This volume explores how Catholicism began and continues to open its doors to the wider world and to other confessions in embracing ecumenism, thanks to the vision and legacy of the Second Vatican Council. It explores such themes as the twentieth century context preceding the council; parallels between Vatican II and previous councils; its distinctively pastoral character; the legacy of the council in relation to issues such as church-world dynamics, as well as to ethics, social justice, economic activity. Several chapters discuss the role of women in the church before, during, and since the council. Others discern inculturation in relation to Vatican II. The book also contains a wide and original range of ecumenical considerations of the council, including by and in relation to Free Church, Reformed, Orthodox, and Anglican perspectives. Finally, it considers the Council's ongoing promise and remaining challenges with regard to ecumenical issues, including a groundbreaking essay on thefuture of ecumenical dialogue by Cardinal Walter Kasper.

Autorentext

Vladimir Latinovic teaches Patristics and Church History at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Gerard Mannion holds the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, USA. He is also Founding Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network.

Jason Welle, O.F.M., is Dean of Studies at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome, Italy.

Inhalt

Introduction:

1. How a Church Opened its Doors - Gerard Mannion

2. Deconstructing and Reconstructing a Cliché On Vatican II as a Pastoral Council: John O'Malley, S.J.

Part One: Opening to the World - The Turn to Moral Mission and Social Justice

3. Benedict XV A Most Unexpected Architect of Vatican II: Agnes de Dreuzy

4. Gaudium et Spes and the Opening to the World: Charles E. Curran

5. Economic Activity in Gaudium et Spes: Opening to the World or Theological Vocation?: Matthew A. Shadle

Part Two: Women and Vatican II

6. Women during and after Vatican II: Patricia Madigan, O.P.

7. Opening to the World: A Reformed Feminist Posture of Openness: Mary McClintock Fulkerson

8. Tensions Over 'Feminism', U.S. Women Religious, and the Contested Reception of Vatican II: Anne E. Patrick, S.N.J.M.

9. Women and the Art of Magisterium: Reflections on Vatican II and the Postconciliar Church: Gerard Mannion

Part Three: Inculturation: The Contextual Reception of the Council

10. We are the Church The Church in Dialogue in Papua: Jan Nielen

11. Mary as Type and Model of Church in Lumen Gentium Reception in Asia: Agnes M. Brazal

12. From The Cardinal  to The Shoes of the Fisherman:  Hollywood's Curious Fascination with Vatican II: Paul G. Monson Part Four: Ecumenical Readings of Vatican II

13. Bridges and Doors: An Ecumenical Reading of Vatican II: Dale T. Irvin

14. Vatican II - A Shift in the Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards the Reformation Churches? A Protestant Perspective: Dagmar Heller

15. The Russian Orthodox Observers at Vatican II in the Context of Soviet Religious Politics: Anastacia Wooden

16. Vatican II and the Redefinition of Anglicanism: Mark D. Chapman

Part Five: The Fruits and Future of Vatican II's Ecumenical Opening

17. Surveying the Impact of Unitatis Redintegratio: Achieved Convergences Current Processes Open Questions: Dorothea Sattler

18. A Patroness for the Council? Building a Movement for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Aid of Church Unity: Patrick J. Hayes

19. The Ecumenical Imperative after Vatican II: Achievements and Challenges: Susan Wood, S.C.L.

Conclusion

20. Remembering the Future: Church and Churches Towards Multi-Faceted Unity: Cardinal Walter Kasper

21. Epilogue: Brian Flanagan