Inside the Jesuits - How Pope Francis Is Changing the Church and the World

Journalist Robert Blair Kaiser takes readers inside the Jesuits' head-and-heart take on the faith, showing how a Jesuit's training to make bold moves for the greater good plays out in the first Jesuit pope-a self-confessed sinner who encourages us to love our supposedly-less-worthy selves and help make a better world.

About the author

Robert Blair Kaiser was a Jesuit-in-training for ten years before leaving to pursue a career in journalism. He served as an award-winning religion reporter for The New York Times, CBS News, Newsweek, and Time. He is the author of sixteen other books, including A Church in Search of Itself and he is an internationally recognized commentator on Vatican II.

Summary

Journalist Robert Blair Kaiser takes readers inside the Jesuits' head-and-heart take on the faith, showing how a Jesuit's training to make bold moves for the greater good plays out in the first Jesuit pope-a self-confessed sinner who encourages us to love our supposedly-less-worthy selves and help make a better world.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Blair Kaiser, Kaiser Robert Blair
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895836
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9583-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Spiritualität und religiöse Erfahrung, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / Spirituality, Religiöse Gemeinschaften und Mönchstum, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Christianity, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism