| Description |
x, 229 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-219) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction : The great temptation -- A tinge of queasiness -- Unexpected mutiny -- The last hurrah? -- pt. 1. The past -- 1. The community Jesus founded -- A system not of purity but of compassion -- A community that makes decisions -- A church of many voices -- 2. A man for all seasons -- A different time and place -- An overwhelming vote of the people -- 3. A rising up of the faithful -- A council rejected by the Bishops -- The rebellion of the laity -- The people prevail -- 4. Control from above, participation from below -- Gregory I : a non-monarchical vision -- Gregory VII : reform through control -- The origins of a democratic church -- 5. Conciliarism : resistance to papal supremacy -- The appeal of conciliarism -- Confusion and havoc -- A revised history -- 6. The American experiment in democracy -- Seizing the opportunity -- The experiment disintegrated -- The experiment revived -- |
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pt. 2. The present -- 7. The emergence of the laity -- A gradual awakening -- Co-equals in Christ -- Progress and backlash -- A different kind of laity -- 8. Learning to live with democracy -- Democracy as demon -- The rehabilitation of an idea -- Democracy as partner -- A huge step forward -- 9. The church as a democracy -- A "listening" magisterium -- A "listening" papacy -- Developing an informed conscience -- 10. A convergence of crises -- The perfect storm -- Rethinking the faith -- Women on the verge -- The collapse of a feudal system -- 11. Reform from above -- An immense task " I cannot carry out by myself" -- A new way of being church -- Their eyes were now open -- 12. Pressure from below -- CTA - a call for consultation -- VOTF - rooting out the pathology -- A universe of reformers -- Women priests - action in a transitional time -- Is anybody listening? -- pt. 3. The future -- 13. The vision presses on to fulfillment -- Moving from consultative to deliberative -- Reworking papal primacy -- Taking the mission seriously -- The end of celibate and male exclusivity -- It will surely come! -- Notes -- Index. |
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Catholic Church -- Government -- History.
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Laity -- Catholic Church -- History.
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Church renewal -- Catholic Church.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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| ISBN |
9780824524197 alkaline paper |
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0824524195 alkaline paper |
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