Contents
Preface
Introduction: Truth and Love: Christianity as Knowledge and a Way
Truth and Love: Moments from the Church’s History
Truth and Love: From Vatican II to the New Evangelization
John Paul II and Catechesis for the New Evangelization
1. Revelation and the Human Person according to Vatican II
Interpreting the Council
Dei Verbum
Gaudium et Spes
Norms on Revelation and the Human Person
2. The History of Modern Catechetics
The Modern Catechetical Movement: A Movement in Three Phases
The First Phase: The Search for a Better Method
The Second Phase: Kerygmatic Catechesis
The Third Phase: The Anthropological Turn
Assessing the Renewal
Reform and Renewal of Catechesis
3. The Human Person in the Light of Reason
Wojtyła’s Anthropology: The Structure of Personal Fulfillment
The Dignity of the Human Person
From the Inside Outward: Entering into Experience and Transcending It
Transcendence: Freedom Directed toward Fulfillment
The Act of Love: Fulfillment with Other Persons
Person and Community: Love’s Necessity
Crossing the Threshold
4. The Human Person in the Light of Jesus Christ
John Paul II’s Theological Anthropology: Breadth and Scope
The Dignity of the Human Person: The Image of God
The Image of God in Tradition: Ontic and Ethical, Natural and Supernatural Aspects of the Image
John Paul II’s Interpretation of Gaudium et Spes
The Epistemology of Nature and Grace: Faith and Reason
Toward Catechesis for the New Evangelization
5. Catechesis for the New Evangelization
Situating John Paul II’s Thoughts on Catechesis in Our Time
Doctrinal Catechesis
Catechetical Method
The Kerygma and an Evangelizing Catechesis
The Role of Experience in Catechesis
Catechesis and the Pedagogy of God
Conclusion: Truth and Love: Jesus Christ, Revealer of God and the Human Person
Bibliography
Index