| Preface |
ix |
| Part I: Analysis of the situation (see) |
|
| introduction |
1 |
| chapter 1. A Diagnosis of Today's Church |
5 |
| 1. Diagnosis of a Church historian |
6 |
| 2. Diagnosis of a sociologist |
8 |
| 3. Diagnosis of a social psychologist |
13 |
| 4. Diagnosis of a feminist author |
14 |
| 5. Diagnosis of a missiologist |
16 |
| 6. Arriving at a comprehensive diagnosis |
18 |
| Part II: Drawing up a framework (judge) |
|
| chapter 2. Jesus and the church |
25 |
| 1. Deconstruction: Jesus "instituted" |
27 |
| 2. Reconstruction: Jesus and the Church |
30 |
| a. First stage: Jesus of Nazareth |
30 |
| b. Second stage: The community led by Jesus' Spirit |
34 |
| 3. Church and Mission |
35 |
| a. First stage: Jesus of Nazareth |
36 |
| b. Second stage: Paul |
36 |
| 4. A community of disciples |
41 |
| Chapter 3. Vantican II: A New Trajectory |
43 |
| 1. The three ecclesiologies of Vatican II |
44 |
| a. Society |
45 |
| b. People |
46 |
| c. Servant |
47 |
| 2. a juxtaposition of two worldviews |
49 |
| a. A dualistic worldview |
49 |
| b. A historical worldview |
53 |
| 3. Choosing a single perspective |
56 |
| 4. Dreams of the future |
58 |
| Chapter 4. The Post-Vantican II Church: Mission or Restoration |
61 |
| 1. The tensions of Vatican II Council |
61 |
| 2. The papacy of Paul VI (1963-78) |
64 |
| 3. The coming of the Third Church |
65 |
| 4. John-Paul II (1978- ) |
68 |
| 5. The extraordinary Synod (1985) |
72 |
| ̉̉̉6. Small is beautiful |
73 |
| Chapter 5. A Testcase: The One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church |
79 |
| 1. The origin of the four attributes |
79 |
| 2. Roman Chatholic Apologetics |
81 |
| 3. Gift, task, and promise |
84 |
| a. The Church is one |
86 |
| b. The Church is catholic |
87 |
| c. The Church is holy |
88 |
| d. The Church is apostolic |
90 |
| e. The eschatological component |
91 |
| Chapter 6. The Papacy: Rock of Stumbling Block |
95 |
| 1. The beginning of the papacy |
95 |
| 2. The consolidation of papal primacy |
101 |
| 3. Three stumbling blocks |
105 |
| a. Divine instituition |
105 |
| b. Primacy of jurisdiction |
108 |
| c. Infallibility |
110 |
| 4. Mornach of fellow bishop and ecumenical pastor? |
113 |
| Part III: Toward a pastoral and Missionary praxis (act) |
|
| introduction |
117 |
| Chapter 7. Mission in Today's Situation |
121 |
| 1. From planting to dialogue |
122 |
| 2. A missionary agenda |
124 |
| 3. A renewed Church: BECs and ministries |
126 |
| a. Centers of evangelization withing a Church fellowship |
128 |
| b. Renewal of the Church institution |
130 |
| c. The Poor |
130 |
| d. Service to the world |
131 |
| 4. A renewed mission |
132 |
| Conclusion: To see, To Judge, To Act |
141 |