Behind every important development in Catholic doctrine and practice since the beginning of the modern period have been debates about the interpretation of Christianity's classic texts and traditions and their ideological and practical implications.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Anthony J. Godzieba and Bradford E. Hinze
Part 1: State of the Questions
Chapter 1: Biblical Hermeneutics Since Vatican II
Sandra M. Schneiders
Chapter 2: Between Mountain Peaks and a Crumpled Handkerchief: Hermeneutics and Critical Theory
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
Chapter 3: Emerging Forms of Intercultural Hermeneutics
Robert J. Schreiter
Chapter 4: The Aesthetics of Tradition and Styles of Theology
John E. Thiel
Part 2: Disputed Questions
Chapter 5: From Dialectic to Disjunction: A Paradigm Shift of Catholic Interpretations of Secularism
Dominic Doyle
Chapter 6: A Theological Reading of Scripture?Critical Problematic and Prophetic Vision in the Aftermath and Crossroads of Disciplinary Transformation
Fernando F. Segovia
Chapter 7: Negative Dialectics and Doxological Hope: Elements of a Critical Catholic Theology
Andrew Prevot
Chapter 8: A Synodal Church: On Being a Hermeneutical Community
Ormond Rush
Part 3: Rewriting the Questions
Chapter 9: Revealing Subversions: Theology as Critical Theory
Judith Gruber
Chapter 10: Postcolonial Hermeneutics and a Catholic (Post)Modernity
Susan Abraham
Chapter 11: ". . . And Followed Him on the Way" (Mark 10:52): Unity, Diversity, Discipleship
Anthony J. Godzieba
Chapter 12: Lamenting at the Limits of Dialogue in Ecclesiology and Hermeneutics
Bradford E. Hinze
List of Contributors