Common calling
Subtitle: the laity and governance of the Catholic Church
By: Stephen J. Pope, editor
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781435638945
Subjects: Pastoral Resources; RELIGION; Christian Ministry; Government; Catholic Church; Laity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 1. "Being of one mind" : apostolic authority, persuasion, and Koinonia in New Testament Christianity / Pheme Perkins; title: 2. St. Cyprian on the role of the laity in decision-making in the early church / Francis A. Sullivan; title: 3. Laity and the development of doctrine : perspectives from the early church / Francine Cardman; title: 4. Resources for reform from the first millennium / Michael J. Buckley; title: 5. From autonomy to alienation : lay involvement in the governance of the local church / R. Scott Appleby; title: 6. Participatory hierarchy / Terence L. Nichols; title: 7. Feminist theology and a participatory church / Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: 8. Belonging to the laity : a Baptist perspective / S. Mark Heim; title: 9. Weathering "the perfect storm" : the contribution of canon law / John Beal; title: 10. Voice and loyalty in the church : the people of God, politics, and management / Mary Jo Bane; title: 11. Good governance, the domestic church, and religious education / Thomas Groome; title: 12. The emerging role of the Catholic laity : lessons from the voice of the faithful / James E. Post; title: 13. The church of the third millennium : in praise of communio / Ladislas Orsy.