This book describes the history of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, its content, its importance, and how it has helped to direct the future of Roman Catholic biblical studies.
Proposes that a comprehensive interpretation of Vatican II encompasses a reconstruction of the "spirit" and the "letter" of the council as well as the post-conciliar reception of the council and its texts.
Traces the evolution, reception and likely future influence of Vatican II's "key decree," Gaudium et Spes, as well as the council's decree on the mass media, Inter Mirifica: its evolution during the council and subsequent influence.
This book tells the story of how the role of the laity as essential in the life of the church moved to "center stage" during the council, and how lay people were among those who made it happen.
Tells the story of how one of the leading theologians of the late 20th century was personally affected by the Council and then explores the work of some institutions in Rome and elsewhere towards implementing the teaching and decisions of Vatican II, along with suggestions about the future life of the Church.
This book describes the history of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, its content, its importance, and how it has helped to direct the future of Roman Catholic biblical studies.
This book tells the story of The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, presents and analyzes its main points, and describes how its agenda has fared on its sometimes tumultuous journey from the time of Vatican II up to the present.
An in-depth examination of the consequences for the relationship of the Catholic Church with other Christian churches and world religions as a result of the decisions made by the Second Vatican Council forty years ago, and presented in the documents Unitatis Redintegratio and Nostra Aetate.
Joseph Ratzinger's report on the debates and struggles that made up each of the four sessions of Vatican II (1962-65), along with theological commentary.
The Church in the Making explores the teaching of three documents from the Second Vatican Council on the nature of the church, while also considering how that teaching has been implemented in the last four decades.
This volume summarizes Catholic approaches to mission, evangelization, and religious freedom in light of the text and debates of Vatican II's documents on the subjects (Ad Gentes and Dignitatis Humanae), traces the documents' reception in the forty years since their publication. and reflects on their significance for today.
Examines the historical context, the key players and the implementation of the Vatican II documents on priesthood, training of priests, and religious life. It offers a contemporary vision for and critique of ecclesial ministries for the twenty-first century.
