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The Sense of the Faith in History Spiral-Bound |

John J. Burkhard

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2023 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Theology - History of Theology, Church Fathers and Mothers

While taught by Vatican II, the "sense of the faith" (sensus fidei) has had little official impact in the Catholic Church. What would the church look like if it took this conciliar teaching to heart? To address this neglect, John Burkhard locates the historical roots of the teaching and its emergence at Vatican II. It attempts to better understand the "sense of the faith" in the light of other fundamental teachings of the council and challenges the hierarchical church to invite all the faithful to rightfully participate in the prophetic ministry of the whole church, closely allied with Pope Francis's call for a more synodal church.

Publisher: Liturgical Press
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 456 pages
ISBN-10: 0814666892
Item Weight: 1.5 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.0 x 9.0 inches
"This major work on 'the sense of the faith' gives further evidence for why John Burkhard is one of the most important Catholic theologians working in the field of fundamental theology today. His extraordinary erudition, clarity of thought, and capacity for synthesis are all on full display in these pages, as is his deep commitment to the welfare of the church. Almost six decades since the close of the council, our church is still struggling to fully embrace the council's teaching that all the baptized faithful receive and penetrate the gift of God's Word and so contribute in crucial ways to the life and mission of the church. Burkhard's book is certain to help this central teaching gain wider acceptance and deeper appreciation in the church today."
Richard R. Gaillardetz, Boston College, author of By What Authority? Foundations for Understanding Authority in the Church
John J. Burkhard, OFM Conv, PhD, is a teacher for the Education for Parish Service Program of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and Professor of Systematic Theology at Washington Theological Union. He is the translator of Imagining the Catholic Church written by Ghislain Lafont, and is a contributor to the journals New Theology Review and Worship published by Liturgical Press.