About the Author

Richard R. Gaillardetz holds the Joseph Chair of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College. He has published numerous articles and has authored or edited ten books, including Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II (co-authored with Catherine Clifford, Liturgical Press, 2012) and Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent (Orbis, 2008). Dr. Gaillardetz has been a delegate on the US Catholic-Methodist Ecumenical Dialogue and served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America between 2013 and 2014.

Reviews

Knowledgable, and balanced, clear and expansive, this overview - reaching from Yves Congar to Paul VI and John Paul II - of authority as ministry in the Church, offers a wealth of sources, information, and insights.Thomas F. O'Meara, OP, University of Notre Dame In his encyclical Ut Unum Sint Pope John Paul II called for renewed study of the nature and exercise of the Church's magisterium as one of the necessary steps toward Christian reunion. Richard Gaillardetz's Teaching with Authority is precisely the kind of careful, faithful and critical investigation which that papal invitation deserves. Balanced, thoroughly researched, attentive to the many complex issues involved in the topic, and clearly organized and written, this excellent book deserves to be widely read and used in academic classes and parish study groups.Michael J. Himes, Boston College With this volume Gaillardetz places himself among the ranking theologians of the teaching authority of the Church... Well informed, lucidly written, and wisely balanced, this book could not have been written at a more opportune time. It is a reliable 'guide for the perplexed.'...Peter C. Phan, Professor of Systematic Theology, The Catholic University of America Richard R. Gaillardetz has written a helpful and important study of doctrinal teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church.Charles E. Curran, National Catholic Reporter This is a scholarly, well-written and really excellent overview of recent theological reflection on teaching authority in the Catholic Church.The Furrow Anyone who wants deeper insights in the meaning of cc. 747-755 on the teaching authority of the Church would do well to read and study this book. It truly lives up to the promise of its subtitle: it is a systematic theology of the magisterium drawing on Church doctrine and the best contemporary scholarship in the theological disciplines and canon law. With a clear organization of content and an accessible style, it is suitable for a wide audience of theologians, canonists, students, and pastoral ministers.Studia Canonia