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Article: Is the Church Too Asian? Reflections on the Ecumenical Councils.(Book Review)
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- March 1, 2005
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IS THE CHURCH TOO ASIAN? REFLECTIONS ON THE ECUMENICAL COUNCILS. By Norman Tanner, S.J. Rome: Bangalore: Dharmaran, 2002. Pp. 91. [euro]/$7.
WAS THE CHURCH TOO DEMOCRATIC? COUNCILS, COLLEGIALITY AND THE CHURCH'S FUTURE. By Norman Tanner, S.J. Bangalore: Dharmaran, 2003. Pp. xvi + 82. [euro]/$7.
The books arose from two lecture series, which accounts for their manner of presentation--short, conversational, eminently crisp and clear. The Asian book emerges from three Placid Lectures (Rome 2001): the Democratic volume presents the six Bishop Jonas Thaliath Lectures (Bangalore 2003).
Tanner is a recognized authority on church councils (he edited ...