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.
• 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