Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change by Melissa J. Wilde Details
On the usual Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world saw history. For the first time in centuries, they attended the masses that were mostly conducted…
On the usual Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world saw history. For the first time in centuries, they attended the masses that were mostly conducted in their original tongues.
This was only the first of several many changes that emerged from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Generally known as the Second Vatican, will soon lead to a long-term religious shift since reform.
In this pioneering work of cultural and historical sociology, Melissa Wilde presented a new explanation of this revolutionary transformation of the Church. Drawing on the newly available sources - including a series of interviews with the main bishops of the Council and the Cardinals, and initial documents from the Vatican's secret archive unprecedented by researchers - Wild demonstrates that the Council's remarks were not merely reflections of papal will, Between the progressive and the conservatives that began during the first days of the Council.
The outcome of this confrontation was determined by a number of factors: the decline of the Church in Latin America. Competition and dialogue with other religions, especially Protestantism, in northern Europe and North America.
The progressive belief of the religious leaders in the sanctity of the settlement and their inclination to build consensus. Wilde's account will not only fascinate those interested in the Second Vatican but all who want to understand the social foundations of religious change..
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