Changing Patterns of Authority and Leadership: Developments in the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe after Vatican II (1965-1985) - Softcover

Gundani, Paul Henry

 
9780908307821: Changing Patterns of Authority and Leadership: Developments in the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe after Vatican II (1965-1985)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0908307829 ISBN 13: 9780908307821
Publisher: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002

Synopsis

Changes have taken place in the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe since the Second Vatican Council whose teachings transformed parish organisation, education, justice and peace. The author, a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe in Chistian History and Thought and Christianity in Africa, and general secretary of the Association of Theological Institutions in Southern and Central Africa, explores the dynamics behind the changes. The Second Vatican Council's teachings centred on the need to form episcopal councils, priests' associations, diocesan and parish councils. This was intended to promote popular involvement in the Church and to foster collaboration between the clergy and the laity in matters of faith. The programmes undertaken by the Church since 1965 are examined, and their successes and failures examined.

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Publisher
University of Zimbabwe Publications
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0908307829
ISBN 13 
9780908307821
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
156