Select Bibliography for the Second Vatican Council
The Council and the Future, Mario von Galli, 1966, McGraw-Hill, New York
Vatican II An Interfaith Appraisal: International Theological Conference, University of Notre Dame: March 20-26 1966, 1966, John H Miller ed., University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame Indiana/London
Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, Vols. I to V, Herbert Vorgrimler ed., 1967 ET, Burns & Oates, Tunbridge Wells/Herder & Herder, New York
In the Light of the Council, Bishop Christopher Butler, 1968, Darton Longman & Todd, London
A Concise Guide to the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, 2 Vols., A. Hastings, 1968/9, Darton Longman & Todd, London
Ecclesiology of Vatican II, Bonaventure Kloppenburg OFM, 1974 ET, Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago
The Theology of Vatican II, Christopher Butler, 1981 revised ed., Darton Longman & Todd, London
Whatever Happened to Vatican II?, Michael Winter, 1985, Sheed & Ward, London
Vatican II by those who were there, Alberic Stacpoole ed., 1986, Geoffrey Chapman, London
The Reception of Vatican II, Giuseppe Alberigo, Jean-Pierre Jossua, Joseph Komonchak eds., 1987, CUA Press, Washington DC/ Burns & Oates, Tunbridge Wells
Vatican II The Unfinished Agenda: A Look To The Future, Lucien Richard, Daniel Harrington, John W. O’Malley (eds.), 1987, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
Modern Catholicism – Vatican II and After, Adrian Hastings ed., 1991, SPCK, London
The Church Emerging from Vatican II – A popular approach to contemporary Catholicism, Dennis M. Doyle, 1992, Twenty-Third Publications, Mystic Conn.
Vatican II – We’ve Only Just Begun, M. Basil Pennington OCSO, 1994, Crossroad, New York
“To live is to change” – A way of reading Vatican II, Christopher Jamison OSB, Damian Lundy FSC, Louisa Poole SSL, 1995, Rejoice Publications, Chelmsford UK
History of Vatican II, Guiseppe Alberigo & Joseph A Komonchak eds., Orbis Books, Maryknoll
Vol. 1: Announcing and Preparing Vatican II, 1996
Vol. 2: The Formation of the Council’s Identity, First Period and Intersession, October 1962-September 1963, 1997
Vol. 3: The Mature Council, Second Period and Intersession, September 1963-September 1964, 2000
Vol. 4: Church as Communion, Third Period and Intersession, September 1964-September 1965, 2002
Vol. 5: The Council and the Transition, Fourth Period and the end of the Council, September 1965-December 1965, 2006
Vatican II in Plain English, Bill Huebsch, 1997, Thomas More, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame Indiana
Vol. 1 The Council
Vol. 2 The Constitutions
Vol. 3 The Decrees & Declarations
Vatican Council II, Xavier Rynne, 1999, Orbis Books, Maryknoll
Even Greater Things – Hope and Challenge after Vatican II, Bernard Daly, Mae Daly, Bishop Remi J. De Roo, 1999, Novalis, Toronto
101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II, Maureen Sullivan OP, 2002, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
Unfinished Journey – The Church 40 Years After Vatican II, Austen Ivereigh ed., 2003, Continuum, New York & London
The Catholic Revolution - New Wine, Old Wineskins and the Second Vatican Council, Andrew Greeley, 2004, University of California Press, Los Angeles
Still Interpreting Vatican II – Some Hermeneutical Principles, Ormond Rush, 2004, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
Vatican II – Keeping the Dream Alive, Denis Hurley OMI, 2005, Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg South Africa
Living Vatican II – The 21st Council for the 21st Century, Gerald O’Collins SJ, 2006, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
Vatican II – Forty Years On, William Madges (ed.), 2006, Orbis Books, Maryknoll
Rediscovering Vatican II Series published by Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
Ecumenism & Interreligious Dialogue, Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy, 2005
The Church and the World, Norman Tanner SJ, 2005
The Church in the Making, Richard Gaillerdetz, 2006
The Laity and Christian Education, Dolores R. Leckey, 2006
Scripture, Ronald D. Witherup, 2006
Liturgy, Rita Ferrone, 2007
Religious Life and Priesthood, Maryanne Confoy RSC, 2008
Evangelization and Religious Freedom, Jeffrey Gros & Stephen Bevans, 2009
The Road to Vatican II - Key Changes in Theology, Maureen Sullivan, 2007, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ
A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II, Edward P. Hahnenberg, 2007, St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, OH
Vatican II – Did Anything Happen?, David G. Shultenover SJ ed., 2007, Continuum, New York & London
What Happened at Vatican II, John W. O'Malley, 2008, Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Receiving the Council - Theological and Canonical Insights and Debates, Ladislas Orsy, 2010, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
Theological Highlights of Vatican II, Joseph Ratzinger, 2010 reprint of 1966 work with introduction by Thomas P. Rausch, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ
Vatican II The Battle for Meaning, Massimo Faggioli, 2012, Paulist Press, New York / Mahwah, NJ
50 Years Receiving Vatican II: A Personal Odyssey, Kevin T. Kelly, 2012, Columba Press, Dublin
Keys to the Council - Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II, Richard R. Gaillerdetz & Catherine E. Clifford, 2012, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
Vatican II - The Essential Texts, edited by Norman Tanner, SJ, and including introductions by Pope Benedict XVI and James Carroll, 2012, Random House, London.
My Journal of the Council, Yves Congar, Denis Minns editor English Translation, 2012, Liturgical Press, Collegeville Minnesota
True Reform - Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum Concilium, Massimo Faggioli, 2012, Liturgical Press, Minnesota
Vatican II - A Universal Call to Holiness, Anthony Ciorra & Michael W. Higgins eds., 2012, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah NJ
Remi De Roo - Chronicles of a Vatican II Bishop, Remi De Roo, 2012, Novalis, Toronto, Canada
Quo Vadis? - Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law, Mary McAleese, 2012, Columba Press, Blackrock, Dublin

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