Vatican II and Phenomenology Reflections on the Life-World of the Ch
The thesis of this essay may be stated quite briefly: Vatican II is a demonstration model of the phenomenological method employed on an international scale. It exemplifies the final developmental stage, postulated by Husserl, of an inter subjective phen
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VATICAN II AND PHENOMENOLOGY Reflections on the Life- World of the Church
JOHN F. KOBLER
1985 MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS
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Kobler, John F. Vatican II and phenomenology. (Studies in philosophy and religion ; v_ 8) Bibliography: p_ l. Vatican Council (2nd: 1962-1965) 2_ Phenomenology. 3. Chruch and the world_ 4. Catholic Church-Doctrines. 1_ Title. II. Series: Studies in philosophy and religion (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) ; v. 8. BX8301962.K55 1985 262'.02'01 85-13607
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MY MOTHER AND FATHER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface
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Acknowledgments Part I The Historical Context 1. 2. 3. 4.
From Phenomenology to Pope John XXIII From Humanae Salutis to the Opening of the Council The Developing Consciousness of the Bishops in Council The Influence of Pacem in Terris
3 19 41 55
Part II Ambiguities, Technicalities and Adjustments 5. The Ambiguities: Integralism, Pluralism and Communication 6. Phenomenology in the Context of Vatican II 7. The Dynamics of an Adjusting Ecc1esial Consciousness
67 77
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Part III The Final Achievement
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8. The New ECc1esial Hermeneutics 9. The Church in the Modern World 10. The Vertical Dimension of the New Ecc1esial Hermeneutics
127 147
Epilogue: The Moral Challenge of the New Global Ta
