Great Reformer" on Francis, called Turkson's talk a "curtain raiser" for the pope's eventual statement. Michael Peppard, a Fordham University theologian who has been closely watching Francis' statements on the environment, called the speech "a reliable indicator" of the direction Francis will take.
Date: Mar 10, 2015
Category: World
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'Healing message' from Pope Francis provokes conservative outrage
Fordham University Professor of Theology Michael Peppard told Sundays Melissa Harris-Perry panel thatthe gifts exemplify the Popes focus on a culture of encounterby giving a gift that enabled people to encounter their loved ones and have some sense of family stability.
Date: Dec 24, 2013
Category: World
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“Jesus' wife”: Nothing to fear, something to learn
Michael Peppard is assistant professor of theology at Fordham University, where he teaches Bible, early Christianity, and ancient languages (including Coptic). His book, The Son of God in the Roman World: Divine Sonship in Its Social and Political Context, is available in paperback.
According to Michael Peppard, a professor of theology and Coptic language at Fordham University, a belief in asceticism saw rapid development in the second to fourth centuries, especially in Egypt where Christian monasticism was born.