Vatican II at 60 | Re-engergizing the Renewal

2025 Catholic Media Association Book Awards
THIRD PLACE – FUTURE OF THE CHURCH

Marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) here are original essays by leading Catholic theological scholars. They address the historic and current significance of the Council, key documents and themes, and the Council’s ongoing challenge for renewal in the Catholic Church of the twenty-first century.

Contents

1. A Council for a World Church, Catherine E. Clifford
2. The Unfinished Business of Lumen Gentium, Paul Lakeland
3. Reform in Motion: Vatican II and the Liturgy, John F. Baldovin, SJ
4. Lumen Gentium, Synodality, and the Universal Call to Participation, Brian P. Flanagan
5. Dei Verbum and the Roots of Synodality, Ormond Rush
6. Being the Church in the World, Marcus Mescher
7. Gender and Ecclesiology since Vatican II, Elyse J. Raby
8. Nostra Aetate: Journey to Interfaith Dialogue, Celia Deutsch, NDS
9. The Spirituality of the Second Vatican Council, Gerald O’Collins, SJ
10. Synodality: An Enduring Legacy of the Council, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy

Catherine E. Clifford is professor of historical and systematic theology, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. Her many publications include The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II, co-edited with Massimo Faggioli; Decoding Vatican II: Interpretation and Ongoing Reception; and (with Richard Gaillardetz) Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II.