
Kristin M. Colberg and Jos Moons, SJ on The Future of Synodality | Author Talk | Liturgical Press
🔗 Get your copy of the book: https://litpress.org/Products/00160/T... Released in February 2025, "The Future of Synodality: How We Move Forward from Here" explores the historical and theological roots of a synodal church and where the path of a new, inclusive listening church leads. Authors Kristin M. Colberg and Jos Moons, SJ outline the three types of transformation required: a renewal of attitudes and behavior, a reform of ecclesial structures and procedures, and the adoption of synodal practices. The Synod on Synodality has changed the church and this new book helps us understand this historic moment and learn how to walk on the synodal path toward a new beginning. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:14 What role does this book play in the synodal conversation that's happening in the church right now? 01:50 What's your hope for readers of this book? 05:24 What do you see next for our listening church? 08:13 What was it like writing together? 10:22 Final thoughts About the Guests: Kristin Colberg is associate professor of theology at Saint John's University and School of Theology and the College of Saint Benedict, and the sole US member on the theological commission for the Synod on Synodality. She received her doctorate at the University of Notre Dame in systematic theology. She is the author of Vatican I and Vatican II: Councils in the Living Tradition (Liturgical Press, 2016) and co-editor of The Theology of Cardinal Walter Kasper: Speaking Truth in Love (Liturgical Press, 2014). Colberg also serves as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). Jos Moons is a Dutch Jesuit working as a lecturer and researcher at KU Leuven and Boston College. His publications include The Holy Spirit, the Church, and Pneumatological Renewal: Mystici Corporis, Lumen Gentium and Beyond (Brill, 2022), and The Art of Spiritual Direction: A Guide to Ignatian Practice (Paulist Press, 2021).