Shortly after announcing Vatican II, John XXIII sent a letter to all the bishops soliciting suggestions for the council’s agenda. He told them to submit their ideas “with complete freedom and honesty...on anything Your Excellency thinks should be treated in the council.” Responses poured in, but for the most part they called for little more than a tightening of the status (...)
February 29, 2008
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Group Dynamics
Vatican IIA Sociological Analysis of Religious ChangeMelissa J. WildePrinceton University Press, $35, 224 pp.
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