| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 381 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Prologue: The problem of authority and its limits / Michael J. Lacey. -- section 1. Historical background : conteseted pasts: History and the return of the repressed in Catholic modernity : the dilemma posed by Constance / Francis Oakley -- Leo's church and our own / Michael J. Lacey -- Benedict XVI and the interpretation of Vatican II / Joseph A. Komonchak. -- section2. Theological, canonistic, and philosophical issues : stubborn challenges, emerging directions: Catholic tradition and traditions / Francis A. Sullivan -- Something there is that doesn't love a law : canon law and its discontents / John P. Beal -- A teaching church that learns? : Discerning "authentic" teaching in our times / Gerard Mannion -- Moral theology after Vatican II / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Retrieving and reframing Catholic casuistry / M. Cathleen Kaveny -- Magisterial authority / Charles Taylor. section 3. Practical limits : authority in the lived catholicism of American laity and clergy: American Catholics and church authority / William V. D'Antonio [and others] -- Souls and bodies : the birth control controversy and the collapse of confession / Leslie Woodcock Tentler -- Assessing the education of priests and lay ministers : content and consequences / Katarina Schuth. -- Epilogue: The matter of unity / Francis Oakley. -- Appendix: Remarks on interpreting the Second Vatican Council / Pope Benedict XVI |
| Summary |
One deep problem facing the Catholic church is the question of how its teaching authority is understood today. It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within the first-world church, at least - take a far more independent line, and increasingly understand themselves (rather than the church) as the final arbiters of decision-making, especially on ethical questions. This collection of essays explores the historical background and present ecclesial situation, explaining the dram |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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Church -- Authority.
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Authority -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology.
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Authority -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Church -- Authority
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Theology, Doctrinal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lacey, Michael James.
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Oakley, Francis.
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| ISBN |
9780199857562 |
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0199857563 |
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9780190258306 |
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0190258306 |
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