Introduction:

1. How a Church Opened its Doors - Gerard Mannion

2. Deconstructing and Reconstructing a Cliche - On Vatican II as a Pastoral Council John O'Malley, S.J.

Part One: Opening to the World - The Turn to Moral Mission and Social Justice

1. Benedict XV - A Most Unexpected Architect of Vatican II: Agnes de Dreuzy

2. Gaudium et Spes and the Opening to the World: Charles E. Curran

3. Economic Activity in Gaudium et Spes: Opening to the World or Theological Vocation?: Matthew A. Shadle

Part Two: Women and Vatican II

1. Women during and after Vatican II: Patricia Madigan, O.P.

2. Opening to the World: A Reformed Feminist Posture of Openness: Mary McClintock Fulkerson

3. Tensions Over ‘Feminism’, U.S. Women Religious, and the Contested Reception of Vatican II: Anne E. Patrick, S.N.J.M.

4. Women and the Art of Magisterium: Reflections on Vatican II and the Postconciliar Church: Gerard Mannion

Part Three: Inculturation: The Contextual Reception of the Council

1. We are the Church - The Church in Dialogue in Papua: Jan Nielen

2. Mary as Type and Model of Church in Lumen Gentium -Reception in Asia: Agnes M. Brazal

3. From The Cardinal to The Shoes of the Fisherman: Hollywood’s Curious Fascination with Vatican II: Paul G. Monson

Part Four: Ecumenical Readings of Vatican II

1. Bridges and Doors: An Ecumenical Reading of Vatican II: Dale T. Irvin

2. Vatican II - A Shift in the Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards the Reformation Churches? - A Protestant Perspective: Dagmar Heller

3. The Russian Orthodox Observers at Vatican II in the Context of Soviet Religious Politics: Anastacia Wooden

4. Vatican II and the Redefinition of Anglicanism: Mark D. Chapman

Part Five: The Fruits and Future of Vatican II’s Ecumenical Opening

1. Surveying the Impact of Unitatis Redintegratio: Achieved Convergences - Current Processes - Open Questions: Dorothea Sattler

2. A Patroness for the Council? Building a Movement for Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Aid of Church Unity: Patrick J. Hayes

3. The Ecumenical Imperative after Vatican II: Achievements and Challenges: Susan Wood, S.C.L.

Conclusion

1. Remembering the Future: Church and Churches Towards Multi-Faceted Unity: Cardinal Walter Kasper

2. Epilogue: Brian Flanagan