Global Catholicism Diversity and Change since Vatican II

Name: Global Catholicism Diversity and Change since Vatican II
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ISBN: 9780231154161

ISBN-10: 023115416X

ISBN-13: 9780231154161

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ian Linden

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Global Catholicismexamines the complex pressure the Second Vatican Council placed on the Roman Catholic Church and the counterforces that have mobilized in responce to its reforms. Ian Linden considers whether the Catholic Church has lived up to the promise of the Vatican II and whether it has come to terms with the challenges of pluralism, modernity, and different forms of spirituality. He also focuses on historical and theological factors that have had a huge impact on the evolution and international standing of the church in the twentieth century.Linden examines the Church's response to global and local wars and efforts to maintain peace; the growth of nationalism and the struggle for…

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List price: $29.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Ian Linden is a professional research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Univeristy of London, and has spent more than forty years writing for Catholic periodicals and magazines.



Foreword and Acknowledgements



The Legacy of Anti-Modernism


An Ecumenical Council of the Universal Church


From 'Emigrï¿½s de l'intï¿½rieur' to Dialogue: 1789-1918



Dominican and Jesuit Pioneers


Life After Modernism


The French Church


The New Theology


The 1950s: Eddies but No Big Currents


The Roman World Church


Inside the Church of Pius XII



The Vatican Council: Early Stages


Ante-preparatory or Anti-preparatory Commissions?


The Struggle for Control


The Council's First Session; the Turning Point



The Vatican Council: A New Vision


Discarding the "Dry Bones."


The Headline Debates: Liturgy and Religious Freedom


Dialogue with the Modern World


A New Vision



The Church of the Poor in Latin America


"Catholic Action" in Brazil


The Theology of Liberation and the Liberation of Theology



The Church in Conflict


The Chilean Crisis


Repression in Central America


The Puebla Conference


Ministers and Martyrs


The Vatican Intervention



Radicals and Liberals in the Philippines and South Africa


The Split Church


Human Rights Discourse


The Flow of Ideas


The Philippines Experience


South Africa and the Apartheid Heresy


The Council and Apartheid


From Black Consciousness to Non-Racialism


The Decade of Growing Crisis: 1976-1986


Things Fall Apart


Contextual Theology



Democracy and Nationalism in Africa


Rwanda


Rhodesia/Zimbabwe


Malawi


Midwife and Mediator



Inculturation and Dialogue with Islam


Holy Hybrids or Wholly Syncretist?


Popular Catholicism


Ancestors and Angels


Healing and Evil


Dialogue with Islam


Grassroots Realities



A Global Church in the Twenty-First Century


Secularisation in Europe


The Universal Crisis of the Celibate Priesthood


Responding to Globalisation


Non-Violence and Peace


Environment and Climate Change


The Four Churches Today


Notes


Index