Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity - Hardcover

Gerald O'Collins, SJ; Mario Farrugia, SJ

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199259941 ISBN 13: 9780199259946

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. The authors move through history to sum up the present characteristics of Catholic Christianity and the major challenges it faces in the third millennium. Explaining matters in a fresh and original way, they do justice to the Catholic heritage and show that Catholicism is a dynamic and living faith. Well-structured, highly informative, and clearly written, the book does not duck critical problems and the negative side of history. Rather, O'Collins and Farrugia explore the challenges which Catholics and other Christians must face and engage with contemporary moral issues. This is an authoritative, lively, and up-to-date introduction to Catholicism for the modern reader.

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Review:

This is a special book which is most highly recommended. (Fr Emmet P Costello SJ, Catholic Weekly)

It can be read with great profit ... it is extremely well-informed and very up-to-date in its reading. (English Historical Review)

... unusual and very useful book ... a highly readable narrative, containing a fund of interesting details and observations. (Times Literary Supplement)

An inspiring and lucid account of the genius of Catholicism. There is much in this description that all Christians can subscribe to and agree with. (George Carey)

In their deeply impressive survey of the Catholic traditions past and present, Fathers O'Collins and Farrugia demonstrate immense learning, and offer a quite awe-inspiring global vision. (Philip Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University)

It can be read with profit and delight as a testament to the great central truths and themes of historic Christianity. A superb achievement. (Rowan Williams)

About the Author:

Gerald O'Collins SJ is Professor of Fundamental and Systematic Theology at Gregorian University, Rome Mario Farrugia SJ is Lecturer in Dogmatic (Systematic) Theology at Gregorian University, Rome

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199259941
• ISBN 13: 9780199259946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424