Critical belonging has been an essential feature of Christianity since its origin. This book shows how, by working collaboratively, the "people of God" can credibly meet past and present challenges together. In this way, the diversity and unity within the Christian community are acknowledged and affirmed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Faithful and Free: Four Examples of Critical Belonging I. The Roman Trinity: Religion, Tradition, and Authority 1. Toward a catholic Christianity 2. Athens and Jerusalem: Two Sources of Western Ethics 3. The Loss of Effective Authority: A Crisis of Trust and Credibility II. The Old and the New: The Imperatives of Continuity and Innovation 4. Critical Christian Humanism 5. Seeking and Dwelling: Four Spiritual Journeys 6. The Common Good: An Exercise in Critical Retrieval III. Reading the Signs of the Times 7. Intellectual Eros and the Quest for Understanding 8. Sexuality, Love, and Marriage 9. Practical Wisdom, Social Justice, and the Global Society IV. Critical Aggiornamento: Renewing the Promise of Vatican II 10. Reforming the Church, Redeeming the World 11. To See Things Whole: Three Perspectives on a Catholic Modernity 12. Reflections on a Compassionate Papacy Conclusion: A Closing Word
