The Survival of Dulles

Michael M. Canaris is associate professor of ecclesiology and systematic theology at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies, where he also coordinates the Institute’s graduate programs in Rome. He holds degrees from or has taught at six Jesuit universities and was Avery Cardinal Dulles’s last doctoral student and graduate research assistant.

1 Avery Dulles’s Journey of Faith: A Lifelong Adventure

Anne-Marie Kirmse, O.P. | 1

2 He Knew the One Whom He Loved

Patrick J. Ryan, S.J. | 6

3 Avery Dulles, Theology, and the Twentieth Century

Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. | 14

4 Imaging the Church in the Age of Migration: The Legacy of Avery Dulles for Asian Christianities

Peter C. Phan | 22

5 Fluency of Interpretation: A Key to Avery Dulles’s Practice of Theology

Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J. | 41

6 Mutual Enrichment: A Remembrance of Avery Dulles

James Massa | 51

7 Avery Dulles on Luther and Lutheranism

H. Ashley Hall | 56

8 Divine Revelation, Academic Freedom, and the Catholic University: A Proposal after Avery Dulles

Terrence W. Tilley | 77

9 Hope and Despair in Today’s World: Avery Dulles and Filipino Youth

Stephanie Ann Y. Puen | 94

10 The Undomesticated Church: Inspiration and the Mission of the Family

Mary Beth Yount | 105

11 The Church and the Digital

Katherine G. Schmidt | 118

12 Evangelization in the Theology of Avery Dulles

Vincent L. Strand, S.J. | 130

Retrospective. Vir Probatus: Avery Dulles and the Forbearance of Things Not Seen

Michael M. Canaris | 147

Afterword: The Good Faith of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.

Michael C. McCarthy, S.J. | 153

Acknowledgments | 157

List of Contributors | 159

Index | 163