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

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : Continuum, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 282.09045
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): IvereighAusten
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Unfinished journey
• ISBN: 1-283-20221-2; 9786613202215; 0-8264-8438-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461301803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II