Reviews for Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition, Vol. 2

The average rating for Vatican II: Renewal Within Tradition, Vol. 2 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-23 00:00:00 Doug Pennycook Excellent work to set Vatican II within tradition. Good counterpoint to O'Malley's book. See editing on that work for reviews.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-27 00:00:00 Garland English The thesis seems sound, though any legal or religious system that relies on precedent is going to frame its arguments in terms that are consistent with tradition. Not having known much about the conference, I appreciated the education on its substance, but the statement that "Christ's death was more due to our sins than the Jews" is a form of damning with faint praise; I'd hoped/believed that the statement was more strongly exculpatory of Jews as a people for the crucifixion. I read this as part of my project to read one book from every aisle of Olin Library at Cornell; you can read my reactions to other books from the project here: A fuller review/reaction will follow on my website.