The Reformanda Initiative

11. Missiological Implications of Vatican II Theology

January 17, 2020 Reid Karr, Clay Kannard Episode 11
The Reformanda Initiative
11. Missiological Implications of Vatican II Theology
Show Notes

In this episode we discuss current trends in Roman Catholic missiology in order to assess the impact of Vatican II theology on the modern-day Roman Catholic understanding of mission.

Mission in Roman Catholicism Post Vatican II 

  • Ad gentes (1965) – Vatican II
  • Evangelii nuntiandi (1975) – Pope Paul VI
  • Redemptoris missio (1990) – Pope John Paul II
  • Pontificio consiglio per la nuova evangelizzazione (2010) – Pope Benedict XVI
  • Evangelii gaudium (2013) – Pope Francis 

Assessing Current trends in Roman Catholic missiology

  • Mario Menin, Missione (2016)
  • Mary Motte, ”Signs of a Future Transformation in Mission” (2019) 
  • William P. Gregory,  “Pope Francis’s Effort to Revitalize Christian Mission” (2019)
  • Dawn M. Nothwehr, ”For the Salvation of the Cosmos: The Church’s Mission of Ecojustice” (2019)

Vatican File 145: Mission. Did Pope Francis Say Mission?http://vaticanfiles.org/en/2018/01/145-mission-pope-francis-say-mission/