The Future of Synodality
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2026 Association of Catholic Publishers first place award in theology
Explore the historical and theological roots of a synodal church and where the path of a new, inclusive listening church leads.
How can the church continue to grow in a more synodal-more participative, open-minded, inclusive, and spiritual-ecclesial style? Now that the Synod on Synodality (2021-2024) has ended, Kristin Colberg and Jos Moons begin to answer this key question in essential ways. In The Future of Synodality, they present key aspects of synodality's origins, its theological foundations, and its recent expressions. They offer important takeaways from the synod in the context of looking toward the future, exploring the concrete transformations of a church marked by inclusive listening.
Embracing the style of synodality as the church's usual practice, the authors 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. This book helps us understand this historic moment and learn how to walk on the synodal path toward a new beginning.
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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).
