Edition
Univ.-Prof. DDr. Kurt Appel
Publications (ITALIAN-LANGUAGE Publications) - Edited Volumes (ITALIAN Publications) - Edizione (Pubblicazioni in ITALIANO)
2021
Rescuing fraternity - Together. A call to faith and reflection
P. Sequeri / K. Appel / C. Casalone / D. Cornati / J. Duque / I. Guanzini / M. Neri / GC Pagazzi / V. Rosito / G. Serrano / L. Vantini (Hg.)
Afterword by Vincenzo Paglia (Human Community Series)
Published by the Pontifical Academy for Life. Libreria Editrice Vaticana: Roma 2021
Italian version: Saving brotherhood together - a call for faith and thought
Afterword by Vicenzo Paglia, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: Rome 2021
Spanish version: Save the fraternity - Together
A call to faith and thought, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: Rome 2021
English version: Saving Fraternity - Together
A call for faith and thought, Libreria Editrice Vaticana: Roma 2021
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2020
God, where are you? Rethink prayer in times of emergency
Kurt Appel / Massimo Nardello / Andrés Torres Queiruga (Hg.)
EDB: Bologna 2020
ISBN: 9788-8-1097-6203
Prayer forces us to clarify the God we believe in. The image of an energy, of a distant cause that is at the origin of the universe, dissolves the moment one searches for a God to pray to. The image of the "omnipotent lord of heaven and earth", who from his "beyond" controls what happens among us and intervenes, raises questions in the light of experience: why does he seem to listen only to the prayers of some and many others not? What does the effectiveness of prayer depend on? The words of Jesus sound strange: "pray and it will be given to you", because they speak of a God who does not require any prior condition on the part of the one who prays, nor leaves it uncertain whether he will answer the prayer or not. God listens to the one who prays and answers his prayer. So why do so many people die despite praying to God to save them? Did God not accept the prayer? Or, rather, does he only answer the prayers of those who are particularly close to his heart? The contributions that make up our itinerary intend to address the question of God to guide the answer to these fundamental questions of human experience.
The texts by Kurt Appel and Massimo Nardello were published in an abridged version on the online magazine Settimana News. The text by Andrés Torres Queiruga takes up part of chapter V of the volume I believe in a God made like this. A theologian's responses to objections about faith (EDB, Bologna 2017)
Prophecy of Francis. Trajectories of a pontificate
Foreword by Marcello Neri
Kurt Appel / Daniele Menozzi / Pierangelo Sequeri / Stella Morra / Paolo Benanti / Angelo Vincenzo Zani (Hg.)
EDB: Bologna 2020
ISBN: 9788-8-1041-3043
Francis' pontificate marks the decisive step towards a new style of realization of the Church and its mission in the light of Vatican II. A demanding step that deals with the issues that decide the destiny of humanity and the Earth at the bend of an epochal transition and which cannot ignore the faith of every believer and the active involvement of all the people of God. The contributions collected in This volume guides you through the major themes of Francis' ministry, offering guidance for a better understanding of the Gospel in our time. At the same time they allow a calibrated understanding of the resistance that is generated in the Catholic Church with respect to the Pope's intention to embark on a new season of his mission.
2019
Mercy and tenderness. Pope Francis' theological program
Kurt Appel / Helmut Jakob Deibl (Hg.)
San Paolo Editions: Mailand 2019
ISBN: 9788-8-9222-0454
[ABSTRACT German and English]
Published in German in 2016 under the title: Kurt Appel and Jakob Helmut Deibl (eds.), Mercy and Tender Love. The theological program of Pope Francis, Herder: Freiburg 2016
The pontificate of Pope Francis is causing great changes in the Catholic world, the effects of which are also reflected in both European and global public debate. The purpose of this volume is to show the meaning and theological strength that emanate from the pontificate of Francis starting from the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium, a true manifesto of a reform of the Church, examining the global challenges - interreligious dialogue, migration, urbanization, loss of traditions, environmental catastrophes, social, economic and technological revolutions, processes of theological reorientation - which this programmatic writing addresses. Through the contributions of twenty-seven internationally renowned theologians from all continents, the many facets of the person and theology of Pope Francis are examined. An essay that bears witness to how universal and increasingly polyphonic the Church has become, also from a theological point of view.
With the contributors: Kurt Appel, Eloy Good of the Fountain, Stan Chu Ilo, Piero Coda, Jacob Helmut Deibl OSB, Erwin Dirscherl, John Manuel Duke, Ingeborg Gabriel, Carlos Maria Galli, Miguel Garcia-Baro Lopez, Isabella Guanzini, Mary Jo Iozzio, Annemarie C. Mayer, Marcello Neri, Serena Noceti, Ikenna U. Okafor, Johann Pock, Hans-Joachim Sander, Johann Schelkshorn, Carlos Schickendantz, Pierangelo Sequeri, Christoph Theobald SJ, Andres Torres Queiruga, Jan-Heiner Tück, Lucia Vantini, Roberto Vinco, Damian Wąsek, Knut Wenzel, Felix Wilfred
