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International Conference Michael A. Fahey, S.J. Professor of Catholic Theology Boston College, MA, USA Fine-tuning the Notion of "Domestic Church" The notion of family as "domestic church", stated at Vatican II and further articulated in modern papal documents, has continued to evolve over the last forty years. Less idealized assumptions about the stability of family life, and increased appreciation of cultural differences from nation to nation, are promoting new emphases and opportunities. Still, further study is much needed to promote dialogue between local parishes and home settings that will shed light on liturgical and instructional spheres of influence. Michael A. Fahey is research professor of theology at Boston College, USA. He is past president of the American Theological Society and of the Catholic Theological Society of America. He studied philosophy at the Jesuit Faculty at Egenhoven-Leuven, and is a graduate of the University of Tübingen. He taught for twenty years in Montréal and Toronto. For ten years he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Theological Studies. He is the recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award for outstanding contributions to theology. His areas of special concentration include ecclesiology and Eastern Orthodox theology. A Festschrift in his honor has been published as In God’s Hands: Essays in Ecclesiology and Ecumenism (Leuven: Peeters, 2006). Personal website Conference Main Page | Theme | Travel Programme | Call for Papers | Information | |
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