The Catholic Church
Subtitle: what everyone needs to know
By: John L. Allen
Series: What everyone needs to know
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780199975105; 9780199975112
Subjects: Doctrines; Katolicism; Katholische Theologie; Teologi; Popular works; Doctrinal Theology; Dogmatik; Catholic Church; Katholische Kirche
Description: A guide to the past, present, and future of the Catholic Church looks at the internal and external challenges the institution faces and how it can make itself relevant and improve its moral standing in light of recent crises.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Catholic church; title: Historical highlights and lowlights; title: Church outside the church; title: Life of the mind; title: Worship; title: Angels, demons and saints; title: Faith and politics; title: Catholicism and sex; title: Catholicism and money; title: Crisis and scandal; title: Rome and America; title: New frontiers.