The Second Vatican Council (1962–65) set out a new vision of the role of lay people in the Roman Catholic Church whereby they were no longer seen as passive recipients of clerical initiatives, but as active ministers of the Gospel. This article describes the historical context from which Vatican II emerged and outlines the scale and significance of the changes it set in train. It then considers the Council’s developing theology of the laity and the challenges of implementing it. In the local context, the article examines the way in which these issues were reflected in the pages of Open House, an independent Scottish Catholic journal of comment, opinion and reflection, founded in 1990 with the aim of giving lay people a voice, enabling them to keep the conversation about Vatican II alive. It concludes by welcoming Pope Francis’ call for a synodal church, in which all the people of God share in the church’s life and mission, seeing this as offering a fresh interpretation of the Council and a new synthesis of its teaching.
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Review ofRachel S. Mikva, Interreligious Studies: An Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), pp. xi + 356, ISBN 978-1108826600. £26.99
评论 Rachel S. Mikva，《宗教间研究》：导论》（剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2023 年），第 xi + 356 页，ISBN 978-1108826600。£26.99
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Review ofEric Michael Mazur and Sarah McFarland Taylor (eds), Religion and Outer Space (Abingdon: Routledge, 2023), pp. xvi + 267, ISBN 978-0367542276. £35.99
回顾埃里克-迈克尔-马祖尔和莎拉-麦克法兰-泰勒（编），《宗教与外层空间》（阿宾顿：Routledge，2023 年），第 xvi + 267 页，国际标准书号 978-0367542276。£35.99
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For this issue of the journal, contributions were invited on any subject relevant to the Church and theology in Scotland. From the diverse range of topics covered in the papers selected for the issue, one uniting theme emerged: the significance of the role of lay people in Christian work and witness and in the life of the Church.
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Review ofRobin Waterfield, Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy (Oxford: OUP, 2023), pp. xxxix + 255, ISBN 978-0197564752. £21.99
评论罗宾-沃特菲尔德：《雅典柏拉图的哲学生涯》（牛津：OUP，2023 年），第 xxxix + 255 页，ISBN 978-0197564752：A Life in Philosophy (Oxford: OUP, 2023), pp.£21.99
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How does Christianity make sense to those on the margins of the church and to those within? How can those of us who proclaim the Gospel week by week explicate it in such a way that it is not only comprehensible, but plausible to the inquirer? This article introduces Community Organising (CO) as but one way forward for a church that is now suffering an existential crisis in a culture that has become largely indifferent to its claims. It will argue that the gospel becomes more plausible when encountered within the context of community engagement. It does so by laying out a description of CO, providing a theological rationale, and sharing the results of interviews conducted with those practising CO in their communities.
{"title":"Gospel plausibility and Community Organising","authors":"John Carswell","doi":"10.15664/tis.v31i1.2751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v31i1.2751","url":null,"abstract":"How does Christianity make sense to those on the margins of the church and to those within? How can those of us who proclaim the Gospel week by week explicate it in such a way that it is not only comprehensible, but plausible to the inquirer? This article introduces Community Organising (CO) as but one way forward for a church that is now suffering an existential crisis in a culture that has become largely indifferent to its claims. It will argue that the gospel becomes more plausible when encountered within the context of community engagement. It does so by laying out a description of CO, providing a theological rationale, and sharing the results of interviews conducted with those practising CO in their communities.","PeriodicalId":489123,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"117 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141115880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alluding to the thought of Julian of Norwich, this poem reflects on the significance of theopoetics as a form of engaging in social change, weaving in biblical, historical, and contemporary interdisciplinary insights.
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Review ofBridget Nichols and Nicholas Taylor, eds., The End of the Church? Conversations with the Work of David Jasper (Durham, UK: Sacristy Press, 2022), pp. xx + 264, ISBN 978-1789592528. £30.00
回顾布里奇特-尼科尔斯和尼古拉斯-泰勒编著的《教会的终结？与大卫-贾斯帕作品的对话》（英国达勒姆：Sacristy Press，2022 年），第 xx + 264 页，国际标准书号 978-1789592528。£30.00
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David Jasper outlines a brief history of the Gifford lectures series before giving us an insight into the work of the University of Glasgow Gifford committee during the time he served as its convenor.
David Jasper 简要介绍了吉福德系列讲座的历史，然后向我们介绍了格拉斯哥大学吉福德委员会在他担任召集人期间的工作。
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Review ofMichael Frost, Mission Is the Shape of Water: Learning from the Past to Inform Our Role in the World Today (Cody, WY: 100 Movements Publishing, 2023), pp. xxii + 254, ISBN 978-1955142403 (paperback) £13.99; ISBN 978-1955142410 (e-book) £8.99
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