Entering the Door of Faith
The talk "Entering the Door of Faith" was given by Steve Bevans, S.V.D, on January 26, 2013 on the occasion of the annual alumni reunion of Catholics on Call, a CTU program of discernment for young adults contemplating a life of ministry in the church. The theme of the reunion was in conjunction with the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI from October 2012 until November 2013, a year, the pope said, when Catholics are asked to renew their understanding of and commitment to Catholic Christian faith. Steve's talk begins with a definition of faith as an act that is renewed continuously and that three dimensions--intellectual, affective, and behavioral. Steve then expands on these three dimensions, and reflects as well on the ideas of faith as a gift, faith and doubt, and faith and reason.
Stephen Bevans, SVD
Stephen Bevans is currently Louis J. Luzbetak, S.V.D., Professor of Mission and Culture at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA and the Faculty Moderator for Catholics on Call. He is a Roman Catholic priest in the Society of the Divine Word, an international missionary congregation, and served for nine years (1972-1981) as a missionary in the Philippines.
His publications include: Models of Contextual Theology (2002), Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today (2004, with Roger Schroeder), Evangelization and Freedom (2009, with Jeffrey Gros), and Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective (2009).
He is past president of the American Society of Missiology (2006) and past member of the board of directors of the Catholic Theological Society of America (2007-2009). In 2009 he was visiting lecturer at Yarra Theological Union in Melbourne, Australia, and in 2013 he was the only Catholic to speak at a Plenary at the Tenth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, Korea.
