Research Catalog

Title

Church authority in American culture : the second Cardinal Bernardin Conference / Catholic Common Ground Initiative ; introduction by Philip J. Murnion.

Author

Cardinal Bernardin Conference (2nd : 1998 : Oconomowoc, Wis.)

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Crossroad Pub., [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

Catholic Common Ground Initiative.

Description

viii, 157 pages; 19 cm

Summary

• "At the second Cardinal Bernardin Conference of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative leading Catholic thinkers representing a wide range of opinion gathered to discuss the question of church authority in contemporary America. The starting point for the discussion was provided in four essays, two by theologians, one by a canon lawyer, and one by a sociologist.".
• "In addition to the texts of the four essays, this volume contains an extensive transcript of the conference, including the panel discussion among the four authors and the more general discussion among the many participants in the conference."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Christianity and culture > United States > History > 20th century > Congresses
• Catholic Church United States > History > 20th century
• Church > Authority > History of doctrines > 20th century > Congresses

Note

• "A Herder & Herder book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / Philip J. Murnion -- Humanae Vitae and Ordinatio Sacerdotalis Problems of Reception / Avery Dulles -- 2. Authority and Its Exercise / Joseph A. Komonchak -- 3. Church Authority in American Culture Cases and Observations / James A. Coriden -- 4. Authority in America / Philip Selznick -- 5. Panel Discussion / James Coriden, Avery Dulles and Joseph Komonchak / [et al.] -- 6. First General Discussion -- 7. Second General Discussion.

ISBN

0824517881 (pbk.)

LCCN

99011107

OCLC

• 40654742
• ocm40654742
• SCSB-3863287

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries