Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
1. Introduction
Vladimir Latinovic and Mark Chapman
Part I: History and Theology
2. From Rigor to Reconciliation: Cyprian of Carthage on Changing Penitential Practice David G. Hunter
3. Who do You Call a Heretic? Fluid Notions of Orthodoxy and Heresy in Late Antiquity
Vladimir Latinovic
4. Towards a Theology of Dissent
Judith Gruber
5. Theology of Church Reform and Institutional Crisis: Reading Yves Congar in the Twenty-first Century
Massimo Faggioli
Part II: Society and Gender
6. Sisterhood of the Earth: An Emergence of an Ecological Civilization and an Ecozoic Era
Elaine Padilla
7. Developing a Virtue of Eating Well: Laudato S and Animal Economies
Matthew Eaton
8. Noli Me T ngere: A Church for the Oppressed Putting the Abused and Vulnerable at the Forefront of Ecclesial Activity and Change Cristina Lledo Gomez
9. The Essence of Faith: Prayer as Ritual and Struggle
Mary McClintock Fulkerson
10. The Holy Spirit Makes the Church: Changing the Church as a Responsive Act
Scott MacDougall
11. Making the Spiritual World Accessible: Paul VI and Modern Art at the Close of Vatican II Susie Paulik Babka
12. Women Changing the Church: The Experience of the Council for Australian Catholic Women 2000-2019
Patricia Madigan OP
13. The Unity of the Church and Birth Control in an Age of Polarization
Dennis M. Doyle
Part III: Mission and World Christianity
14. The World Mission of the Christian Church
Roger Haight, S.J.
15. Conversion and Change Through the Processes of Mission and Christianization
Paul M. Collins
16. Mission as Reception: Reframing Evangelism in the Church of England
Martyn Percy
17. The "Refugee Crisis" as an Opportunity for Missionary and Pastoral Conversion
Gioacchino Campese
18. Blessed Pierre Claverie: Holiness in a World Church
Darren J. Dias
19. Changing the Church: An African Theological Reflection
Stan Chu Ilo
20. The Revolutionary Power of the Church
Debora Tonelli
21. The Implications of Transient Migration and Online Communities for Changing the Church in Asia
Jonathan Y. Tan
Part IV: Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
22. Liturgical Renewal and Ecumenical Progress
John Borelli
23. Changing the Catholic Church's Interreligious Relationships: Irish American Pioneers at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions
Leo D. Lefebure
24. Is Interreligious dialogue changing the Church? The Significance of the Document on Human Fraternity
Roberto Catalano
25. That's Gonna Leave a Mark: A Saint, a Sultan, and How Friendship Does (or Doesn't) Change the Church
Jason Welle, O.F.M.
26. Three's Company in Interfaith Dialogue: A Protestant Modus for Engagement with Those from Other Faiths.
Nicolas G. Mumejian
27. Reforming Anti-Judaism in a Church Called to Communion Mary Doak