Background
Talar, Charles John Thomas was born on December 2, 1947 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Son of Charles John and Agnes Theresa (Zak) Talar.
(The controversies in Roman Catholicism that became known ...)
The controversies in Roman Catholicism that became known as the «modernist crisis» (1890-1910) have been characterized on more than one occasion as a «dialogue of the deaf.» Certainly there was need on the part of theological innovators to exercise caution in putting forth their ideas in an ecclesiastical climate that was suspicious of novelty or even actively hostile toward it. This accounts for the carefully constructed, nuanced character of many of their writings, which has made interpretation difficult. Understanding was complicated by the fundamental underlying differences that separated innovators from defenders of the traditional positions. In this study the phenomenology of reading, rereading theory, reception theory, rhetorical analysis, and literary approaches to autobiography are used to focus close readings of French modernist texts. Such approaches enhance understanding of how texts by Alfred Loisy, M.-J. Lagrange, and Albert Houtin were constructed, and how their critics received these efforts.
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Talar, Charles John Thomas was born on December 2, 1947 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Son of Charles John and Agnes Theresa (Zak) Talar.
Student, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1968. Bachelor in Philosophy, St. Mary's Seminary College, Baltimore, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Catholic University, 1980.
Master of Arts in Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York City, 1985. STD, St. Mary's Seminary & University, Baltimore, 1987.
Associate pastor St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1979-1982. Instructor St. Mary's Seminary & University, 1982-1986, professor, since 1997. Pastor Church of Our Saviour, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1986-1990.
Visiting assistant professor Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1990-1991. Associate professor Alvernia College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1991-1997.
(The controversies in Roman Catholicism that became known ...)
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Member American Academy Religion (co-convenor Roman Catholic Modernism Seminar 1993-1999), Society Biblical Literature, Society Sociology Religion, Catholic History Association.