Catholicism at the dawn of the third millennium / [electronic resource] Thomas P. Rausch.

"A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Church and the Council. Pre-Vatican II Catholicism -- Currents of renewal -- Second Vatican Council : 1962-1965 -- Faith and the believing community. Nature of faith -- People of God -- Jesus and God's reign -- Visible church. Church and the Council -- Community of disciples -- Offical ministry -- One, holy, Catholic, and Apostolic -- Living tradition. Revelation and tradition -- Expressions of the tradition -- Catholic tradition -- Sacraments and Christian initiation. Sacramental principle -- Sacraments of initiation -- Rite of Christian initiation -- Christian life and discipleship. Call to discipleship -- Marriage in Christ -- Priesthood -- Christian communities and religious life -- Single life -- Sin, forgiveness, and healing. Sin in the biblical tradition -- Doctrine of sin -- Forgiveness and reconciliation -- Healing and the anointing of the sick -- Sexual morality and social justice. Sexual morality -- Social justice -- Conscience and authority -- Prayer and spirituality. Types of prayer -- Spirituality -- Contemporary spiritualities -- Mariology -- Fullness of Christian hope. Salvation and eschatology -- Christian eschatology --Communion of Saints -- Salvation outside the church? -- Unfinished agenda. Liturgical renewal -- Question of authority -- Women in the Church -- Ecumenism -- Interreligious dialogue.