The Declaration on Religious Freedom (Dignitatis humanae) was one of the most controversial documents issued by the Second Vatican Council. Before the council, Protestants in the United States and at the World Council of Churches in Geneva had expressed the hope that the bishops would reconsider a doctrine that permitted or even obliged the state in Catholic countries to rest (...)
May 18, 2007
Books
An Unfinished Agenda
Catholicism and Religious FreedomContemporary Reflections on Vatican II’s Declaration on Religious LibertyEdited by Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. HuntRowman & Littlefield, $26.95, 258 pp.
The remainder of this article is only available to paid subscribers. If you’re not currently a Commonweal subscriber in print or online, an online-only subscription costs just $34 a year. Click here for immediate access.
