Principles of Theology for Lay Dominican Preaching

The General Chapters of the Order of Preachers - the ruling body of the Order - have stated definitively that lay Chapters are to study theology, first and foremost. The idea of studying theology is daunting to lay Dominicans because of their history. To this point in the 21st Century they have been merely devotional: devoted to St. Dominic, devoted to all things Dominican, and to all things black and white. But the Order needs lay preachers to step into the secular world and preach the gos...