Catholicism Opening to the World and Other Confessions: Vatican II and its Impact

Introduction:

1. How a Church Opened its Doors - Gerard Mannion

2. Deconstructing and Reconstructing a Cliché - On Vatican II as a "Pastoral Council": John O'Malley, S.J.

Part One: Opening to the World - The Turn to Moral Mission and Social Justice

3. Benedict XV - A Most Unexpected Architect of Vatican II: Agnes de Dreuzy

4. Gaudium et Spes and the Opening to the World: Charles E. Curran

5. Economic Activity in Gaudium et Spes: Opening to the World or Theological Vocation?: Matthew A. Shadle

Part Two: Women and Vatican II

6. Women during and after Vatican II: Patricia Madigan, O.P.

8. Tensions Over 'Feminism', U.S. Women Religious, and the Contested Reception of Vatican II: Anne E. Patrick, S.N.J.M.

9. Women and the Art of Magisterium: Reflections on Vatican II and the Postconciliar Church: Gerard Mannion

Part Three: Inculturation: The Contextual Reception of the Council

10. We are the Church - The Church in Dialogue in Papua: Jan Nielen

11. Mary as Type and Model of Church in Lumen Gentium -Reception in Asia: Agnes M. Brazal

12. From The Cardinal  to The Shoes of the Fisherman:  Hollywood's Curious Fascination with Vatican II: Paul G. Monson

13. Bridges and Doors: An Ecumenical Reading of Vatican II: Dale T. Irvin

14. Vatican II - A Shift in the Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards the Reformation Churches? - A Protestant Perspective: Dagmar Heller

15. The Russian Orthodox Observers at Vatican II in the Context of Soviet Religious Politics: Anastacia Wooden

16. Vatican II and the Redefinition of Anglicanism: Mark D. Chapman

Part Five: The Fruits and Future of Vatican II's Ecumenical Opening

17. Surveying the Impact of Unitatis Redintegratio: Achieved Convergences - Current Processes - Open Questions: Dorothea Sattler

18. A Patroness for the Council? Building a Movement for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Aid of Church Unity: Patrick J. Hayes

19. The Ecumenical Imperative after Vatican II: Achievements and Challenges: Susan Wood, S.C.L.

Conclusion

20. Remembering the Future: Church and Churches Towards Multi-Faceted Unity: Cardinal Walter Kasper

21. Epilogue: Brian Flanagan