The Road to Vatican II : Key Changes in Theology / Maureen Sullivan

includes index and biblioraphy

1. THEOLOGY IN TRANSITION .....................11 Paradigm Shifts in Theology ......................... .11 The Task of the Theologian ......................... .16 The New Theology ................................ .17 The New Theologians .............................. .18 Conclusion ....................................... .35 2. THE CHURCH LOOKS AT THE WORLD ...........37 Leading Up to Vatican II ............................ .37 A Document for Our Time .......................... .42 Church and World: A Reconciliation .................. .42 A Changing Theology .............................. .45 Theological Anthropology ........................... .48 Christ the Key Element in a Theological Anthropology . . . .50 Lnculturation ...................................... .51 Reasons to Believe ................................. .53 A Renewed Sense of History ......................... .55 Conclusion ....................................... .58 3. THE CHURCH LOOKS AT THE LAITY .............60 The Layperson in the Church before Vatican II.......... .60 Struggling to Find a Voice ........................... .61 Return to the Sources ............................... .63 A Theology of Communion .......................... .64 The Sensus Fidelium ................................ .66 The Law of Incarnation ............................. .68 The Hour of the Laity .............................. .69 Vatican II Opens the Door ........................... .70 Lumen Gentium .................................... .71 Priesthood of the Faithful ........................... .73 Gifted with the Same Spirit .......................... .74 Relationship between the Laity and the Hierarchy ....... .75 Gaudium et Spes .................................... .77 A Theology of the Actual ............................ .77 Theologically Prepared for the Mission ................ .78 Apostolicam Actuositatem ............................. .80 An Ecclesiology of the People of God .................. .81 Preparation to Be an Apostle ......................... .81 Conclusion ....................................... .82 4. THE CHURCH LOOKS AT ITSELF ................ .84 From Vatican I to Vatican II ......................... .84 Changing the Unchangeable ......................... .87 Lumen Gentium: A Charter for Change ................. .89 The Church Is a Mystery ............................ .91 The Church Is a Communion ........................ .98 The Church Is a Reality in the Making ................ .108 Conclusion .......................................114