Unfinished Journey: The Church 40 Years After Vatican II: Essays for John Wilkins

by Austen Ivereigh

Book Overview

The Second Vatican Council, which ended thirty-five years ago, promised so much: a new vision of a reformed Church aware of its social, theological and ecumenical responsibilities; a truly conciliar Church with collegial structures. However, this vision seems to have evaporated and many of the promised reforms have been truncated or have not happened at all. The Vatican remains intensely bureaucratic. Theologians are silenced and the effect of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826471005
• ISBN13: 9780826471000
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"