Spiritan Horizons
Issue 20 (2023)
Front Cover
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction (English, French, and Portuguese)
Wellsprings
What Made the Spiritans Different?: Historical Reflections from des Places to Libermann
Jotham Parsons Ph.D
Claude Poullart Des Places and his Novel Approach
Adam Wasilko Ph.D
François Libermann, the Savernois melting pot of a Jew founder of a religious congregation
Mathieu Biala Balu CSSp
“Doing Something New” with Venerable Francis Libermann
Bill Cleary CSSp
Stalwarts of Spiritan African Mission – Bishop Joseph Shanahan, C.S.Sp. (1871-1943)
Charles A. Ebelebe CSSp
Soundings
The Spiritan Mission & Communication: Guided by the Spirit to Respond and Adapt to the World
Lazarus Langbiir CSSp
Current Social Justice Trends in Spiritan Activities: A Focus on the Influence of Laudato Si’
Anita Zuberi Ph.D and Delaney Fiore BA
Laudato Si’s Integral Ecology: The Heart of the Ethics of Spiritan Mission and the New Political Movement in Nigeria
Chike Anyigbo CSSp
Spiritan Mission and Development in a Rapidly Changing World
Michael Begley CSSp
Synodality as a Way of Being a Church Today: Implications for Spiritan Mission (Supplemental content)
Precious Godfrey Nihorowa C.C.Sp.
Education
Education in the Spiritan mission in Congo-Brazzaville: a historical-critical overview
Alphée Mpassi CSSp
Taking DEI to Duquesne University Staff and Beyond
Crystal McCormick Ware and Dana Whatley Smith
Lived Experience
Music Ministry and Spiritan Charism: A Beat from Spiritan Sounds Outreach
Oluwafemi Victor Orilua CSSp
Revisiting “Sites of Spiritan Spirituality, May 14-June 3, 2023” (Supplemental content)
Dora Janeway Odarenko
Book Reviews
John O’Brien, The Qur'an and the Cross
Jan Slomp Ph.D
Willy-Pierre Mbuinga-Mayunda, Le Père Duparquet
Elochukwu Uzukwu CSSp
Back Cover
Cover design by Dr. Matthew J. Walsh