive space of the margins is a productive and creative engagement with the wisdom of tradition and new, contemporary situations.
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"In the wake of the Holocaust and other atrocities,
the question is asked, “How can we continue to live together knowing that we are capable of such inhumanity?”"
the question is asked, “How can we continue to live together knowing that we are capable of such inhumanity?”"
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This essay, a reflective inquiry about identity, draws upon the insights of contemporary philosophers (Buber, Caputo, Derrida, Levinas) to explore the role of the other in our quest for identity. The author suggests that by our asking the... more
This essay, a reflective inquiry about identity, draws upon the insights of contemporary philosophers (Buber, Caputo, Derrida, Levinas) to explore the role of the other in our quest for identity. The author suggests that by our asking the question of “who” rather than “why” or “what” we come to deeper understanding of ourselves.
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This article serves as an introduction to the writings of Jewish Poet, Edmond Jabes.
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A selection of poetry
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"One of the Best Classrooms Ever" -- a reflection on teaching theology to Karen Refugee students on the Thai-Burma border.
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A Good Friday reflection on the 900th anniversary of the death of St. Anselm.
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This is an editorial from the Australian Ejournal of Theology. It reflects on theology as a healing discipline, drawing on the musical "philosophy" of Dr. Van Morrison.
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https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/encounter/i-thou/3390520 Catholic theologian and academic Terry Veling explores with friends, students and colleagues the way we form identity and meaning through our relationships... more
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/encounter/i-thou/3390520
Catholic theologian and academic Terry Veling explores with friends, students and colleagues the way we form identity and meaning through our relationships and respect for the other. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Download Audio" (great music included!) or "Show Transcript."
Catholic theologian and academic Terry Veling explores with friends, students and colleagues the way we form identity and meaning through our relationships and respect for the other. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Download Audio" (great music included!) or "Show Transcript."
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https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/encounter/testimony/3482678
On Easter Sunday Encounter explores reflections on Testimony. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Play Audio" or "Show Transcript."
On Easter Sunday Encounter explores reflections on Testimony. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Play Audio" or "Show Transcript."
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https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/encounter/seven-stories-of-love-and-death/3305924 A sequence of stories where literature, theology and environmental science ask hard questions about love and death. Open the... more
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/encounter/seven-stories-of-love-and-death/3305924
A sequence of stories where literature, theology and environmental science ask hard questions about love and death. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Show Transcript."
A sequence of stories where literature, theology and environmental science ask hard questions about love and death. Open the abc.net link above and click on "Show Transcript."
Review of "Practical Theology" by Michael Loughnane
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Dan Fleming reviews "For You Alone"
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Review of John Honner's works. Does God Like Being God? And Other Tricky Questions about God (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2019) Did Jesus Have a Girlfriend? And Other Tricky Questions about Jesus (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist... more
Review of John Honner's works.
Does God Like Being God? And Other Tricky Questions about God (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2019)
Did Jesus Have a Girlfriend? And Other Tricky Questions about Jesus (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2022)
Does God Like Being God? And Other Tricky Questions about God (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2019)
Did Jesus Have a Girlfriend? And Other Tricky Questions about Jesus (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2022)
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This review of my text on Levinas by Jennifer Rosato appeared in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1 (Winter 2016)
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This review of my text, THE BEATITUDE OF MERCY, by Gerard Hall, appeared in AEJT 18:1 (April 2011)
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This review by Matthew Del Nevo appeared in RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 102/3 (Summer 2007)
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This review of my text, LIVING IN THE MARGINS, by John Honner, appeared in PACIFICA 10 (February 1997)
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"I possess nothing but the everyday...I know no fullness but each mortal hour's fullness of claim and responsibility."
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This is an extract from Julian of Norwich, "Revelations of Divine Love."
"It is more important to speak to God rather than about God."
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Have we neglected to develop an appreciative consciousness?
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“We are all beneficiaries of the deep history of this continent and its long human occupancy stretching back thousands of generations. Immerse yourself in this legacy. It is a shared history in a shared country.” (Margo Neale and Lynne... more
“We are all beneficiaries of the deep history of this continent and its long human occupancy stretching back thousands of generations. Immerse yourself in this legacy. It is a shared history in a shared country.”
(Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly, "Songlines")
(Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly, "Songlines")
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"First Knowledges" is a series of six books edited by Margo Neale covering topics such as Songlines, Country, plants, law, design, astronomy from an Australian Indigenous perspective. The basic premise of this series is that Indigenous... more
"First Knowledges" is a series of six books edited by Margo Neale covering topics such as Songlines, Country, plants, law, design, astronomy from an Australian Indigenous perspective. The basic premise of this series is that Indigenous "First Knowledges" and "Western knowledges" need not be in opposition but can work together.
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We seem stuck in endless studies about Vatican II and unable to move on.