The future church
Subtitle: how ten trends are revolutionizing the Catholic Church
By: John L. Allen, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780385520386
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Forecasting; Christian sociology -- Catholic Church -- Forecasting; Twenty-second century -- Forecasts
Genres: Forecasts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Trend one : a world church; title: Trend two : evangelical Catholicism; title: Trend three : Islam; title: Trend four : the new demography; title: Trend five : expanding lay roles; title: Trend six : the biotech revolution; title: Trend seven : globalization; title: Trend eight : ecology 374; title: Trend nine : multipolarism; title: Trend ten : Pentecostalism; title: Trends that aren't; title: Catholicism in the 21st century.