THE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS OF
DENNY WAHYUDI, SX
Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 am.
and
Thursday, March 29, at 10 a.m.
ROOM: 336
Board: Father Paul Lachance, OFM (Chair)
Sr. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ
Edmund Chia
MAJOR: SPIRITUALITY
1.) Using Book VIII of the Confessions of Saint Augustine which pertains to his conversion, discuss the content with Lonergan’s theory of human meaning-making and the “conversion theory” of John Cameli. How do you re-appropriate it for catechumens in a college setting of your own country?
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, The Confessions of
Washington Square Press, Inc., 1951, pp.127-148.
Brazier, Roderick, “In Indonesia, the Chinese go to church,” in International Herald
Tribune, http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/27/opinion/edbrazier.php (accessed
January 24, 2007)
Cameli, Louis John, Caring for the Candidate: Insights of Spiritual Theology, in
Conversion and the Catechumenate, Robert Duggan (ed.), N.Y.: Paulist Press,
1997, pp.5-22.
Finn, Thomas M., “It Happened One Saturday Night,” in Journal of the American
Academy Religion, LVIII/4, 58 (1990), pp.589-616.
Lonergan, Bernard, Method in Theology, N.Y.: The Seabury Press, 1972, pp.13-20.
Starnes, Colin, Augustine’s Conversion: A Guide to the Argument of Confessions I-IX,
2.) In the light of Donald Goergen’s three events or phases in spiritual developments (the religious or spiritual awakening, the religious or spiritual identity, and the religious or spiritual commitment), discuss the spiritual life of a celibate person in the Catholic tradition of religious life and it’s growth into a more chaste and religious life.
Crosby, Michael H. Celibacy: Means of Control or Mandate of the Heart?, Notre Dame,
Dorr, Donald, “A Christian Spirituality of Celibacy,” in Time for a Change, A Fresh Look
at Spirituality, Sexuality, Globalisation and the Church, Blackrock, Co
The Columbia Press, 2004, pp.126-146.
Goergen, Donald, The Sexual Celibate,
pp.209-223.
Ridick, Joyce, S.S.C., Treasure in Earthen Vessels: The Vows, Staten
Society of
Sipe, A.W. Richard, Living the Celibate Life: A Search for Models and Meaning,
Liguori-Missouri: Triumph, 2004, pp.126-144.
3.) Discuss Bonhoeffer’s spirituality of God’s vulnerability as regards to the practice of compassion for those in suffering and sorrow in today’s world, especially in the context of
Gateley, Edwina, “Rebirthing God in the New Millennium,” in Spiritual Questions for
the Twenty-First Century, Mary Hembrow Snyder (ed.), Maryknoll-
Orbis Books, 2002, pp.62-66.
Kelly Geffrey B, and F. Burtion Nelson, “Bonhoeffer’s Spirituality and God’s
Vulnerability-Compassion for those in Suffering and Sorrow,” in The Cost of
Moral Discipleship, the Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Michigan/Cambridge-U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003,
pp.173-186.
Macchia, Frank D. “Terrorists, Security,and the Risk of Peace: Toward a Moral Vision,”
in PNEUMA: the Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Volume 26,
No.1, Spring 2004, pp.1-3.
Schiefelbein, Kyle Kenneth, “In the Voices of Those Who Knew Him: An Introduction to
Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” in Word and World Vol.26, Number 1, Winter 2006, pp.77-
85.
Sheldrake, Philip, S.J., “Discipleship and the Cross,” in Images of Holiness, Explorations
in Contemporary Spirituality, Notre Dame-Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1987,
pp.46-61.
Singgih, Emanuel Gerrit, “A Theological Evaluation of Indonesian People’s Reflections
on Suffering,” in CTC Bulletin,
http://www.cca.org.hk/resources/ctc/ctc05-02/ctc05-02e.htm (accessed January
24, 2007)
4.) Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) is a woman mystic from
Abbott, Christopher, Julian of
D.S. Brewer, 1999, pp.160-164.
Bauerschmidt, Frederick C., “Will Everything Really be OK? The Spirituality of Julian
of
Brant, Pelphrey, Julian of
Glazier, 1989, pp.224-258.
Colledge, O.S.A., Edmund and James Walsh, S.J., Julian of
Mahwah-New
Mastro, M.L.del, The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame
Julian of Norwich, Liguori-Missouri: Liguori/Triumph, 1994, pp.1, 3-8, 11-14.
Nuth, Joan M., Wisdom’s Daughter, the Theology of Julian of
Crossroad Publishing Company, 1991, pp.21-39.
Palliser, Margaret Ann, Christ, Our Mother of Mercy,
Gruyter & Co., 1991, pp.105-122.
Testament-Letter of the Founder” no. 10, Xaverian Missionaries Constitution.
5.) Lectio Divina has four ladders, namely, lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio. (They are called as “Jacob’s ladder” by Guigo II). Explain this traditional prayer of Catholic Church that has its roots in monastic tradition.
Bajema, Clifford E., At One with Jesus – Rediscovery the Secret of Lectio Divina, Grand
Rapids-Michigan: CRC Publications, 1998, pp.5-9.
Bianchi, Enzo, “A letter from Guigo II, Prior of the Grand Chartreuse to his friend
Gervase,” in Praying the Word – An Introduction to Lectio Divina (translated by
James W. Zona), Kalamazoo-Michigan/Spencer-MA: Cistercian Publications,1998, pp.100-114.
Casey, Michael, Sacred
Triumph TM Books, 1996, pp.51-76.
Guigo II, The Ladder of Monks, A Letter on the Contemplative Life and Twelve
Meditations, Kalamazoo-Michigan: Cistercian Publications, Inc., 1981, pp.3-35,
65-86.
Keating, Thomas, The Better Part, New York-N.Y.: The Continuum International
Publishing Group Inc., 2000, pp.31-48.
Masini, Mario, Lectio Divina – on Ancient Prayer that is ever new (translated by
pp.39-72.
Pennington, M. Basil, O.C.S.O., Lectio Divina – Renewing the Ancient Practice of
Praying the Scriptures, New York-N.Y.: Cistercian Abbey of Spencer Inc., 1998,
pp.57-58.
MINOR: CROSS-CULTURAL
1.) What do you understand by the term religion and give some ways it is defined? What are some of the approaches to the study of religion? Discuss the various attitudes of the Church to other religions, especially the difference between those before and after the Second Vatican Council.
Cobb, John, Transforming Christianity and the World, Maryknoll-
Books, 1999, p.131, 134-135.
Dupuis, Jacques, Christianity and the Religions: From Confrontation to Dialogue,
Maryknoll-
Eck, Diana, Encountering God, Boston-MA: Beacon Press, 1992, pp.166-199.
Christians: Through Comparative Theology to Solidarity, Maryknoll-
Orbis Books, 2004, pp.1-29.
Hick, John, “Introduction,” in An Interpretation of Religion: The Challenge of Other
Religions,
Hodgson, Peter C, Winds of the Spirit: A Constructive Christian Theology,
Knitter, Paul F., Introducing Theologies of Religions, Maryknoll-
Books, 2002.
Ramsey, Elizabeth and Shannon Ledbetter, “Studying Religion: Issues in Definition and
Method,” in Ian Markham and Tim Ruarell (eds.), Encountering Religion,
2.) Discuss the interreligious dialogue which is going on between Christianity and Buddhism. What are the central issues and themes of such dialogue? Identify the points of convergences and areas of divergences. Discuss Pope John Paul II’s attitude towards Buddhism. Reflect on all this in your own personal context.
Camps, Arnulf, “Experiencing in the Transciency of All Things: Buddhism,” in Partners
in Dialogue: Christianity and Other World Religions, Maryknoll: Orbis, 1983,
pp.100, 102.
Chia, Edmund, “Dialogue with Religions of
(June-July 1998), pp.202-211.
Dumoulin, S.J., Heinrich, Christianity Meets Buddhism, LaSalle-Illinois:
Publishing Company, 1974, pp.31-74.
Fisher, Mary Pat, “Buddhism,” in Living Religious, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994, pp.123, 125,
142-143.
Jayatilleke, K.N., Paul J. Griffiths (ed), “Extracts from The Buddhist Attitude to Other
Religions” in Christianity Through Non-Christian Eyes, Maryknoll-
Lai, Whalen and Michael von Bruck, Christianity and Buddhism: A Multicultural History
of Their Dialogue, Maryknoll-
Lefebure, Leo D., The Buddha and the Christ: Explorations in Buddhist and Christian
Dialogue, Maryknoll-
Sherwin, Byron L. and Harold Kasimow (Eds.) and Paul F. Knitter (General Ed.), John
Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue, Maryknoll-
Yagi, Seiichi and Leonard Swidler, A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue,
Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990, pp.8-37.
3.) What do you understand by the terms inculturation and contextualization? What are some models of inculturation and contextualization? Discuss the presuppositions, strengths, and weaknesses of these models. Apply this to Christianity of the Torajans of Indonesia and explore the theological issues which must be addressed.
Phan, Peter C., In Our Own Tongues, Perspectives from Asia on
Inculturation, Maryknoll-
Schreiter, Robert J., Constructing Local Theologies, Maryknoll-
1985, pp.95-121.
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