The Dark Box - A Secret History of Confession

Informationen zum Autor John Cornwell is an author, journalist and Fellow Commoner of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the author of Darwin's Angel and Hitler's Pope . He has written for publications including Sunday Times , Vanity Fair , FT , Prospect , New Statesman , Spectator and New York Times. Klappentext The sacred and profane history of confession in the Catholic Church, with a shocking new expose of its role in the child abuse scandals of the twentieth century.The sacred and profane history of confession in the Catholic Church, with a shocking new exposé of its role in the child abuse scandals of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The sacred and profane history of confession in the Catholic Church, with a shocking new expose of its role in the child abuse scandals of the twentieth century.

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The Dark Box is a major contribution to the Catholic church's examination of conscience about the roots and circumstances of sexual abuse. Eamon Duffy The Guardian

Product details

• Authors: John Cornwell
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9781781251096
• ISBN: 978-1-78125-109-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Christian Education / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Christian instruction, Religious instruction, Church history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church