The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was a watershed event in the history of the Catholic Church, a critical self-examination that sought at once to rediscover the most ancient sources of Christian thought and practice and to bring these traditions into the modern world. While few question the idealism and vision of Vatican II, its legacy is contested. Has the Catholic Church fulfilled the promise of the council? Has it successfully reclaimed the scriptural call to justice? Has it truly shifted its gaze to the joys and hopes, grief and anguish of our troubled world? Reflecting on both the vision of the council and its uneven reception, Turning to the World ponders the impact of Vatican II on interreligious dialogue, peace-building, and care for the environment. Focusing specifically on the Canadian and Latin American experiences, contributors work from diverse disciplinary perspectives to examine developments in the Catholic Church's understanding of freedom, conscience, and the common good. The volume also appraises the effects of the Church's turn to the world in its hope to voice the pressing needs of the human family, especially in contexts of great poverty and injustice and among peoples adversely affected by the modern and postmodern economies of greed. Exploring the legacy of Vatican II, Turning to the World offers a unique perspective on the influence, reception, developments, and applications of the council from the 1960s to the teachings of Pope Francis.--$cProvided by publisher.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-224) and index
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- 262/.52
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- 9780773555266 9780773556225
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- BX830.1962
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- T87 2018eb
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- 1 electronic text (xx, 232 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- Title proper/short title
- Social justice and the common good since Vatican II
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- TURNING TO THE WORLD 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Editors’ Note 10
- Abbreviations 12
- Prologue The Spirit Lives On: Reflections of a Council Father 14
- Acknowledgments 20
- Introduction 24
- 1 Conscience, Freedom, and Humanism: New Foundations for Catholic Social Teaching at Vatican II 31
- 2 The Social Mission of the Church: An Issue of Dialogue 55
- 3 Moralizing Neoliberalism? An Analysis of the Principle of Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Teaching 71
- 4 Dialogue and Dignity: Linking Nostra Aetate to Catholic Social Justice Teachings 88
- 5 Images of Dealing with Social Injustice from Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition: A Resource for Renewed Reflection 112
- 6 A Voice from the South: Social Justice in the Latin American Church after Vatican II 128
- 7 To the World: Ana Castillo’s The Guardians and Literature after Vatican II 146
- 8 An Integral Vision of Peace? Assessing Catholic Social Teaching’s Contribution to Contemporary Green Cultures of Peace from Vatican II to Benedict XVI 161
- 9 The Priority of Social Justice at the Second Vatican Council: Canadian Contributions 185
- 10 The Search for the Common Good in Canada 201
- Epilogue 214
- Bibliography 220
- Contributors 246
- Index 248
