Living Vatican II: The 21st Council for the 21st Century

by Gerald O’Collins

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2006

Overview

Vatican II was the first Council in the story of Catholic Christianity to deserve being labeled intercontinental and intercultural. What has been its impact? How should one describe and evaluate its reception by Catholics and its wider follow-up among others? How should this twenty-first Council be heard, received, and lived as we move further ahead into the twenty-first century? What perspectives does it offer for the future to those who seek to assimilate it creatively? As a leading theologian, Gerald O’Collins uses a highly personal approach in answering these and many other questions, which makes for a compulsively readable book that illuminates the workings of the Church. Living Vatican II explores the liturgical renewal after Vatican II, the reception of the Council’s moral teaching, the impact of Vatican II on theology, and the work of some key institutions in Rome and elsewhere toward implementing the teaching and decisions of this Council. Finally, the book offers insightful suggestions about the future of the Church.

Product Details

• Title: Living Vatican II: The 21st Council for the 21st Century
• Author: Gerald O’Collins
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Vatican Council (2nd: 1962-1965)
• ISBNs: 0809142902, 9780809142903
• Resource ID: LLS:LIVINGVATICANII
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:14:27Z

About Gerald O’Collins

Gerald O’Collins SJ, is a Jesuit priest and former dean of theology at Gregorian University in Rome. He is an honorary research fellow of MCD University of Divinity and an honorary adjunct professor at Australian Catholic University. He earned his BA and MA from the University of Melbourne, and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1963. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 1968. He taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1974 to 2006. He holds several honorary doctorates, and has earned many awards and honors. In 2006 he was made a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia for his contributions to theological scholarship and ecumenical initiatives. He is author or coauthor of 60 books, including A Concise Dictionary of Theology, 3rd ed., Jesus: A Portrait and The Legacy of John Paul II.