In particular the growing hope that once marked the dialogue between Anglicans and Roman Catholics at official levels is suffering from what many regard as a terminal illness. Yet despite this tremendous indebtedness that I feel to the Roman Catholic Church for providing me with these gifts, I must also state openly and honestly that the ecumenical movement has in the past quarter-century for me deteriorated dramatically. For them I have an enormous sense of gratitude. I shudder to try to imagine my life without the enrichment that this star-studded cast of 20th-century Christians has provided to my professionalĪnd personal development. Indeed, most of them are ordained members of that church.
All of these people who, either in person or through their books, have been teachers of mine are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Karl Rahner and Professor Hans Kung, above all others, have helped me to develop a Christian theology capable of engaging the thought forms of the 20th century. Leonardo Boff has given to me new insights into the feelings of oppressed minority people and has articulated for me a theology of liberation that has grown out of that human experience. Matthew Fox has opened for me vast new arenas in the life of the spirit. John J.O’Neil, a former Jesuit, has significantly shaped my understanding of homosexuality. has informed my knowledge of sexual ethics in remarkable ways.
Charles Curran, former professor of ethics at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Rosemary Reuther and Elizabeth Schuesler-Fiorenza, both college professors and lay theologians, have brought to me the greatest insights into Christianity from the feminists’ movement. Edward Schillebeeckx, a Dutch New Testament scholar and theologian, has deeply fed my quest to understand the Christ portrayed in the synoptic gospels. Raymond Brown, of Union Seminary in New York City, has taught me more about the Gospel of John and the birth narratives of Jesus than any other person. I am deeply in debt to members of the Roman Catholic Church.
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