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Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements 11 General Introduction 17 0.1 Motivation/Inspiration 32 0.2 Methodology 34 Chapter One: The Quest for An Hermeneutical Model 37 Introduction 37 1.1 The Hermeneutical Background of this Thesis 38 1.2 The Essential Challenge of Mission Today as Witnessing 39 1.3 Some Approaches to Prophetic Witnessing Vis-A-Vis Political Mis- sion of the Laity 44 1.3.1 Jiirgen Moltmann and the Political Hermeneutics of Witnessing_ 45 1.3.2 Stanley Hauerwas and Witnessing of the People of God 48 1.3.3 A Preference for Johann Baptist Metz Political Theology of witnessing 51 1.3.4 Prophetic Witnessing at the Service of the Suffering Peoples. Appeal to the Political theology of Johann Baptist Metz in light of Vatican II 55 1.3.5 The Implication of Metz's Hermeneutics of Memoria Passionis for Prophetic Witnessing and Empowerment in Political Situa- tion 57 Conclusion 59 Chapter Two: The Problem: Who are 'the Laity' in General and 'The Catholic Laity' in Particular? 61 Introduction . 61 2.0 Clarification of Our key Concept: 'The Laity' 61 2.1 Understanding the Laity in the Light of the Old and New Testaments _ 62 2.2 Who are the laity according to some Church theologians 64 2.2.1 The pioneer church theologians and the notion, 'the laity' 65 13 Bibliografische Informationen digitalisiert durch http://d-nb.info/990885720 2.2.2 Understanding 'the Catholic Laity': The challenge of some modern Theologians 74 2.3 'The Laity'vis-a-vis naunce of Usage 78 2.4 Etymological Origin: "The Laity" 80 2.5 Juridical Notion of the Laity 81 2.6 The Modem Catechism of the Church and Notion of the Laity 83 2.7 Conclusion: A Synoptic Understanding of the 'the Catholic Laity' in light of This Research 83 Chapter Three: The Social Movements And Actions: Their Remote Influ- ence in the Articulation of the Catholic Laity Mission-Theology 85 Introduction 85 3.1 Background Situation to the Social Movements and Actions 87 3.2 The Social Movements and Mission of the Catholic Laity 91 3.3 pastorum et fidelium conspiratio in Mission: The Examples of Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811-1877) and Adolph Kolping (1813- 1865) of Germany 92 3.3.1 Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811-1877) 92 3.3.2 Adolph Kolping (1813-1865) 97 3.3.3 The Fribourg Union of Switzerland and her Allies 100 3.4.4 Joseph Joos of Germany (1878-1965) 102 3.3.5 The Transatlantic Connection: Mary Harris Jones (c.1843-1930) and the Labour Movement 105 3.3.6 Knights of Labour 107 3.3.7 Dorothy Day (1897-1980) And the Catholic Workers' Move- ment 108 3.4 Conclusion and Appraisal of the Social Movements and Their In- fluence on the anticipated Vatican II Council and Church's social documents in General 110 Chapter Four. Vatican II: The Theological Base for the Catholic Laity Mission 113 Introduction 113 4.1 The Council Is Announced: History Is Made 116 4.1.1 Toward the Council: The Groundwork and General Constituents 118 4.1.2 The Council's commencement: Initial difficulties 120 4.1.3 The Council Commences and Excelled - 122 4.2 Lumen Gentium: A Church in Search of Self-Understanding and Her Members vis-A-vis the Laity __ 124 14 4.2.1 Lumen Gentium. Analysis of the Ecclesiology of the Text in light of its relevance to the Laity-Mission of Witnessing 125 4.3 Apostolicam Actuositatem. The Vatican II Decree on the Lay Apos- tolate. Developments, Issues And Problems 131 4.3.1 Understanding "the Laity" in the Text of Apostolicam Actu- ositatem, The Decree on the apostolate of the Laity vis-a-vis the Mission of the Laity 134 4.3.2 The General Mission of the Laity in the Church and in the World vis-a-vis the Specific Mission of the Laity - A reading of Apostolicam actuositatem, the Decree on Vatican II on the Apostolate of the Laity 137 4.4 Gaudium et Spes: A Mission to Witnessing in Concrete World Situ- ation 143 4.4.1 The Draft of Gaudium Et Spes 146 4.4.2 Gaudium Et Spes: The Mission of Witnessing of the Laity in the General Mission of the Church 149 4.5 General Evaluation of Lumen Gentium, Apostolicam Actuositatem, and Gaudium Et Spes in light of the Mission of the Laity in the Church and in the World 154 Conclusion 156 Chapter Five: Post-Vatican II: Enhancing The Message of The Council For the Catholic laity Mission 159 Introduction 159 5.1 Post-Vatican II: Realising and Sustaining the Mission of the Laity in the Church and in the World 160 5.2 Sustaining the Spirit of Apostolicam actuositatem: Commemorative Colloquium vis-a-vis the Second Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, November 1985 161 5.2.1 Objective of the Second Extraordinary Synod of Bishops 163 5.2.2 The Central Theme and Working of the Extraordinary Synod 165 5.2.3 Specific themes of the Extraordinary Synod 166 5.2.4 Evaluation of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, December 1985 168 5.3 The 1987 Synod of Bishops: On the Vocation and Mission of the Laity in the Life of the Church and The World 169 5.3.1 The Synod Lineamenta 170 5.3.2 Evaluative Study of the Lineamenta of the Synod of Bishops, 1987 171 5.3.3 The Instrumentum laboris of the Synod 172 15 5.3.4 The Focus of the Instrumentum laboris of the Synod 173 5.3.5 The General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, October 1987 _ 176 5.3.6 The Textus Emendatus 178 5.4 The Mission of the Catholic Laity in the World Revisited: 'Christi- fideles Laid' of John Paul II 180 5.4.1 The Content of the Text 180 Conclusion 183 Chapter Six: Concrete Witnessing In the Nigerian Political Situation 185 Introduction 185 6. Prophetic Witnessing in Concrete Nigerian Situation Vis-A-Vis Apos- tolicam Actuositatem, The Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity 185 6.1 Nigeria: The Terrain 186 6.2 The Changing Political Landscape. Birth of Mistrust in Nigeria 188 6.3 Some Key Setbacks to Mission of Witnessing 193 6.3.1 Witnessing as 'Political' and 'Theological': Obstacle to Laity Political Mission in Nigeria 193 6.3.2 Beyond 'the Great fallacy' - The Dichotomy of 'the Sacred' and 'the Profane': Toward an Authentic Mission of Witnessing in Politics 197 6.3.3 The Problem of Political Leadership 199 6.3.4 Bribery and Corruption 203 6.3.5 Nigerian Clergy-Laity Cooperation in Political Mission 204 6.4 Toward Stability and Progress in Nigeria. The Way Forward! 207 6.4.1 The Implication of Metz's Hermeneutics of Memoria Passionis for Prophetic Witnessing in Political Situation. The Concrete Case of Nigeria 208 6.4.2 The Catholic Laity: Toward a Concrete Prophetic Mission of Witnessing in Nigeria 212 6.4.3 The Laity and Prophetic Witnessing in Nigeria: An Agenda for Hope and Political Stability in Nigeria 216 Conclusion 221 7. General Evaluation and Conclusion 223 Bibliography 239 16.
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