Title: Catholicism /
Authors: McBrien, Richard P.
Publisher: Winston Press,
Year: 1981
Subjects: Catholic Church Doctrines.
Contents: Introduction -- Catholicism in crisis -- Faith, theology, and belief -- Part one: human existence -- The human condition today -- Understandings of human existence -- Toward a theology of human existence -- Part two: God -- Belief and unbelief today -- Revelation -- Religion and its varieties -- The Christian understanding of God -- The trinity -- Part three: Jesus Christ -- Christ and contemporary culture -- The Christ of the New Testament -- The Christ of the fathers, the councils, and Medieval theology -- The Christ of Twentieth-century theology -- Special questions in Christology -- The Christ of the liturgy -- Part four: the Church -- The Church of the New Testament -- The Church in history -- The Church of the second Vatican council -- The Church today: its nature and mission -- The sacraments of initiation: baptism, confirmation, and eucharist -- The sacraments of healing, vocation, and commitment -- Special questions in ecclesiology -- Mary and the Church -- Part five: Christian existence--ethical and spiritual dimensions -- Christian existence: an historical perspective -- Christian existence: principles and process -- Christian existence: special questions -- Christian spirituality -- Christian/human destiny: the kingdom of God -- Conclusion -- Catholicism: a synthesis.