The Second Vatican Council
Subtitle: celebrating its achievements and the future
By: edited by Gavin D'Costa and Emma Jane Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780567179111; 9780567243003; 9780567322418; 9780567051639
Subjects: Doctrines; Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965); Vatican Council. fast (OCoLC)fst01405122; Doctrinal Theology; Catholic Church; Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Other titles: 2nd Vatican Council
Description: The Second Vatican Council (1963-65) changed the face of modern Catholicism in bringing it into a positive relationship with modern culture. There were significant changes in Catholic thought and practice regarding major topics. This timely and significant book looks at those major issues: revelation, liturgy, the church, ecumenism, world religions, mission, the role of Mary, and the future of the Church. The reader is introduced to the content of Vatican II documents, debates around their interpretation and the manner of their implementation. The essays are written by the leading figures in the Catholic Church and allow the reader to see the Council's impact upon modern Catholicism and engagement with the modern world. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vatican II after fifty years: the virtual council versus the real council  -- Fr Matthew L. Lamb; title: The ongoing agenda: a council unlike any other  -- Godfried Cardinal Danneels; title: A word for life: Vatican II on revelation  -- Bishop Declan Lang; title: Vatican II: for the life of the world  -- Revd Dr James Hanvey SJ; title: A vision for a living liturgy: past, present and future, Sacrosanctum Concilium  -- Mgr Timothy Menzes; title: Vatican II: on celebrating Vatican II as Catholic and ecumenical  -- Prof Paul D. Murray; title: Vatican II on Muslims and Jews: the council's teachings on other religions  -- Prof Gavin d'Costa; title: Mary: mother of God and a model of a pilgrim people  -- Prof Tina Beattie; title: The pastoral strategy of Vatican II: time for an adjustment?  -- Dr Ralph Martin; title: Cardinal Godfried Danneels -- interviewed by Gavin D'Costa.