Prophetic Obedience: Ecclesiology For A Dialogical Church

Synopsis

Drawing On The Documents Of Vatican Ii As Well As Biblical, Theological, And Spiritual Resources, Hinze Seeks To Develop A Deeper Understanding Of What It Means To Foster Prophetic Obedience In The Contemporary Church. In The Spirit Of Works By Johann Baptist Metz, Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino, Dean Brackley, And Sandra Schneiders, This Book Advances A Practical Fundamental Ecclesiology That Combines A Constructive Theological Argument With An Argument For Greater Lay Participation And Grassroots Democracy In The Church. (publisher). A New Dawn For A Prophetic People Of God -- The People Of God In The Ecclesiology Of Lumen Gentium -- What Difference Has The People Of God Ecclesiology Made? -- Local Synods, Councils, And Forums -- The Many Faces Of Catholic Action -- The People Of God In The Local Church Of New York -- The Senate Of Clergy -- Women Religious: The Example Of The Sisters Of Charity -- Parish Councils -- The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council -- Facing Reality In The Bronx -- A Prophetic Summons -- South Bronx People For Change -- South Bronx Pastoral Center -- Northwest Bronx Community And Clergy Coalition -- Concluding Remarks -- The Prophetic People Of God Eclipsed -- The New Code Of Canon Law -- The 1985 Extraordinary Synod Of Bishops -- Communion, Centralization, And The Clerical Difference -- The Debate About Communion Ecclesiology -- Episcopal Conferences -- Diocesan Synods -- Pastoral Councils -- The Eclipse Of The People Of God In New York: Has The Spirit Been Extinguished? --^ Archdiocesan Synod 1988 -- Presbyteral Council -- Women Religious: The Sisters Of Charity -- Parish Pastoral Councils -- South Bronx People For Change And South Bronx Pastoral Center -- Northwest Bronx Community And Clergy Coalition -- Concluding Remarks -- Ecclesial Impasse: What Can We Learn From Our Laments? -- Ecclesial Impasse: Two Examples -- A Rationale For Heeding Laments -- Scriptural Witnesses -- Augustine Of Hippo -- Constance Fitzgerald On John Of The Cross -- Discerning Laments In Ecclesiology And Pastoral Practice -- Obedience In A Dialogical Church: Trinitarian Reflections -- Where Is God's Voice Heard In A Dialogical Church? -- The Obedience Of The Triune God -- An Alternative Proposal -- The Obedience Of The Father -- The Obedience Of Jesus -- The Obedience Of The Spirit -- Trinitarian Summary -- The Obedient Church After The Image Of The Triune God? -- What Does Prophetic Obedience Require? -- Sources Of Resistance To The Prophetic Character Of All Believers --^ Incarnational Christologies -- Communion Ecclesiology -- Divergent Impulses In Vatican 11 Documents -- Two Frames For Understanding Prophecy -- Word Received, Witness Given: The Dominant Framework -- Heeding The Spirit In Laments And Aspirations: An Alternative Framework -- What Prophetic Obedience Requires -- Discernment As The Decisive Dimension -- Prophetic Obedience Is Not Blind Obedience -- A Prophetic Sense Of Faith -- Discerning Signs Of The Times -- A Commitment To Mission As Prophetic Dialogue -- Conclusion -- Prophetic Obedience In Practice -- Prophetic Obedience In Community Organizing -- Further Observations And Reflections -- Parish Pastoral Councils -- Parish Pastoral Planning In The Diocese Of Brooklyn: Phase One -- Strategic Pastoral Planning In A Crisis Situation: Phase Two -- Discerning Parish Vitality -- Further Observations And Questions -- Individuation And Communion: Summoned Self And Commissioned Church -- Lamenting Three Signs Of The Times --^ How Is One To Interpret And Respond To These Three Signs Of The Times? -- Resist Individualization By Promoting Ecclesial Communion -- Advocate Prophetic Individuation-in-communion -- Conceptual Clarification -- Theologically Justifying Individuation -- The Quest For Individuation-in-communion In The Church -- The Pursuit Of Engaging Ecclesial Social Imaginaries -- Official Structures Of Participation: The Often Disappointing Option -- Alternatives: From Catholic Action To New Ecclesial Movements -- Why Are People Attracted To Catholic Action And New Ecclesial Movements?. Bradford E. Hinze. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.