Under the inspiration of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church is experimenting with new forms of synodality that take more seriously the role of the member of the People of God.

Although this concept of synodality is not entirely new and has a solid foundation in the reflection of the Second Vatican Council, the Synod 2021-2024 has released new energies among the faithful. This has resulted, among other things, in an explosion of books, articles and courses on synodality.

The bibliography, which we are presenting to you, is an instrument that makes possible to follow the rapid increase of the academic production over the last decade. It lists about 700 academic publications on synodality for the period 2013-2022 in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish, with a growing number of Italian publications, too. The publications are classified by year and or by alphabetical order. A methodological introduction explains the choices that were made, including the delimitations of the corpus.

Compiled by Jesuit Father Dr. Jos Moons SJ (Boston College) and Dr. Jens van Rompaey (UC Louvain), this biography is a valuable tool for cross-cutting thematic studies.

The bibliography is published by the Cahiers Internationaux de Théologie Pratique (CITP) and will be updated regularly.

For further information and downloading the bibliography, click here!