Church with Open Doors

Richard R. Gaillardetz (1958-2023), held the Joseph Chair of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College. He published numerous articles and authored or edited twelve books, including An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism and Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II (co-authored with Catherine Clifford), both published by Liturgical Press. He was a contributor to Give Us This Day. Gaillardetz was a delegate on the US Catholic-Methodist Ecumenical Dialogue and served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America between 2013 and 2014. Edward P. Hahnenberg holds the Jack and Mary Jane Breen Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology at John Carroll University. He is the author of Awakening Vocation: A Theology of Christian Call and Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers, and coeditor of A Church with Open Doors: Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium published by Liturgical Press. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day. Dr. Hahnenberg is a past consultant to the US Bishops Subcommittee on Lay Ministry and current delegate to the US Lutheran–Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue.

• ContentsList of Abbreviations   ixIntroduction   xiRichard R. Gaillardetz and Edward P. HahnenbergPart 1: A Church of Missionary DisciplesCHAPTER 1Beyond the New Evangelization: Toward a Missionary Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century   3Stephen Bevans, SVDCHAPTER 2Ecclesiology and the Use of Demography: Three Models of Apostolicity   23Paul LakelandPart 2: Church and CultureCHAPTER 3Unsettled Accounts: Latino/a Theology and the Church in the Third Millennium   45Natalia M. Imperatori-LeeCHAPTER 4Ecclesiology, Cultural Change, and the Changing Nature of Culture   64Vincent MillerPart 3: Ecclesiological OpeningsCHAPTER 5Power and Authority in the Church: Emerging Issues   87Richard R. GaillardetzCHAPTER 6A Feminist Reflection on Postconciliar Catholic Ecclesiology   112Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHMCHAPTER 7Liturgical Ecclesiology   138Susan K. Wood, SCLCHAPTER 8Learning from Experience: Attention to Anomalies in a Theology of Ministry   159Edward P. HahnenbergCHAPTER 9A Promising New Thrust in Ecumenical Theology   181Michael A. Fahey, SJThomas F. O’Meara, OP, Bibliography of Publications   197Compiled by Michael A. Fahey, SJList of Contributors   214Index   216

What an excellent set of writings! By turns insightful, inspirational, and critical, but always interesting, the book's method of looking back and looking ahead offers deep understanding of the present church in its messy, graced reality. So much is in bud. Read it and experience the maturing of the theological voice in North America.Elizabeth A. Johnson, Distinguished Professor, Fordham University