Product Overview
Review for Religious, published by Jesuits of the Missouri Province from 1942 through 2012, featured articles across the spectrum of religious life. The Church and the Consecrated Life comprises a collection of articles that consider the 1994 Synod of Bishops on “The Consecrated Life and Its Mission in the Church and the World.” The book includes the full text of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Vita Consecreta as well as 14 selections from the Review’s Canonical Counsel on religious life from Vatican II to the 1994 synod. This volume also includes 14 Review essays on consecrated life, including Elizabeth McDonough’s “Charism and Religious Life,” Janet K. Ruffing’s “Leadership a New Way: Women, Power, and Authority,” and Gerald A. Arbuckle’s “Prophecy or Restorationism in Religious Life.”
