Beginning in 2004, De Gruyter publishes the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature * Yearbook (DCLY) in cooperation with the International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature. The Society is devoted to the study of the books of the Greek Bible (Septuagint), not contained in the Hebrew Bible, and to later Jewish literature, comprising approximately the time between the 3rd century B.C.E. and the 1st century C.E. The yearbooks contain the papers of the international conferences held by the Society. Volumes from 2005 to 2011 are available online. - Prayer from Tobit to Qumran, ed. by Renate Egger-Wenzel and Jeremy Corley (2004) - The Book of Wisdom in Modern Research, ed. by Angelo Passaro, Giuseppe Bellia, John J. Collins (2005) - History and Identity, ed. by Nuria Calduch-Benages and Jan Liesen (2006) - Angels, ed. by Friedrich Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas and Karin Schoepflin (2007) - Biblical Figures in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, ed. by Hermann Lichtenberger and Ulrike Mittmann-Richert (2008) - The Human Body in Death and Resurrection, ed. by Tobias Nicklas, Friedrich Reiterer, Joseph Verheyden (2009)

The tense relationship between the Catholic Church and modernity, particularly in Europe, gives rise to a whole range of questions and analyses which are described and discussed in this volume. It has a historical overview of the evolution and diversity of the Church after 1945. Also attention is given to the interaction between theology and contemporary postmodern secular culture, the self-image of the Church in the wake of Vatican II, the contribution of the Catholic tradition to the contemporary pluralistic world, and to modern culture influencing Catholic tradition. Pancratius C. Beentjes (1946), Professor emeritus of Old Testament and Hebrew, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, Netherlands.