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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461301803321

Titolo

Unfinished journey : the Church 40 years after Vatican II : essays for John Wilkins / / edited by Austen Ivereigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : Continuum, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-283-20221-2

9786613202215

0-8264-8438-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

282.09045

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Taking stock -- pt. 2. The unfinished journey -- pt. 3. Signposts from afar -- pt. 4. Postscript.

Sommario/riassunto

The Second Vatican Council, which ended thirty-five years ago, promised so much: a new vision of a reformed Church aware of its social, theological and ecumenical responsibilities; a truly conciliar Church with collegial structures. However, this vision seems to have evaporated and many of the promised reforms have been truncated or have not happened at all. The Vatican remains intensely bureaucratic. Theologians are silenced and the effect of clerical scandal seems to have led Church leaders to dig in and see the deposit of faith as something static. Once again the Church believes it has a mo