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Informationen zum Autor Peter Stanford's previous investigations into the history, theology, enduring appeal and cultural significance of religious ideas include Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident; Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle; The Devil - A Biography; Heaven - A Traveller's Guide to the Undiscovered Country ; and The She-Pope, an investigation of the Pope Joan legend. His other books include biographies of Bronwen Astor, Lord Longford and the Poet Laureate , C Day-Lewis , plus the polemical Catholics and Sex that became an award-winning Channel 4 series in 1992. He is a senior features writer at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph titles, and contributes to the Independent , the Observer, the Daily Mail and the Catholic weekly, the Tablet , where he is a columnist. He has presented programmes on BBC 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5, as well as BBC Radios 2 and 4 and the BBC World Service. Klappentext RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic Catholicism: An Introduction is a comprehensive guide to the history, key beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith. Zusammenfassung Catholicism: An Introduction is a comprehensive guide to the history, key beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith. Inhaltsverzeichnis : PART ONE: CATHOLICISM - THE BASICS : 1. One! Holy! Catholic! Apostolic : 2. Once a Catholic : PART TWO: THE HISTORY OF CATHOLICISM : 3. The roots of belief and practice : 4. Church and State : 5. Reformation and Reform : PART THREE: PAPACY! AUTHORITY AND TRADITION : 6. The Church of Rome : 7. Traditions and Teachings : PART FOUR: THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD : 8. 'Opening a Window on the World' : 9. Modernisation in Practice : 10. God and Caesar : 11. 'A Sign of Contradiction' : Taking it further ...
