Post-Vatican II
Long-term Trajectories and Local Experiences in Historical Perspective
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Beschreibung
A historical inquiry on post-Vatican II period and on the legacy of the Council
The volume offers an exploration of the historiography on post-Vatican II and of the methodological challenges involved in periodizing and historically interpreting the decades that followed the conclusion of the council. It follows a long-term historical trajectory while focusing on specific local experiences, exploring how the Council has been implemented in different churches or contexts. At the same time, it aims to offer new possible periodizations for a history of the post–Vatican II age, taking into account the diversity of geo-ecclesial contexts, whose trajectories often resist the reduction to shared patterns or timelines. The various domains at stake – theology, ecumenism, social and political engagement, liturgy – present distinct chronological boundaries of development. The essays engage with these questions both at a general level and through analyses of specific local experiences and actors, thereby opening new paths toward a historical understanding of the post-conciliar age.
Autor*in
Massimiliano Proietti
Massimiliano Proietti is senior research fellow at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE, Bologna and Palermo). He serves as secretary of the international journal “Cristianesimo nella storia”. He holds a PhD from the Giuseppe Alberigo European School of Religious Sciences, obtained after discussing a thesis about the liturgical reform of Vatican II, published in 2025. He collaborates with several international research groups and coordinates the research group on “post -Vatican II” at FSCIRE.
Themen in »Post-Vatican II«
Vatican II Council Post-Vatican II Asian Churches African Churches Ecclesial Movements Mafia Challenge Historicization Ecclesiology Theology Historiography