Catholic category: 4805 books
Missed Opportunities
Rethinking Catholic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Missed Opportunities: Rethinking Catholic Tradition opens up a dialogue between the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the challenges the contemporary world presents to that institutions tradition of moral doctrines. It grounds this dialogue on a re-examination of the foundational...
The View from the Border
Why Catholics Leave the Church and Why They Stay
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
In this unique psychological study, John Kotre provides some startling answers to the questions Catholics are now asking about those who abandon the church, those who remain in it, and those who attempt to create a new church within the church. A detailed examination of the borderline between membership...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
What does it mean to be—or to have been raised—Catholic in America today, now that formally nonpracticing Catholics outnumber the memberships of any other single denomination? Catholic Lives, Contemporary America is a collection of informed and spirited essays focusing on Catholic lay practices...
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life.
Here it is - the first new Catechism of the Catholic Church in more than 400 years, a complete summary of what Catholics around the world commonly believe.
The Catechism draws on the Bible, the Mass, the...
by James MacCaffrey, Wyatt North
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
This edition of History of the Catholic Church Volume I and II comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each chapter. This wonderful book charts the history of the Catholic Church. This edition comes complete with both volumes in one book! Catholic doctrine teaches that the...
by Gustavo Morello, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
On August 3rd, 1976, in Córdoba, Argentina's second largest city, Fr. James Week and five seminarians from the Missionaries of La Salette were kidnapped. A mob burst into the house they shared, claiming to be police looking for "subversive fighters." The seminarians were jailed and tortured...
The Rise of Benedict XVI
The Inside Story of How the Pope was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
From the author of Conclave and All the Pope’s Men comes the story of Pope John Paul II’s last days, the behind-the-scenes dynamics within the College of Cardinals that led to the choice of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI.
On April 18, 2005, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic...
The Sacraments We Celebrate
A Catholic Guide to the Seven Mysteries of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
In The Sacraments We Celebrate: A Catholic Guide to the Seven Mysteries of Faith, the second book in the Pillars of Faith series, Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi introduces the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Drawing from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the U.S. Catholic Catechism for...
by Lukefahr, Oscar
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Using Scripture, history, and revelation, Father Lukefahr highlights the tenets of faith that form the heart of Catholic tradition. More than a catechism or an overview of the history and dogma of Church teaching...it is instead a unique pastoral presentation that not only explores how the Catholic sacramental...
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought
The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought traces the emergence of solidarity and human rights as critical theological and philosophical pillars of the anthropology and ethics foundational to the development of Catholic social teaching. Meghan J. Clark argues that the integration of human rights and the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
The Sheed & Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the evolution of Catholic philosophy from Biblical times to the present day. The first comprehensive collection of readings from Catholic philosophers, this volume aims to sharpen the understanding of Catholic philosophy...
Catholic Borderlands
Mapping Catholicism onto American Empire, 1905-1935
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In 1905 Rev. Francis Clement Kelley founded the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States of America. Drawing attention to the common link of religion, Kelley proclaimed the Extension Society’s duty to be that of preventing American Protestant missionaries, public school teachers, and...
by The Catholic Digital News
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
The Catholic Digital News gathers the week's most important news stories involving the Catholic Church and publishes them within a single digital volume. Each edition is beautifully formatted with full-color images and features world, national, and Vatican news, plus opinion pieces, entertainment...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
*Includes a detailed explanation of the concepts Thomas Aquinas laid out in Summa Theologica.*Discusses both the philosophical and theological legacies of Thomas Aquinas, and how his writings and teachings continue to be applied today.*Includes historic depictions of Thomas Aquinas and important people...