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For the last few decades, Catholics and Protestants have been working to heal the wounds caused by centuries of mistrust. This book, a Christianity Today 2006 Book Award winner, provides an evaluation of contemporary Roman Catholicism and the changing relationship between Catholics and evangelicals.
The authors examine past tensions, post-Vatican II ecumenical dialogues, and social/political issues that have brought Catholics and evangelicals together. While not ignoring significant differences that remain, the authors call evangelicals to gain a new appreciation for the current character of the Catholic Church.
Written by Mark Noll, one of the premier church historians of our day, and Carolyn Nystrom, this book will appeal to those interested in the relationship between evangelicals and the Catholic Church.
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- Published on: 2008-04-01
- Released on: 2008-04-01
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The eminent evangelical historian Noll and journalist Nystrom offer a lucid and charitable account of the current state of evangelical-Catholic relations. Only scant decades ago, they point out, Protestants inveighed against "the formalism, the anthropocentric worship, the power mongering, and the egotism" of Rome. But now, they wryly observe, all those qualities "flourish on every hand within Protestant evangelicalism." This willingness to see the proverbial beam in one's own eye is one of the great strengths of this book, which has as much to say about the authors' own Christian tradition as about Rome. Surveying the changes in Catholicism since Vatican II, and documenting the numerous encounters that have ensued between Catholics and Protestants, Noll and Nystrom find "a dramatically altered terrain" that offers hope for further rapprochement. Catholics will appreciate the authors' focus on official teaching, especially their appreciative, though not uncritical, survey of the Church's Catechism. Not all readers will agree that on the crucial Reformation-era topic of justification, "Catholics and evangelicals now believe approximately the same thing," and Noll and Nystrom barely mention popular practices, like the cult of Guadalupe and the late Pope John Paul II's reinstatement of indulgences, that trouble evangelicals. Still, even if they never quite answer the question posed in their title, Noll and Nystrom certainly make the case that that question's time has come. (July)
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Christianity Today 2006 Book Award Winner
"Here is superb theological journalism. The authors review Roman Catholic alterations of posture, if not of position, during the past half century; assess the overall shift as irreversible and transformational; and speculate provocatively on the significance of current Catholic/evangelical interaction in today's divided Christendom. Their thorough historical analysis will be a landmark resource for exploring the theological questions that Roman Catholic reconfiguration raises. This is an important book."--J. I. Packer, Regent College
"Noll and Nystrom have produced a volume remarkable for its intellectual maturity and depth. Not since Berkouwer's great works on Catholicism have we seen anything like this. Written with utter clarity and directness, undergirded by immense historical and theological scholarship, this volume is the best available statement of the relationship and by itself is a vital step in making informed conversation between the parties possible."--William M. Shea, College of the Holy Cross; author, The Lion and the Lamb: Evangelicals and Catholics in America
"To their credit, [the authors] examine deep and difficult matters with care and moderation. . . . Is the Reformation Over? is most successful as a systematic, historical documentation of a complicated and often contentious relationship. This is to be expected of Noll, whose outstanding works of church history are marked by careful research and well-measured opinions."--Carl E. Olson, Touchstone
"The Reformation is over only in the sense that to some extent it has succeeded. This book examines, with scholarly care and sensitivity, recent evangelical-Roman Catholic developments that lend credence to this possibility. This book will help all of us who are committed to exploring the common heritage, as well as the differences that still remain, between the two largest faith communities in the Christian world."--Timothy George, Beeson Divinity School; executive editor of Christianity Today
About the Author
Mark A. Noll (PhD,Vanderbilt University) is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of many books, including A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, and Turning Points.
Carolyn Nystrom, a freelance writer, is based in St. Charles, Illinois.
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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Do you want the long version or the short version?
By AJC
The authors, Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, do a good job of giving an overview of Protestant/Roman Catholic relations since Vatican II. That being said, the book, at times was a tedious read, because it tended to repeat itself. A quick look at the book's references to ECT, Evangelicals and Catholics Together, bears that out. To the books credit it does show that when it comes down to individual believers you see a lot of cross over and confusion when it comes to orthodoxy in each faith tradition. The authors also show that a lot of the distrust on the part of both parties is rooted in historical prejudices and outright misstatements on what the other side believes. I would have liked to see more on how Protestantism, in all forms, never really agreed, vis-a-vis, the Reformed, Arminian, and Anabaptist camps of what became known as the Protestant Churches. And, how all forms of Protestantism kept the parts of Roman Catholic thought and theology that suited their purposes. The book is a good reference, but in its case, less would have been more in what the authors did present.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Highly Recommended
By Spacemouse
Noll and Nystrom's analysis of Catholic-Evangelical relations is one of the best such works currently available, in that it is both scholarly and charitable. (Other authors on this subject could stand to learn a good deal from Noll and Nystrom's advice about incorporating the three theological virtues in study of Catholic-Protestant differences.) The tone is balanced and fair. The authors are not afraid to offer criticism of Roman Catholicism, but they are strong enough to point out problems within Evangelicalism as well. At times they take quite literally the Biblical injunction to remove the log from one's own eye before pointing out the specks in others.
One caveat to the readers who may be looking for something different: the subtitle may be something of a misnomer. The authors are not so much assessing Roman Catholicism as they are assessing the relationship between Catholics and Evangelicals. This is not a book focused on theological analysis of the remaining doctrinal differences, and it may disappoint readers who are looking for such analysis. Some such analysis does occur in chapters 5 and 9, but as it is brief, it doesn't do justice to many of the issues. (Catholics, for example, will be confused to find so much emphasis put on clerical celibacy, which is not even a matter of doctrine, while the description of the Catholic view of sacraments seems inadequate in several respects. Evangelicals, for their part, may wonder why issues that seem serious are simply passed over briefly.)
What the book does best is offer a history of the changing relationship between the two religious campus and a thorough analysis of how the situation now stands. Noll and Nystrom are also interested in how political views have shaped Evangelical responses to Catholicism, and they do a good job of gesturing towards some of the past history which may be unknown to today's Christians. The book is focused largely on American history and American strands of religion. On the one hand, this allows Noll and Nystrom to be very specific about the historical forces which have shaped Catholic-Protestant relations; on the other, it may leave readers wondering what the situation looks like outside of the United States.
On the positive side of the ledger, one of the greatest strengths of the book is the authors' awareness that Evangelicalism itself is not a uniform whole. Whereas many Evangelicals critique Catholicism solely from the vantage point of their own tradition, Noll and Nystrom indicate the breadth of different Evangelical opinions on such subjects as the nature of the church, the role of sacraments, and soteriology. As they astutely point out, the truth is that different groups of Evangelicals will find themselves in agreement with different aspects of Catholicism. Arminian Evangelicals will not react to the Catholic view of salvation in the same way that Calvinists would, for example. This may seem obvious, but I suspect that there are many Catholics out there who are not aware of the degree to which Evangelicals themselves disagree about many of the issues which divide Protestants and Catholics. This aspect of the book is one which may be very helpful to Catholic readers.
Catholic readers may also be intrigued by the chapter outlining recent ecumenical dialogues. The results of these dialogues, while limited, are still impressive, and I suspect that the average Catholic reader may be ignorant of much of this progress. Noll and Nystrom deserve credit for bringing concise but thorough summaries of official dialogues to a wider range of readers.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to either Catholic or Protestant readers interested in learning about the current state of Catholic-Evangelical affairs. Readers who are interested in doctrinal issues will likely want to read more, but fortunately, Noll and Nystrom include a strong guide to further reading from both Protestant and Catholic perspectives.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
The Reformation is Finally Beginning
By Daniel E. Sullivan
"Is the Reformation Over" has as its subtitle "An Evangelical Assessment of Roman Catholicism". Readers should keep in mind that it is a historical assessment and not primarily a theological one. And as a historical assessment, it is a worthy read.
No doubt most laypeople in both the evangelical and Roman Catholic traditions are largely unaware of the long dialog that has been occurring between the Vatican and representatives of various Protestant traditions, usually initiated by Rome. Noll does a service to all by providing a brief synopsis of those dialogs, including the points of agreement and disagreement. This is the most helpful portion of the book in simply raising awareness of how committed John Paul II was to seeking Christian unity and how much progress has been made since Vatican II in at least discussing the issues that have separated Western Christians for four hundred years.
The section on the history of Protestant and Catholic relations in the United States are also very helpful in understanding why acrimony has long existed and why the political climate has aided recent dialog and built alliances.
Many reviewers have pointed to the statement of early reformers that the reformation stands or falls on justification by faith, a point Noll himself makes. And in light of the Joint Declaration on Justification worked through with Lutheran representatives as well as other Protestant/Catholic discussions and documents, it would appear Rome has moved significantly toward the Protestant view, and that Protestants better understand the Catholic position. Though Catholics define both grace and faith somewhat differently from Protestants, the fact that there is agreement on the words themselves is a tremendous milestone.
But if theology of salvation is no longer a significant obstacle to fellowship, Noll's view is that the main remaining hurdle is ecclesiology. While many Protestants believe Catholic doctrines about Mary and the saints, Purgatory and the Papacy are the prime objects of contention, Noll's point is that those doctrines remain a result of differing views of the nature of the church. To Catholics, it is the church that is the source of truth and the church that defines essential doctrine, even though Catholics today place even the teaching magisterium of the church under scripture in theory. As long as Rome sees itself as the official interpreter of scripture and the key defender of apostolic tradition, it will be difficult to have a ground for discussion of those particular topics.
Protestant ecclesiology is admitted by many Protestants to be thin, still it is unlikely Protestants will ever accept doctrines as essential which have little clear Biblical support merely on the word of certain bishops, and even if the worst fears about some Catholic doctrines are the result of misunderstanding and misinterpretation, the implications of many Catholic doctrines trouble Protestants still. But Noll's point is well taken, that the central issue is the nature of the church and the question "who defines essential doctrine?" must come before the discussion of the doctrines themselves.
Noll does not conclude that the Reformation is over, but considering the significant, though not perfect, agreement on justification and the place of scripture, it is certainly the case that the Reformers' pleas have at least been heard in Rome.
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