Practices of Dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: Aims and Obstacles, Lessons and Laments

by Bradford E. Hinze

Book Overview

One of the principal buzzwords of the Second Vatican Council (1963-65), along with collegiality, co-responsibility, full participation , and aggiornamento , was dialogue. This is a history of how the practices of dialogue have actually worked or failed to work at every level of the church over the past forty years. Beginning at the most basic level, that of the parish, the book moves up the ecclesiastical ladder from parish councils, to diocesan synods,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826417213
• ISBN13: 9780826417213
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"