A progressive place for the discussion of Christian theology and comparative religion, with special emphasis on catholic theology and issues. For the purpose of this list, "catholic" is understood in the widest, fullest and most comprehensive way. As Augustine defined it, being "catholic" means to experience an openness to the truth wherever it may be found.

This is a forum for dialogue and conversation. It is NOT a place for preaching.

TheologyandReligion is one of a family of lists. You are welcome to check out the other lists in our group: Mirlo (Ecumenical Scripture Study), Illuminare (Basics of Roman and Anglican Catholicism), GoddeWords (Scholarly Theology), VaticanII-doc (Study of the Documents of Vatican II), NT-Apocrypha (Study of the Writings that did not make it into the New Testament), Centesimus-annus (Study of the Papal Encyclical of the same name).