In this book fifty distinguished authors, including theologians, journalists, spiritual writers, and pastoral leaders, offer their own assessment of the meaning of the Council and its historic documents, drawing in many cases on their ...
Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the...
Brings together the key documents of the Second Vatican Council so that readers may better understand the Church's positions on different issues, including its relationship to the secular world, human rights, and the liturgy.
For 40 years a battle has been waged over Vatican II between conservatives and liberals, between those who want to go "back to the sources" and those who champion "the...
Taken together, these essays demonstrate that Vatican II's documents are a development from an established antecedent in the Roman Catholic Church. Each chapter contextualizes Vatican II teachings within that rich tradition.
Nor did they view their efforts as anything less than a dramatic change from the past. They were great men who accomplished great deeds. After this book, no one will be able to dismiss them.
The book offers comprehensive presentation of the theological and historiographical debate about Council Vatican II. The attempt to go beyond "the clash of interpretations" - Vatican II as a rupture in the history of Catholicism on one side ...
D'Costa breaks fresh ground in this study of the Second Vatican Council's doctrines on other religions, especially Judaism and Islam.
Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims Gavin D'Costa. be clearly distinguished and be dealt with rather accurately ... The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), 126–7 for bringing ...
Chiefly English translations of works originally written in French, German, Italian, Latin, or Spanish. Includes bibliographical references.
... science and scholarship. Because of pride, the differentiation of science and scholarship from the pursuit of wisdom and holiness was always in danger, as Bernard warned Abelard, of becoming a separation and an opposition. Indeed ...
Vatican II: The Essential Texts brings together the key documents of the council.