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The liberation of the laity : in search of an accountable church / Paul Lakeland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lakeland, Paul, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laity--Catholic Church.
- Laity.
- Catholic Church--Membership.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 311 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, 2003.
- Summary:
- Best Theology Book 2004 - Catholic Press Assocation
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Idea of the Laity 7
- Part 1 How We Got to Where We Are
- Chapter 1. The Road to Vatican II 17
- Laity: The Decadence of an Idea 17
- Modernism versus Neoscholasticism 19
- The "New Theology" 23
- The Beginnings of a Theology of the Laity 44
- From Humani Generis to Vatican II 47
- Chapter 2. The Achievement of Yves Congar 49
- Laypeople in the Church 52
- Stress Points in Congar's Thought 62
- Congar and the Concept of "Ministries" 70
- The Radicalism of Congar's Ecclesiology 75
- Chapter 3. Collegiality, Coresponsibility, and the Council 78
- The Council and the Laity 79
- Suenens and the Council 82
- The Council Documents 87
- Evaluating the Work of the Council 101
- Schillebeeckx and the Need for Theological Reflection 107
- Chapter 4. Theology and the Laity since Vatican II 111
- From the Runaway Church to Restoration 113
- The Roman Synod of 1987 120
- Christifideles Laici 125
- Meanwhile, in America ... 131
- The Theological Debate on the Laity 135
- Part 2 Where We Go from Here
- Chapter 5. Secularity 149
- What Is "the Secular"? 149
- Resources for a Theology of Secular Reality 158
- The Secularity of the Church 171
- A Lay Spirituality of Secularity 177
- A Note on Ordained Ministry 184
- Chapter 6. The Liberation of the Laity, the Liberation of the Church 186
- The Crisis of Leadership in the Church Today 188
- The Liberation of the Laity 192
- A Note on Lay Theologians 205
- How Democratic Should the Church Become? 207
- Rescuing the Church 215
- Chapter 7. Mission in the (Post) Modern World 220
- Communion Ecclesiology and Vatican II 220
- Reading the Signs of the Times 227
- The Church in Face of Modernity 235
- The Mission of the Church Today: Combating the Anti-Human 242
- Laypeople and the Mission of the Church 255
- Chapter 8. An Accountable Church 257
- Does the Church Have a Future? 259
- Beyond Vatican II 262
- The Structures of the Church 266
- The End of the Laity? 282.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826414834
- OCLC:
- 50802617
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