Download or read book Refounding the Church written by Gerald A. Arbuckle and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines why the official Church leadership is in such confusion, why there are so many efforts to restore the Church to the pre-Vatican II model, and why dissent is so vigorously discouraged. The author helps readers to clarify the purpose and styles of leadership/government required in contemporary Gospel communities using religious congragations as examples of Gospel-oriented communities in an in-depth case study.