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Mary and human liberation : the story and the text / Tissa Balasuriya ; edited by Helen Stanton ; introduced by Edmund Hill.

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Mary and human liberation : the story and the text / Tissa Balasuriya ; edited by Helen Stanton ; introduced by Edmund Hill.
Author
Balasuriya, Tissa.
Publication
Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, 1997.

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Stanton, Helen.
Description
x, 262 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
In 1990, theologian and social activist Fr Tissa Balasuriya OMI published his controversial essay Mary and Human Liberation. In January 1997 he was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church for his refusal to recant the alleged errors in his book, or to sign the profession of faith prepared for him by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The excommunication has caused a storm of controversy in Christian and secular circles, mainly because of the lack of due canonical process, or public debate about the theological issues raised. In this book, at last, that debate takes place. Here, for the first time outside Sri Lanka, is the full text of Mary and Human Liberation itself. Here are the major documents that make up the so-called Balasuriya File.
Subject
  • Balasuriya, Tissa
  • Catholic Church > Controversial literature
  • Catholic Church > Doctrines
  • Excommunication > Case studies
  • Liberation theology
  • Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Controversial literature
  • Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to
  • Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Theology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Letter to the reader from Fr Tissa Balasuriya OMI, Sri Lanka, 15 April 1997 -- Introductory essay: The Balasuriya file / Edmund Hill -- Mary and Human Liberation. 1. Mary in Catholic devotion. 2. Mary in traditional theology. 3. The need for a renewed Marian theology. 4. Mary: a mature adult woman. 5. Mary and society. 6. Presuppositions in theology. 7. The presuppositions of original sin. 8. Reflection of traditional Marian doctrines. 9. A Marian Way of the Cross. Public statement of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka, Catholic Messenger, 5 June 1994 -- Some Observations on the book Mary and Human Liberation, SCDF, 27 July 1994.
ISBN
1563382253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^97023821^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library