A Council for the Global Church: Receiving Vatican II in History

by Massimo Faggioli

Overview

The year 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. this volume provides an analysis of Vatican II, the most decisive and far-reaching event in the modern Catholic Church. Explicating pivotal elements of the Council, its decision-making process and the deep consequences of its final decisions, Massimo Faggioli contributes an accessible presentation of the significance of Vatican II for the church and its life in the modern world beyond the boundaries of the Roman Catholic Church. As the Council, since its conclusion, has been subjected to various interpretations—a matter of not little controversy—the volume explores the contours of subsequent interpretation and variations in approach, especially those that have marked the eras of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Despite these controversies, however, the Council lives on, the author argues, in theology, especially the ad intra and ad extra dimensions of reform in the liturgy, the church and the modern world, and religious freedom, continuing to have global impact on Catholics and non-Catholics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451496673
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Massimo Faggioli is director of the Institute for Catholicism and Citizenship, and associate professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Publication Credits xi

Introduction: Vatican II, Historicity of Theology, and Global Catholicism 1

Part I The Debate on Vatican II in a Catholicism Made Global

1 Fifty Years of Debate on Vatican II From Paul VI to Francis (1965-2015) 13

2 The History and the "Narratives" of Vatican II 37

3 Forms of Procedure and Sources of Legitimacy in the Second Vatican Council 63

4 The Post-Vatican II Debate and the Post-Council of Basel Period Conciliarism and Constitutionalism 85

Part II Ecclesiology and Intertextuality al Valium II

5 The Liturgical Reform and the Meaning of Vatican II 99

6 The Battle over Gaudium et Spes Then and Now Dialogue with the Modern World after Vatican II 121

7 The Political Significance of Vatican II and Its "Constitutional" Value 143

8 Vatican II and the Church of the Margins 165

Part III Vatican II and the Agenda of the Church

9 The Relevance of Vatican II after Fifty Years 183

10 The Role of Episcopal Conferences since Vatican II: A Test Case for Collegiality in the Church 201

11 Vatican II and the Agenda for Collegiality and Synodality in the Twenty-First Century 229

12 About Vatican II and Women in the Church Councils and Postconciliar Periods in Modem Cadiolicism 255

13 The Future of Vatican II The Vision of the Council beyond the "Narratives" 267

Part IV A Council for the Global Church

14 Catholicism From a European Church to Global Catholicism 291

15 The Church of Vatican II and the Common Ground Catholicism and Citizenship 307

16 Conclusions: Pope Francis and the Shift in the Debate on Vatican II 329

Index 337