The Church - The Evolution of Catholicism

Zusatztext The Church is a lucid! balanced! and readable book-a work of integration that is always reasonable! well informed! honest! and deeply hopeful. Informationen zum Autor Richard P. McBrien, bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Saints and general editor of the HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, is a leading TV, radio, and newspaper commentator on the Catholic Church. He is the Crowley-O''Brien-Walter Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Klappentext "The Church is a lucid, balanced, and readable book--a work of integration that is always reasonable, well informed, honest, and deeply hopeful."--Commonweal In The Church, renowned religious historian and Vatican expert Richard P. McBrien offers a sweeping history of the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church, its influence and power in an ever-changing world. From Jesus's apostle Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, The Church is a remarkable achievement that delves deeply into the past and the future of Christianity's largest branch--in fact, the largest religious institution in the world--exploring its politics, doctrines, and the way the Roman Catholic Church views itself. Zusammenfassung “The Church is a lucid, balanced, and readable book—a work of integration that is always reasonable, well informed, honest, and deeply hopeful.” — Commonweal   In The Church, renowned religious historian and Vatican expert Richard P. McBrien offers a sweeping history of the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church, its influence  and power in an ever-changing world.  From Jesus’s apostle Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, The Church is a remarkable achievement that delves deeply into the past and the future of Christianity’s largest branch—in fact, the largest religious institution in the world—exploring its politics, doctrines, and the way the Roman Catholic Church views itself. ...

Product details

• Authors: Richard P McBrien, Richard P. McBrien
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2009
• EAN: 9780061245251
• ISBN: 978-0-06-124525-1
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Faith, Religion: general, Theology, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Aspects of religion, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Prayer and prayer books, RELIGION: Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION: Spirituality, RELIGION: Christian Theology / History, RELIGION: Christian Church / History, RELIGION: Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY: Religious, RELIGION: CATHOLICISM, RELIGION: Faith, RELIGION: Christian Theology / Ecclesiology