Anthony T. Padovano
Understanding Catholicism has been written for the inner needs of the human heart.
Spirituality Today
This truly excellent book treats the Catholic doctrines, places them in their historical setting and sets forth their contemporary meaning.
Book Description
The Classic Work Simplified and Updated Written by one of the country's most respected Catholic theologians, for twenty years this book has been the standard in explaining the major doctrines of the faith. Here now is a fully revised edition, updated throughout by Hellwig herself. The result offers solid, trustworthy answers to questions that trouble most thinking Catholics. This concise overview of the Catholic faith-- · uses inclusive language for God and gender. · streamlines the original's expression of ideas into simpler terms. · clarifies the book's more difficult material. · covers a wide range of topics. · addresses the major questions raised by general readers over the past twenty years.
About the Author
Renowned Catholic theologian Monika K. Hellwig is executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. She was for many years a professor of theology at Georgetown University. She's the author, co-author, or editor of eighteen books, including The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia. Her most recent book for Paulist Press™ is Guests of God. Dr. Hellwig lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Understanding Catholicism ANNOTATION
Examines all the great Catholic doctrines, showing the histroical conditions they arose from, and the meaning they have in the religious search of today.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book is specifically addressed to "people who worry when they have questions about their faith or when they begin to realize that the old explanations, which were good enough before, no longer seem to offer coherent meaning." Eleven succinct chapters touch on the central tenets of Catholic belief, outlining the historical conditions from which they arose and showing how they nourish the religious search of thoughtful people today. The text, originally published in 1981, has been completely revised and updated for readers in a new century.
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