Changing the Church

This volume, dedicated to the memory of Gerard Mannion (1970-2019), former Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, explores the topic of changing the church from a range of different theological perspectives. The volume contributors offer answers to questions such as: What needs to be changed in the universal church and in the particular denominations? How has change influenced the life of the church? What are the dangers that change brings with it? What awaits the church if it refuses to change? Many of the essays focus on people who have changed the church significantly and on events that have catalyzed change, for the better or for the worse. Some also present visions of change for particular Christian denominations, whether over the ordination of the women, different approaches to sexuality, reform of the magisterium, and many other issues related to change.

Explores the topic of changing the church. Covers a range of topics and visions of change for particular Christian denominations. Written for academics, especially those involved in ecumenical dialogue.

Autorentext

Mark D. Chapman is Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, UK, and Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. He is a Church of England priest and Canon of Truro Cathedral.

Vladimir Latinovic is Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Tübingen, and project manager at the Academy DRS in Stuttgart. He serves as director and vice-chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. From Rigor to Reconciliation: Cyprian of Carthage on Changing Penitential Practice.- 3. 4Who do You Call a Heretic? Fluid Notions of Orthodoxy and Heresy in Late Antiquity.- 4. Towards a Theology of Dissent.- 5. Theology of Church Reform and Institutional Crisis: Reading Yves Congar in the Twenty-first Century.- 6. Sisterhood of the Earth: An Emergence of an Ecological Civilization and an Ecozoic Era.- 7. Developing a Virtue of Eating Well: Laudato Sí and Animal Economies .- 8. Noli Me Tángere: A Church for the Oppressed Putting the Abused and Vulnerable at the Forefront of Ecclesial Activity and Change.- 9. The Essence of Faith: Prayer as Ritual and Struggle.- 10. The Holy Spirit Makes the Church: Changing the Church as a Responsive Act.- 11. Making the Spiritual World Accessible: Paul VI and Modern Art at the Close of Vatican II.- 12. Women Changing the Church: The Experience of the Council for Australian Catholic Women 2000-2019.- 13. The Unity of the Church and Birth Control in an Age of Polarization.- 14. The World Mission of the Christian Church.- 15. Conversion and Change Through the Processes of Mission and Christianization.- 16. Mission as Reception: Reframing Evangelism in the Church of England.- 17. The Refugee Crisis as an Opportunity for Missionary and Pastoral Conversion.- 18. Blessed Pierre Claverie: Holiness in a World Church .- 19. Changing the Church: An African Theological Reflection.- 20. The Revolutionary Power of the Church.- 21. The Implications of Transient Migration and Online Communities for Changing the Church in Asia.- 22. Liturgical Renewal and Ecumenical Progress.- 23. Changing the Catholic Church's Interreligious Relationships: Irish American Pioneers at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions.- 24. Is Interreligious dialogue changing the Church? The Significance of the Document on Human Fraternity.- 25. That's Gonna Leave a Mark: A Saint, a Sultan, and How Friendship Does (or Doesn't) Change the Church.- 26. Three's Company in Interfaith Dialogue: A Protestant Modus for Engagement with Those from Other Faiths.- 27. Reforming Anti-Judaism in a Church Called to Communion .- 28. Overcoming 'The Church as counter-sign of the Kingdom'.- 29. To Live According to the Form of the Holy Gospel: Francis of Assisi's Embodied Challenge to the Institutional Church.- 30. Authority and Change: The Role of Authority in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran World Federation.- 31. Stop, Stop and Listen: Changing the Church by Listening to its Life.- 32. How Should the Church Teach? A Mode of Learning and Teaching for Our Times.- 33. Towards a Re-Reading of the Dogmas of Vatican I.- 34. Ecclesial Reform and Human Cultures.- 35. Ecclesiology in Extremis.- 36. Ecclesial Extroversion: On the Reform in the Current Pontificate.- 37 Synodality as a Key Component of the Pontificate of Pope Francis: The Difficult Way from Theory to Practice.- 38. Changing the Church Through Synodality.- 39. Local Synodality: An Unnoticed Change.- 40. Problems at the Periphery: A Productive Confusion in The Speech That Got Pope Francis Elected. .- 41. Milestones for the Next Council: Conciliar Experiences and Global Synodality.