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Zusatztext 'With few exceptions! the essays collected here deliver on the promise of their title. They are sound essays on vexing Catholic issues! composed to help practicing and thinking Catholics! clerical! and lay! resolve puzzles and discover a bigger picture.' Theological Studies Informationen zum Autor Professor Eamon Duffy is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalene College. He is the author of The Stripping of the Altars , Reformation Divided and Royal Books and Holy Bones and appears regularly on radio and television as an authority on religion and the Reformation in England. Klappentext 'The richness of the Church's past is a liberation, not a straitjacket. It is a source of confidence in launching into and uncharted future.' Eamon Duffy is both a practising Roman Catholic and distinguished historian, whose writings have changed the course of English Reformation studies. In Faith of Our Fathers, Duffy considers the range of Catholic belief and practice, from prayer for the dead and veneration of the Eucharist, to the place of Mary and the authority of the Pope. In the process he explores the ways in which religious tradition can be a vital Christian resource in the turbulent modern world. 'A lively and vivid assessment' Universe 'Erudite without being didactic, reflective and personal without being uncomfortably confessional... Duffy's exploration is lucid and sincere.' Doctrine & Life Distinguished scholar addresses the key issues an intelligent person needs to tackle in making sense of being a Catholic today. Zusammenfassung 'The richness of the Church's past is a liberation, not a straitjacket. It is a source of confidence in launching into and uncharted future.' Eamon Duffy is both a practising Roman Catholic and distinguished historian, whose writings have changed the course of English Reformation studies. In Faith of Our Fathers , Duffy considers the range of Catholic belief and practice, from prayer for the dead and veneration of the Eucharist, to the place of Mary and the authority of the Pope. In the process he explores the ways in which religious tradition can be a vital Christian resource in the turbulent modern world. 'A lively and vivid assessment' Universe 'Erudite without being didactic, reflective and personal without being uncomfortably confessional... Duffy's exploration is lucid and sincere.' Doctrine & Life Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Papal Authority 2.Thinking Through the Tradition 3. What about the inquisition 4. Do Catholics have freedom of conscience 5. Scandal in the Church 6. Who leads the Church? 7. Rome of the pilgrims...
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Eamon Duffy
