{"product_id":"a-council-that-will-never-paul-lakeland-9780814680667","title":"A Council That Will Never End: Lumen Gentium and the Church Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLumen Gentium\u003c\/i\u003e, Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, changed how the church thinks about the laity, holiness, baptism, and even the nature and purpose of the church itself. In \u003ci\u003eA Council That Will Never End\u003c\/i\u003e, the highly regarded ecclesiologist Paul Lakeland marks the fiftieth anniversary of this document's promulgation by taking up three major themes of the constitution, analyzing the text, and identifying some of the questions with which it leaves us. These themes are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of the bishop in the church and the ways \u003ci\u003eLumen Gentium's\u003c\/i\u003e teaching relates to various tensions in today's church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe laity and in particular the mixed blessing of describing them in the category of \"secularity\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the relationships between the church and the people of God and what they tell us about the ways in which all people are offered salvation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLakeland is convinced that \u003ci\u003eLumen Gentium\u003c\/i\u003e leaves much unfinished business (as any historical document must), that attending to it will take us beyond much of the now sterile ecclesial divisions, and that the ecclesiology of humility it implies marks the way that theology must guide the church in the years ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Lakeland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814680666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814680667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.11w x 0.41d","brand":"Paul Lakeland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738987647231,"sku":"9780814680667","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd68965d-53ff-453a-996e-013342f7e6a9.jpg?v=1743276870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-council-that-will-never-paul-lakeland-9780814680667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}