Books by Roman Montero
Il Dio della Bibbia, 2022
Papers by Roman Montero
The Heythrop Journal, 2024
In this article, I argue that human meaning and value are grounded in an infinite horizon as oppo... more In this article, I argue that human meaning and value are grounded in an infinite horizon as opposed to the finite horizon of the building of a life. This infinite grounding of human meaning and value makes sense of and justifies the desire for everlasting life. I also argue that this infinite horizon can motivate an ethic of social justice better than the necessity of building a life within a finite timeframe could. In this article I take Martin Hägglund's This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom as representative of the position that meaning and value can only be made sense of in light of the horizon of death; and I draw on phenomenologist Michel Henry's concept of Life and Jean-Luc Marion's concept of the saturated phenomenon to argue against that position. I then draw on Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, and David Graeber to argue that social justice cannot be grounded in secular faith of temporal finitude but is rather best made sense of in view of an everlasting hope and a move to the infinite.
Il Dio Della Bibbia, 2022
Il Dio Della Bibbia, 2022
Theology, 2022
This article attempts to defend and expand on the claim (put forth by Keith Ward and others) that... more This article attempts to defend and expand on the claim (put forth by Keith Ward and others) that God is love in his being the Creator against the claim that it is in the relations of the Trinity. Using descriptions of love by various modern philosophers, and using the dialectical logic of Hegel and the ontotheology of Schelling, I put forward a way of viewing God as love in an ontological sense, dialectically with creation.
Church Life Journal, 2021
https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/a-patristic-critique-of-political-economy/
Church Life Journal, 2019
https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-sources-of-early-christian-communism/
Jacob's Well, 2020
https://www.jacobsmag.org/issues/hierarchy-amp-equality
Book Reviews by Roman Montero
Journal of Early Christian History, 2023
The Priest and Levite as Temple Representatives, 2023
“The Priest and Levite as Temple Representatives provides an in-depth and thorough exegesis on th... more “The Priest and Levite as Temple Representatives provides an in-depth and thorough exegesis on the parable of the good Samaritan that draws out the often neglected social, economic, political, and cultic factors at play, bringing the parable to life in its first-century Palestinian world as well as within the context of the message of the Gospel of Luke. This book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the full ethical impact of the parable.”
—Roman A. Montero, author of All Things in Common and Jesus’s Manifesto
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 2022
The Letter of James: A Pastoral Commentary, 2018
“Addison Hart’s commentary on James accomplishes the difficult task of placing the epistle in its... more “Addison Hart’s commentary on James accomplishes the difficult task of placing the epistle in its historical and cultural context, including its dialogue with strands of Pauline thought and Jesus’s teachings, while at the same time making the epistle come to life for the modern reader. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.”
Theology: Mythos or Logos A Dialogue on Faith, Reason, and History, 2020
“Any reader of this book will find their epistemological foundations shaken but their thinking en... more “Any reader of this book will find their epistemological foundations shaken but their thinking enriched as Médaille and Storck delve ever more deeply into how we know and how we believe.”
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—Roman A. Montero, author of All Things in Common and Jesus’s Manifesto
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—Roman A. Montero, author of All Things in Common and Jesus’s Manifesto