The Book of Love: A Treasury Inspired by the Greatest of Virtues - Brossura

Greeley, Andrew M.; Durkin, Mary G.

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ISBN 10: 0812576004 ISBN 13: 9780812576009

Casa editrice: Tor Books, 2008

Riassunto

The author of Irish Crystal collaborates with his sister to explore love as the world's most powerful force and a gift from God, in a treasury of essays, poems, and short stories that reflect humanity's unlimited capacity for love. Reprint.

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A native of Chicago, Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, is a priest, distinguished sociologist and bestselling author. He is professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona, as well as Research Associate at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. His current sociological research focuses on current issues facing the Catholic Church-including celibacy of priests, ordination of women, religious imagination, and sexual behavior of Catholics.

Father Greeley received the S.T.L. in 1954 from St. Mary of Lake Seminary. His graduate work was done at the University of Chicago, where he received the M.A. Degree in 1961 and the Ph.D. in 1962.

Father Greeley has written scores of books and hundreds of popular and scholarly articles on a variety of issues in sociology, education and religion. His column on political, church and social issues is carried by the carried by the Chicago Sun Times and may other newspapers. He stimulates discussion of neglected issues and often anticipates sociological trends. He is the author of more than thirty bestselling novels and an autobiography, Furthermore!: Confessions of a Parish Priest.

Mary G. Durkin has been writing lecturing, teaching, running workshops, and participating in symposia since 1960. A pastoral theologian, she has taught university courses on marriage and family. She authored books on women, family, marriage, and sexuality and has participated on panels with other experts in these areas both in the United States and in Europe. She resides in a Chicago suburb. She is the mother of several children and fifteen grandchildren.

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Book by Greeley Andrew M Durkin Mary G

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• Editore: Tor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0812576004
• ISBN 13: 9780812576009
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 492