This book reports on the lives and works of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. A new book from one of the foremost Roman Catholic theologians currently writing in EnglishReports on the lives and works of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth centuryCovers theologians including: Chenu, the guru of the French worker priest movement; Congar who was imprisoned in Colditz; and Küng who was banned from teaching for decades because of his radical viewsHighlights the involvement of each theologian with the Second Vatican Council, and the dissatisfaction of most with what was achievedIncludes a chapter on the controversial prelate, Pope John Paul II