Religious Life and Priesthood: Perfectae Caritatis, Optatam Totius, Presbyterorum Ordinis (Rediscovering Vatican II) [Paperback]

Maryanne Confoy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Rediscovering Vatican II | Publication Date: May 19, 2008

This book examines the historical context, the key players and the implementation of the Vatican II documents on priesthood, training of priests and religious life. It offers a contemporary vision for and critique of ecclesial ministries for the 21st century.

Highlights:
* It gives an overview of the key issues related to each of the documents in terms of the history of the texts, their implementation and their fate.
* It offers an analysis of the issues related to ministry and ministering in today's church and a response to the directions being promoted by the Vatican, other academics and the ecclesial context.
* It offers some critique of the past and hope for the future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Those, who like myself, who became committed Catholics because of Pope John XXIII and his council will welcome the publication by Paulist Press of eight concise, accessible commentaries of the council texts and their implementation during the subsequent four decades, under the general title Rediscovering Vatican II....These two books (Gaillardetz and Cassidy) are the jewels in the crown of this first installment of the Paulist series." They are supported by workmanlike accounts of Gaudium et spes by Norman Tanner, an expert on church councils, and Dei verbum by the Sulpician Bible scholar Ronald Witherup Dolores Leckey, who has done much for the cause of the laity, covers Apostolicam actuositatem in a treatment whose focus is overwhelmingly American and hardly mentions the emergence of the new ecclesial movements. These volumes are not bedside reading. They are designed for the library, the study, and the classroom. Let us hope they receive the attention they deserve. -- COMMONWEAL, Sept. 14, 2007

About the Author

Maryanne Confoy, RSC, a religious of the Sisters of Charity of Australia, is professor of pastoral theology at the Jesuit Theological College and the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, Victoria. She is visiting professor at the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at Boston College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: Paulist Pr (May 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809144549
• ISBN-13: 978-0809144549
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #717,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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