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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt will surely enrich intelligent discussion about the unfinished work of bringing together (both conceptually and practically) the Church and the modern world. * New Theology Review *
The author argues persuasively that in order to assimilate the positive developments brought about by the Second Vatican Council, one needs to describe the church in process-relational rather than in substantivist terms. * Theology Today *
Table of Contentschapter 1 Preface chapter 2 Acknowledgments chapter 3 The Church at Present: Confronting Pastoral Heresy chapter 4 Seeking New Ground for the Church: A Process Worldview chapter 5 Elaborating a Process Worldview: Whiteheadian Societies chapter 6 The Origin of the Church: Jesus' Relationships chapter 7 The Conversion of the Church: The Ecclesial Imagination of Vatican II chapter 8 The Future of the Church: Process Catholicism chapter 9 The Hope of the Church: Overcoming Incarnational Cowardice
