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The Crisis of Authority in Catholic Modernity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199877799
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Crisis of Authority in Catholic ModernityDDC classification:
  • 262/.8088282
LOC classification:
  • BX1746.C757 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Prologue: The Problem of Authority and Its Limits -- Section I: Historical Background: Contested Pasts -- 1. History and the Return of the Repressed in Catholic Modernity: The Dilemma Posed by Constance -- 2. Leo's Church and Our Own -- 3. Benedict XVI and the Interpretation of Vatican II -- Section II: Theological, Canonistic, and Philosophical Issues: Stubborn Challenges, Emerging Directions -- 4. Catholic Tradition and Traditions -- 5. Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Law: Canon Law and Its Discontents -- 6. A Teaching Church That Learns?: Discerning "Authentic" Teaching in Our Times -- 7. Moral Theology after Vatican II -- 8. Retrieving and Reframing Catholic Casuistry -- 9. Magisterial Authority -- Section III: Practical Limits: Authority in the Lived Catholicism of American Laity and Clergy -- 10. American Catholics and Church Authority -- 11. Souls and Bodies: The Birth Control Controversy and the Collapse of Confession -- 12. Assessing the Education of Priests and Lay Ministers: Content and Consequences -- Epilogue: The Matter of Unity -- Appendix: Remarks on Interpreting the Second Vatican Council -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within the first-world church, at least - take a far more independent line, and increasingly understand themselves (rather than the church) as the final arbiter of decision-making, especially on ethical questions. This collection of essays explores the historical background and present ecclesial situation, explaining the dramatic shift in attitude on the part of contemporary Catholics in the U.S. and Europe.
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Cover -- Contents -- Prologue: The Problem of Authority and Its Limits -- Section I: Historical Background: Contested Pasts -- 1. History and the Return of the Repressed in Catholic Modernity: The Dilemma Posed by Constance -- 2. Leo's Church and Our Own -- 3. Benedict XVI and the Interpretation of Vatican II -- Section II: Theological, Canonistic, and Philosophical Issues: Stubborn Challenges, Emerging Directions -- 4. Catholic Tradition and Traditions -- 5. Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Law: Canon Law and Its Discontents -- 6. A Teaching Church That Learns?: Discerning "Authentic" Teaching in Our Times -- 7. Moral Theology after Vatican II -- 8. Retrieving and Reframing Catholic Casuistry -- 9. Magisterial Authority -- Section III: Practical Limits: Authority in the Lived Catholicism of American Laity and Clergy -- 10. American Catholics and Church Authority -- 11. Souls and Bodies: The Birth Control Controversy and the Collapse of Confession -- 12. Assessing the Education of Priests and Lay Ministers: Content and Consequences -- Epilogue: The Matter of Unity -- Appendix: Remarks on Interpreting the Second Vatican Council -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within the first-world church, at least - take a far more independent line, and increasingly understand themselves (rather than the church) as the final arbiter of decision-making, especially on ethical questions. This collection of essays explores the historical background and present ecclesial situation, explaining the dramatic shift in attitude on the part of contemporary Catholics in the U.S. and Europe.

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