Richard P. Mcbrien

The Church (eBook, ePUB)

The Evolution of Catholicism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Church is a lucid, balanced, and readable booka 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 branchin fact, the largest religious institution in the worldexploring its politics, doctrines, and the way the Roman Catholic Church views itself.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061982613
• Artikelnr.: 38003192

Autorenporträt

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prizewinning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.