The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism - Brossura

McBrien, Richard P.

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ISBN 10: 0061245259 ISBN 13: 9780061245251

Casa editrice: Harperone, 2010

Riassunto

A history of the Roman Catholic church's influence and power offers additional insight into how the church views itself and its relationship to the world, in a chronicle that explores such topics as the idea of the pope's infallibility, the celibacy of priests and the barring of women from the priesthood. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

As always McBrien s work is clear, concise and comprehensive in scope. Undoubtedly this book will become a standard ecclesiological reference point for students and teachers alike. --Neil Ormerod Neil Ormerod, Professor of Theology, Director of the Institute of Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education, Australian Catholic University

The Church is a lucid, balanced, and readable book a work of integration that is always reasonable, well informed, honest, and deeply hopeful. --Commonweal

This is a superb book, as usual. What would we do without this great honest man and his great honest writing? --Sr. Joan Chittister

McBrien's encyclopedic text examining Roman Catholicism is destined to be the definitive theological work on the topic. . . . his superlative, splendidly written text is accessible to anyone interested in understanding the Catholic Church s history and theology from a modern global perspective. Recommended for all libraries. --School Library Journal

L'autore:

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prizewinning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.

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• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061245259
• ISBN 13: 9780061245251
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 496