The rising laity
Subtitle: ecclesial movements since Vatican II
By: Massimo Faggioli
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780809149346; 9781587685231
Subjects: Church renewal; Catholic Church; Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Description: This book offer an analysis of the phenomenon of the new ecclesial movements with two different but compatible perspectives: historical and comparative. The historical perspective is necessary because the phenomenon grew in these last hundred years and a sociological-anthropological perspective tends to offer a nondynamic view of them. The comparative perspective Europe-USA is necessary because of the global nature of Catholicism and of the international-global features of these movements. This book is important in the Church of today considering the new emphasis given by pope Francis to the movements in the wider frame of a less institutional and more outward-looking Church. A special chapter will be devoted to Pope Francis and the movements, analyzing the unique aspects of the relationship between the pontificate and the movements and the differences with his predecessors, especially John Paul II and Benedict XVI. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Catholic Church: the institutions and the movements; title: Church movements from Vatican II to John Paul II; title: Religion and politics of the new ecclesial movements: the sixties and the new Catholicism; title: International Catholic movements in the post-conciliar period: the implementation of Vatican II in Italy; title: Vatican II between documents and spirit: the case of the new Catholic movements; title: The new Catholic movements, Vatican II, and freedom in the Catholic Church; title: Pope Francis and the Catholic movements: a new ecclesiological appraisal.