The Crisis of Authority in Catholic Modernity

includes index and biblioraphy

Section I Historical Background: Contested Pasts 1. History and the Return of the Repressed in Catholic Modernity: The Dilemma Posed by Constance, 29 Francis Oakley 2. Leo`s Church and Our Own, 57 Michael J. Lacey 3. Benedict XVI and the Interpretation of Vatican II, 93 Joseph A. Komonchak Section II Theological, Canonistic, and Philosophical Issues: Stubborn Challenges, Emerging Directions 4. Catholic Tradition and Traditions, 113 Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. 5. Something There Is That Doesn`t Love a Law: Canon Law and Its Discontents, 135 John P. Beal 6. A Teaching Church That Learns?: Discerning "Authentic" Teaching in Our Times,161 Gerard Mannion 7. Moral Theology after Vatican II, 193 Lisa Sowle Cahill 8. Retrieving and Reframing Catholic Casuistry, 225 M. Cathleen Kaveny 9. Magisterial Authority, 259 Charks Taylor Section III Practical Limits: Authority in the Lived Catholicism of American Laity and Clergy 10. American Catholics and Church Authority, 273 William V. D`Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, and Mary L. Gautier 11. Souls and Bodies: The Birth Control Controversy and the Collapse of Confession, Leslie Woodcock Tender 12. Assessing the Education of Priests and Lay Ministers: Content and Consequences, Katarina Schuth