The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs To Know - Couverture souple

Allen Jr., John L.

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ISBN 10 : 0199975108 ISBN 13 : 9780199975105

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Allen Jr John L

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing. Yet the Church has also been rocked by a series of scandals related to the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, and, even more devastating, a pattern of cover-up of that abuse by the church's authorities. The decade-long crisis has taken a massive financial toll, but the blow to both the internal morale and the external moral standing of the Catholic Church has been even steeper. The overall picture is of a Church with enormous residual strength and exciting future prospects, but also one facing steep internal and external challenges. The question of ''whither Catholicism'' is of vital public relevance, for believers and non-believers alike. In this book, John L. Allen, Jr., will offer an authoritative and accessible primer on the Church today.

Biographie de l'auteur :

John L. Allen Jr. is Senior Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and the Senior Vatican Analyst for CNN. He's the author of six books on the Vatican and Catholic affairs, including The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church and All the Pope's Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199975108
• ISBN 13: 9780199975105
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336