Practices of dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: aims and obstacles, lessons and laments
Bradford E. Hinze
Practices of dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: aims and obstacles, lessons and laments
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Bradford E. HinzePublisher
ContinuumEdition 1
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Practices of dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church: aims and obstacles, lessons and laments / Bradford E. HinzePublication Details
نیویورک : Continuum، 2006مPhysical Description
ix, 326 p.; 24 cm..Subject
Dialogue Religious aspects Catholic ChurchLanguage
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Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents
The matrix of dialogue in the church -- The life of the parish and the pastoral council -- Discerning the mission of the local church -- The bishop and the diocesan synod -- An overwhelming response to a U.S. bishops' invitation -- The call to action -- A new way of teaching with authority -- The pastoral letters of the U.S. Bishops' Conference -- Placating polarizations or making them productive? -- The Catholic Common Ground Initiative -- The church women want -- What women religious learned in chapters -- Collegiality and constraint -- The synod of bishops -- Differentiated consensus, imperfect communion -- Ecumenical dialogues -- Rethinking the oldest divisions in the interests of larger truths and lasting peace -- Interreligious dialogue -- Lessons and laments and the unfinished agenda of a dialogical church