Trausch

September 2016

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Managing a conflict of interest

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What have you been told?

Wikipedia is not an advertising platform; this is an encyclopedia. You should not be editing an article like Thomas Rausch where you may have a conflict of interest. You should definitely NOT be adding links to where someone could buy your book.

Either stop being disruptive or we can have you blocked from editing. I'm not in the habit of repeating myself. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:09, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I was just trying to update my titles, not sell book; the instructions on how to edit are not clear, and now the list of books seems to have disappeared. I'm completely confused. Thomas RauschTrausch (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

As the "history" tab for the article shows, I removed the entire list because of its promotional nature. Not to worry, I will fix it. I've identified maybe a dozen books written by Fr. Rausch that have received academic reviews and I'll create a new list based on those, in the proper format without links to Amazon.com. I'm an alumnus of LMU and I'd like to improve the article. (Donating a picture would help, too.) Wikipedia is not meant for drive-by editors. We have a considerable amount of guidance that proscribes how editing is done and single-purpose editors with a conflict of interest are seldom useful in the editing process. In the future, feel free to either post on my talk page, the article's talk page, or the reward board if you'd like further help getting editing done. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:16, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Chris, hope this reaches you; here is the complete list of my books

   Priesthood and Ministry: From Küng to the Ecumenical Debate (University Microfilms, 1983).
   The Roots of the Catholic Tradition (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986).
   Authority and Leadership in the Church: Past Directions and Future Possibilities (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989).
   Radical Christian Communities (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990).
   Priesthood Today: An Appraisal (New York: Paulist Press, 1992).
   The College Student’s Introduction to Theology, ed., (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993).
   Catholicism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996).
   Reconciling Faith and Reason: Apologist, Evangelists, and Theologians in a Divided Church (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000).
   Catholics and Evangelicals: Do They Share a Common Future? ed., (InterVarsity Press/Paulist Press, 2000).
   Catholicism in the Third Millennium (Second Edition) (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003).
   Who Is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003).
   Evangelizing America, ed.,  (New York: Paulist Press, 2004).
   Towards a Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2005).
   Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006).
   An 8 Day Ignatian Retreat for Priests, Religious, Deacons, and Lay Ministers (New York: Paulist Press, 2008).
   I Believe in God: A Reflection on the Apostles’ Creed (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2008).
   Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to his Theological Vision (New York: Paulist Press, 2009).
   Educating for Faith and Justice: Catholic Higher Education Today (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2010).
   Eschatology, Liturgy, and Christology: Toward Recovering an Eschatological Imagination (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2012).
   This Is Our Faith: Introduction to Catholicism (New York: Paulist Press, 2014).
   Faith, Hope, and Charity: Benedict XVI on the Theological Virtues (New York: Paulist Press, 2015).
   Go Into the Streets: The Welcoming Church of Pope Francis, with Richard R. Gaillardetz (New York: Paulist, 2016).
   Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Approach (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2016).

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