Aggiornamento? ― Catholicism from Gregory XVI to Benedict XVI

Fifty years after Vatican II, the time has arrived to relocate this council against a broad horizon. Therefore, this volume offers a survey of the evolution of Catholicism, from ca. 1830 to the present-day, tying together the renewals proposed by the first and the Second Vatican Councils..

Karim Schelkens, Ph.D. (2007) in Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, has studied in Leuven and at the Universite Laval, Canada. He is active as Church historian at the universities of Leuven and Tilburg. Schelkens has published extensively on the history of the Second Vatican Council, including an edition of the diaries of Edward Schillebeeckx (Peeters, 2011). John A. Dick, Ph.D. (1986) in Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, postgraduate studies as well at Catholic University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Dick is an historical theologian who has focused on Anglican/Roman Catholic relations, secularization, and Religion and Values in U.S. society.Jurgen Mettepenningen, Ph.D. (2008) in Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, is guest lecturer at the theological faculty in Leuven. He published mainly on 'nouvelle theologie', including the book "Nouvelle Theologie - New Theology: Inheritor of Modernism, Precursor of Vatican II" (T&T Clark, 2010).