Church in the Modern World

Michael G. Lawler, PhD, Amelia and Emil Graff Professor Emeritus of Catholic Theology at Creighton University, received his training in theology at Dublin, Oxford, Rome, and St. Louis. He was a member of the Theology Department at Creighton for thirty-five years and is a prolific lecturer and writer. He has published twenty-two books and some 150 scholarly essays on topics related to sacraments, marriage, and sexuality. His most recent books are co-authored with Todd Salzman: the award winning and best-selling The Sexual Person: Towards a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Georgetown University Press, 2008); Sexual Ethics: A Theological Introduction (Georgetown University Press, 2012). Dr. Lawler and his wife Susan have three adult children and four grandchildren. Todd A. Salzman, PhD, is professor of theology at Creighton University. His areas of interest include Christian ethical theory, sexual ethics, biomedical ethics, and ethics and international humanitarian law. In addition to the co-authored books with Dr. Lawler, he has published over sixty scholarly articles in journals such as Theological Studies, Studia Moralia, Heythrop Journal, and Louvain Studies. Todd is married to Katy Salzman and they have three children: Ian, Aaron, and Emily.Eileen Burke-Sullivan, STD (1949-2024) was professor emerita and former vice provost/vice president of university mission and ministry at Creighton University. She lectured and published widely on liturgical, spiritual, and ecclesial topics and is co-author of The Ignatian Tradition and The Church in the Modern World, published by Liturgical Press.

• ContentsPrologue   1Chapter One:Gaudium et Spes: The History   13Chapter Two: The Ecclesiological Focus of Gaudium et Spes   41Chapter Three:Gaudium et Spes: Perspectivism, Conscience, and Ethical Method   71Chapter Four:Gaudium et Spes: Marriage   112Chapter Five: Being Christ-ian and the Service of Love and Justice   138Chapter Six: The Political Community and Peacebuilding   164Index   199

"A key strength of this volume is the unity of voice afforded by the collaboration of these three Creighton University colleagues, who quite evidently coauthored all parts of this book as a single unit. In consistently admirable ways, this volume rises to the fierce challenge of covering much ground with great dispatch."Thomas Massaro, SJ, Worship