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An Introduction to Vatican II as an Ongoing Theological Event (Paperback)
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An Introduction to Vatican II as an Ongoing Theological Event (Paperback)
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Contemporary scholars often refer to "the event of Vatican II," but
what kind of an event was it? In this first book of the new CUA
Press series Sacra Doctrina, Matthew Levering leads his readers to
see the Council as a "theological event"-a period of confirming and
continuing God's self-revelation in Christ into a new historical
era for the Church. This is an introduction to Vatican II with a
detailed summary of each of its four central documents-the dogmatic
constitutions-followed by explanations of how to interpret them. In
contrast to other introductions, which pay little attention to the
theological soil in which the documents of Vatican II germinated,
Levering offers a reading of each conciliar Constitution in light
of a key theological author from the era: Rene Latourelle, SJ for
Dei Verbum (persons and propositions); Louis Bouyer, CO for
Sacrosanctum Concilium (active participation); Yves Congar, OP for
Lumen Gentium (true and false reform); and Henri de Lubac, SJ for
Gaudium et Spes (nature and grace). This theological event is
"ongoing," Levering demonstrates, by tracing in each chapter the
theological debates that have stretched from the close of the
council till the present, and the difficulties the Church continues
to encounter in encouraging an ever deeper participation in Jesus
Christ on the part of all believers. In this light, the book's
final chapter compares the historicist (Massimo Faggioli) and
Christological (Robert Imbelli) interpretations of Vatican II,
arguing that historicism can undermine the Council's fundamental
desire for a reform and renewal rooted in Christ. The conclusion
addresses the concerns about secularization and loss of faith
raised after the Council by Henri de Lubac, Joseph Ratzinger, and
Yves Congar, arguing that contemporary Vatican II scholarship needs
to take these concerns more seriously.
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