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Laughing with God

Humor, Culture, and Transformation

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Laughing with God

Humor, Culture, and Transformation

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

When Sarah overhears God tell Abraham that she will give birth to a son, she laughs. She laughs to herself at the impossibility of her, in her old age, bearing a child (Gen 18:12). But God’s ways are not Sarah’s ways; God is far more wonderful than Sarah imagines. Of course, Sarah does give birth to a son and names him Isaac, whose name means to laugh: God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me (Gen 21:6). Surely, the ancient audience—aware of the many incongruities in this story—did laugh. But can we in modern times recover the divine humor, the paradox and promise, in this and other biblical accounts? Can we use that sacred laughter as a means to evangelize a world that longs for God every bit as much as the ancients did? In Laughing with God: Humor, Culture, and Transformation, Catholic priest and cultural anthropologist Gerald Arbuckle helps us do just that. With Arbuckle, readers will enter many rich biblical stories and come away laughing, not laughter as in response to a joke or comedy, but a profound laughter of the heart. Readers will laugh at Sarah as she laughs at God, and they will laugh together with Sarah and God. Readers will discover divine humor in the parables of Jesus and even in his suffering and death, the ultimate paradox for Christians. In addition to uncovering and recovering humor in Scripture, Arbuckle’s work is a treasure trove of modern examples of humor—from literature, movies, and television—that surprisingly can be a means of transforming cultures to better reflect the kingdom of God. In the end, readers will want to turn the phrase, He who laughs last, laughs best, into, They who laugh with God, evangelize best. Gerald A. Arbuckle, SM, PhD, is co-director of Refounding and Pastoral Development, a research ministry, in Sydney, Australia. He is internationally known for his expertise in helping church leaders minister effectively in a postmodern world. Arbuckle’s most recent books include: Confronting the Demon: A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying; Violence, Society, and the Church: A Cultural Approach; and Healthcare Ministry: Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times (2001 Catholic Press Association Award), all published by Liturgical Press.

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0814683886

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Abuse and Cover-Up

Refounding the Catholic Church in Trauma

By: Arbuckle, Gerald A.

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Abuse and Cover-Up

Refounding the Catholic Church in Trauma

By: Arbuckle, Gerald A.

Written for readers deeply concerned for the future of the church, this book seeks to answer two questions: Why is the culture of the Catholic Church, despite Vatican II's emphasis on collegiality and transparency, still prone to covering up abuses of power? How can this culture change in order to move forward? A timely book on the sex abuse crisis by a scholar who is adept at weaving insights from the social sciences into a framework of practical theology.

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Orbis Books

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1608338037

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The Pandemic and the People of God

Cultural Impacts and Pastoral Responses

By: Arbuckle, Gerald A.

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The Pandemic and the People of God

Cultural Impacts and Pastoral Responses

By: Arbuckle, Gerald A.

Draws from anthropology and theology to provide an analysis of the role of the church in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic"--

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1608339041

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Violence, Society, and the Church

A Cultural Approach

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Violence, Society, and the Church

A Cultural Approach

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

The reality of violence and the fear it generates is constantly in the news. Terrorist attacks across the world and other abuses of power, such as the sexual abuses in the Catholic Church, the continuance of patriarchalism, racism and the negative effects of globalization highlight the relevance of this book. Here the author uniquely explains these forms of violence in the wider context of their cultural roots.

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Liturgical Press

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0814629261

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From Chaos To Mission

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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From Chaos To Mission

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Formation is a rite of passage or initiation ritual. This book draws on the findings of social anthropological studies of initiation rituals and contemporary biblical studies of rites of passage. Since initiation rituals are of critical importance in the life journeys of individuals and groups, the book's central theme is relevant to educationalists and ritual leaders in the Church and secular society. Most religious congregations founded since the thirteenth century were formed for prophetic ministry to a world in change, yet for centuries before Vatican II, their candidates were rarely trained explicitly for this task. Through years of quasi-indoctrination and voluntary incarceration they were taught, in a monastic atmosphere of unchanging order, that the world was evil and to be avoided. Conformity to a theological, ecclesiastical and pastoral status quo was the most esteemed value in a candidate. This emphasis was contrary to the very nature of active religious life. Religious must be prophetic challengers of the status quo within the Church and society. Training for membership in active religious congregations, therefore, must now be radically reformed, but there are no road maps available to direct educationalists in developing programmes that would stimulate candidates to be radically creative in ministry. From Chaos to Mission creates a framework for radical thinking and practical action about the critical issue of formation of religious for mission today.

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A&C Black

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1441192476

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Fundamentalism at Home and Abroad

Analysis and Pastoral Responses

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Fundamentalism at Home and Abroad

Analysis and Pastoral Responses

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

For most people, fundamentalism in the modern world has become synonymous with a radical form of Islam, but fundamentalism in many shapes and forms is also very much present in Western societies. Yes, fundamentalist economic, political, nationalistic, and religious movements are aplenty in the West. Using the lens of cultural anthropology, Gerald A. Arbuckle examines fundamentalist attitudes and movements in this book, exploring why they arise and how readers can constructively respond to them.

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Liturgical Press

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0814684491

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Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians

A Postmodern Critique

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians

A Postmodern Critique

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

The split between the Gospel and culture is without doubt the drama of our time," wrote Paul VI in 1975. Since that time there has been an increasingly urgent awareness that inculturation is an indispensable task of the church. But inculturation, the dialogue between church and cultures, demands first of all that we who would enter into the dialogue understand what "culture" itself means and what dialogue entails. To that end, cultural anthropologist Father Gerald Arbuckle gives us this important volume. He traces the history of the development of the concept of culture, and the too-often negative, rarely positive effects of encounters between church and culture. He explores how Jesus Christ approached the cultures of his time, and outlines the current treatment of culture and inculturation in church documents and in Catholic theology. He shows that modest progress in understanding has recently staled, and there are even forces working to turn that progress into regress. He concludes with a description of inculturation as it needs to happen 'and a sharp critique of those who resist. With a sense of prophetic hope, Arbuckle seeks to help us bridge the lamentable split between Gospel and culture, the drama that continues to unfold in our time.

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Liturgical Press

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081465732X

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Out of Chaos

Refounding Religious Congregations

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Out of Chaos

Refounding Religious Congregations

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Stresses the fact that refounding persons are essential for the revitalization of religious life.

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Paulist Press

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0809130041

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Humanizing Healthcare Reforms

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle,Maria Theresa Ho

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Humanizing Healthcare Reforms

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle,Maria Theresa Ho

This book looks at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, which has resulted from relentless reorganization being imposed upon them, and argues for a return to a values-based approach to healthcare. Writing from the unique and fresh perspective of social anthropology, the author takes a highly logical approach to practice and emphasizes the importance of values such as compassion, solidarity and social justice. He stipulates that without being able to clearly identify the values and goals that unite its members, healthcare organizations are unlikely to be able to meet the demands of the constant and varied pressures they face, and explains how individuals at every level in healthcare can contribute to positive change within their organizations. This much-needed and highly accessible book will be essential reading for anyone interested in healthcare reform from clinicians and nurses, to managers and policy makers as well as the interested reader.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1849053189

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Catholic Identity or Identities?

Refounding Ministries in Chaotic Times

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Catholic Identity or Identities?

Refounding Ministries in Chaotic Times

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

How can Catholic leaders effectively train and form members of our institutions in the Gospel values that are the ultimate foundation of Catholic identities? Internationally recognized author, educator, and facilitator Gerald A. Arbuckle argues that it is time to acknowledge that the programs and processes used in the past are inadequate to our postmodern age. The systems previously used to educate the staffs of our hospitals, universities, schools, and other institutions rarely succeed today. Although didactic teaching and discursive learning have their place, they cannot be the primary method for forming identities. Catholic Identity or Identities? will assist a wide range of people- bishops, theologians, pastoral workers, institutional leaders and staffs, and more-in their various ministries. Arbuckle draws on several disciplines, including Scripture, theology, and history, but in particular cultural anthropology, to explain the importance of refounding adult formation for Catholic ministries and the practical ways to achieve it.

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Liturgical Press

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081463592X

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Conspiracy Theorizing

Analysis and Scriptural Critique

By: Gerald Arbuckle

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Conspiracy Theorizing

Analysis and Scriptural Critique

By: Gerald Arbuckle

Conspiracy Theorizing explore how should individuals with the Christian faith should react to conspiracy theories, their untruths, and their dangers. This book outlines the way that conspiracy theories are the fundamental basis for this stigmatization and scapegoating. It goes further to explain that scapegoating is fostering extreme divisions within in societies and between nations with each side often demonizing the other. This book states how conspiracy theories satisfy people’s needs for certainty, security, and a positive self-image in a world they feel is disintegrating. Uncovering deeper, when the comforting securities of cultures crumble, paranoia makes sense. This book demonstrates that an inability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity draws people to conspiracy theories when they validate their apprehensions. The commentary in this book also validates that since conspiracy theories can never be verified by objective research and truths they are one of the most problematic subjects to expose. This book aims to answer these questions: What are conspiracy theories? Why do they arise, especially in times of cultural upheavals? Are they harmful? What do the Christian Scriptures say about them? Readers that are interested in religion, Christianity and conspiracy theories would enjoy this book.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040029892

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Healthcare Ministry

Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Healthcare Ministry

Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Healthcare Ministry

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0814625703

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Confronting the Demon

A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Confronting the Demon

A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Bullying is not something confined to school children. It is a widespread abuse found in families, workplaces, organizations (including churches), and beyond. Confronting the Demon focuses on the nature and types of contemporary bullying and what the Christian Scriptures advise to prevent it. Bullying is a quality of most forms of violence, including racial, religious, and sex-based discrimination; sexual, physical, and psychological abuse; persecution and terrorism. This book focuses on such contemporary examples as the 2001 terrorist attacks, hate crimes around the world, sexual abuse, particularly among the churches, and cultures which promote bullying. Questions at the end of each chapter help people examine their own vulnerability to the vice of bullying and relate the context of its nature, meaning, and power to their own lives. Chapters are Adult Bullying: Definition and Types," *Bullies and Victims, - *Cultures of Bullying, - and *A Gospel Response. - Gerald A. Arbuckle, SM, PhD, is the co-director of Refounding and Pastoral Research Unit, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of From Chaos to Mission: Refounding Religious Life Formation, Healthcare Ministry: Refounding the Mission in Tumultuous Times and Violence, Society, and the Church published by Liturgical Press.

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0814630162

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Laughing with God

Humor, Culture, and Transformation

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Humor, Culture, and Transformation

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Earthing the Gospel

An Inculturation Handbook for the Pastoral Worker

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Earthing the Gospel

An Inculturation Handbook for the Pastoral Worker

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Christians are much the richer for this accomplishment of a long-cherished dream by an experienced missioner-social anthropologist. Gerald Arbuckle has provided a book for the contemporary pastoral care team that mediates basic insights on ministry via the social sciences. He also challenges church workers to rethink and reassess their work in light of the profound cultural changes taking place around them. 'Earthing the Gospel' introduces pastoral workers in the First World to methods of social analysis pioneered by missionaries worldwide. It includes case histories, personal stories, and the results of fieldwork of hundreds of people in both the First and Third Worlds. Applying the insights of social anthropology to the parishes on the home frontÓ Arbuckle offers the tools required to address issues of mission and inculturation in the First World. Above all, 'Earthing the Gospel' is practical. It presumes no special knowledge of anthropology as it zeroes in on topical issues - racism, fundamentalism, the modern family, youth and senior citizen subcultures - affecting parishes and communities today. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and action. For pastoral teams and workers on every level, the insights gained from mission around the world can, applying the methods described here, be just as fruitful in our own back yards.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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159244119X

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Strategies for Growth in Religious Life

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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Strategies for Growth in Religious Life

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

A study of how religious congregations can encourage new leadership and creative thinking.

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Saint Pauls/Alba House

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Confronting the Demon

A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying

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Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians

A Postmodern Critique

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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A Postmodern Critique

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The Francis Factor and the People of God

New Life for the Church

By: Gerald Arbuckle

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The Francis Factor and the People of God

New Life for the Church

By: Gerald Arbuckle

Individual and collective grief, if not expressed in mourning rituals, can suffocate creativity and paralyze individuals as well as institutions. In this timely work, theologian, educator, and facilitator Gerald A. Arbuckle argues that today, the emergence of Pope Francis as ritual leader in the Church has allowed suppressed grief to be articulated in a variety of ways, and the Church is now experiencing new energy, and opening up to necessary new methods of rebirth and renewal. From that premise, Arbuckle develops a cultural-anthropological model of institutional change. He applies this model to what has been happening in the Church since Vatican II, particularly in those institutions and religious expressions that found flower after the Council but have faced different realities in the decades since. For pastoral and organizational leaders, and all those involved in Church leadership, this book offers clarity and hope. (Publisher).

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From Chaos to Mission

Refounding Religious Life Formation

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

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From Chaos to Mission

Refounding Religious Life Formation

By: Gerald A. Arbuckle

Gerald A. Arbuckle creates a framework for radical thinking about the critical issue of formation of religious for mission today and shows that all formation for ministry must flow from union with the mission of Christ.

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