Select Bibliography for the Second Vatican Council

In chronological order of publication.

• The Council and the Future, Mario von Galli, 1966, McGraw-Hill, New York
• Vatican II An Interfaith Appraisal: International Theological Conference, University of Notre Dame: March 20-26 1966, 1966, John H Miller ed., University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame Indiana/London
• Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, Vols. I to V, Herbert Vorgrimler ed., 1967 ET, Burns & Oates, Tunbridge Wells/Herder & Herder, New York
• In the Light of the Council, Bishop Christopher Butler, 1968, Darton Longman & Todd, London
• A Concise Guide to the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, 2 Vols., A. Hastings, 1968/9, Darton Longman & Todd, London
• Ecclesiology of Vatican II, Bonaventure Kloppenburg OFM, 1974 ET, Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago
• The Theology of Vatican II, Christopher Butler, 1981 revised ed., Darton Longman & Todd, London
• Whatever Happened to Vatican II?, Michael Winter, 1985, Sheed & Ward, London
• Vatican II by those who were there, Alberic Stacpoole ed., 1986, Geoffrey Chapman, London
• The Reception of Vatican II, Giuseppe Alberigo, Jean-Pierre Jossua, Joseph Komonchak eds., 1987, CUA Press, Washington DC/ Burns & Oates, Tunbridge Wells
• Vatican II The Unfinished Agenda: A Look To The Future, Lucien Richard, Daniel Harrington, John W. O'Malley (eds.), 1987, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
• Modern Catholicism  -  Vatican II and After, Adrian Hastings ed., 1991, SPCK, London
• The Church Emerging from Vatican II  -  A popular approach to contemporary Catholicism, Dennis M. Doyle, 1992, Twenty-Third Publications, Mystic Conn.
• Vatican II  -  We've Only Just Begun, M. Basil Pennington OCSO, 1994, Crossroad, New York
• To live is to change  -  A way of reading Vatican II, Christopher Jamison OSB, Damian Lundy FSC, Louisa Poole SSL, 1995, Rejoice Publications, Chelmsford UK
• History of Vatican II, Guiseppe Alberigo & Joseph A Komonchak eds., Orbis Books, Maryknoll

• Vol. 1: Announcing and Preparing Vatican II, 1996

• Vol. 2: The Formation of the Council's Identity, First Period and Intersession, October 1962-September 1963, 1997

• Vol. 3: The Mature Council, Second Period and Intersession, September 1963-September 1964, 2000

• Vol. 4: Church as Communion, Third Period and Intersession, September 1964-September 1965, 2002

• Vol. 5: The Council and the Transition, Fourth Period and the end of the Council, September 1965-December 1965, 2006

• Vatican II in Plain English, Bill Huebsch, 1997, Thomas More, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame Indiana

• Vol. 1 The Council

• Vol. 2 The Constitutions

• Vol. 3 The Decrees & Declarations

• Vatican Council II, Xavier Rynne, 1999, Orbis Books, Maryknoll
• Even Greater Things  -  Hope and Challenge after Vatican II, Bernard Daly, Mae Daly, Bishop Remi J. De Roo, 1999, Novalis, Toronto
• 101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II, Maureen Sullivan OP, 2002, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
• Unfinished Journey  -  The Church 40 Years After Vatican II, Austen Ivereigh ed., 2003, Continuum, New York & London
• The Catholic Revolution - New Wine, Old Wineskins and the Second Vatican Council, Andrew Greeley, 2004, University of California Press, Los Angeles
• Still Interpreting Vatican II  -  Some Hermeneutical Principles, Ormond Rush, 2004, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
• Vatican II  -  Keeping the Dream Alive, Denis Hurley OMI, 2005, Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg South Africa
• Living Vatican II  -  The 21^st Council for the 21^st Century, Gerald O'Collins SJ, 2006, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
• Vatican II  -  Forty Years On, William Madges (ed.), 2006, Orbis Books, Maryknoll
• Rediscovering Vatican II Series published by Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah
• Ecumenism & Interreligious Dialogue, Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy, 2005
• The Church and the World, Norman Tanner SJ, 2005
• The Church in the Making, Richard Gaillerdetz, 2006
• The Laity and Christian Education, Dolores R. Leckey, 2006
• Scripture, Ronald D. Witherup, 2006
• Liturgy, Rita Ferrone, 2007
• Religious Life and Priesthood, Maryanne Confoy RSC, 2008
• Evangelization and Religious Freedom, Jeffrey Gros & Stephen Bevans, 2009
• The Road to Vatican II - Key Changes in Theology, Maureen Sullivan, 2007, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ  
• A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II, Edward P. Hahnenberg, 2007, St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, OH
• Vatican II  -  Did Anything Happen?, David G. Shultenover SJ ed., 2007, Continuum, New York & London
• What Happened at Vatican II, John W. O'Malley, 2008, Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA  ... [What Happened at Vatican II? is a lecture by John W. O'Malley SJ. Listen and watch the lecture on YouTube. ]
• Receiving the Council - Theological and Canonical Insights and Debates, Ladislas Orsy, 2010, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
• Theological Highlights of Vatican II, Joseph Ratzinger, 2010 reprint of 1966 work with introduction by Thomas P. Rausch, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah, NJ
• Vatican II The Battle for Meaning, Massimo Faggioli, 2012, Paulist Press, New York / Mahwah, NJ  
• 50 Years Receiving Vatican II: A Personal Odyssey, Kevin T. Kelly, 2012, Columba Press, Dublin
• Keys to the Council - Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II, Richard R. Gaillerdetz & Catherine E. Clifford, 2012, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN
• Vatican II - The Essential Texts, edited by Norman Tanner, SJ, and including introductions by Pope Benedict XVI and James Carroll, 2012, Random House, London.
• My Journal of the Council, Yves Congar, Denis Minns editor English Translation, 2012, Liturgical Press, Collegeville Minnesota
• True Reform - Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum Concilium, Massimo Faggioli, 2012, Liturgical Press, Minnesota
• Vatican II - A Universal Call to Holiness, Anthony Ciorra & Michael W. Higgins eds., 2012, Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah NJ
• Remi De Roo - Chronicles of a Vatican II Bishop, Remi De Roo, 2012, Novalis, Toronto, Canada
• Quo Vadis? - Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law, Mary McAleese, 2012, Columba Press, Blackrock, Dublin
• A Service of Love - Papal Primacy, The Eucharist & Church Unity, Paul McPartlan, 2013, Catholic University of America Press, Washington DC
• The Second Vatican Council - Celebrating its Achievements and the Future, Gavin D'Costa & Emma Jane Harris (eds.), 2013, Bloomsbury T & T Clark, London and New York 
• The Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church, Raymond G Helmick, 2014, Bloomsbury, New York & London
• The Church in the Modern World - Gaudium et Spes Then and Now, Michael G. Lawler, Todd A. Salzman & Eileen Burke-Sullivan, 2014, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota
• The Second Vatican Council - Message and Meaning, Gerald O'Collins, 2014, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota
• The Catholic Church - Nature, Reality, and Mission, Walter Kasper, 2015 ET, Bloomsbury T & T Clark, London and New York
• A Council For The Global Church - Receiving Vatican II History, Massimo Faggioli, 2015, Fortress Press, Minneapolis
• Struggle, Condemnation, Vindication - John Courteney Murray's Journey Toward Vatican II, Barry Hudock, 2015, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota
• A Council That Will Never End - Lumen Gentium and the Church Today, Paul Lakeland, 2015, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota  
• An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism, Richard R. Gaillardetz, 2015, Michael Glazier Books of Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota    
• A Church With Open Doors - Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third Millenium, Richard R. Gaillerdetz & Edward P. Hahnenberg (eds.), 2015, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota
• The Vision of Vatican II: Its Fundamental Principles, Ormand Rush, 2019, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota
• The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II, Richard R. Gaillardetz (ed.), 2020, Cambridge University Press, UK

• Vatican II: A Very Short Introduction, Shaun Blanchard & Stephen Bullivant, 2023, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

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