A reader-friendly introduction to the history, beliefs, structures and practices of three major indigenous religious
traditions of East Asia—Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto.
This reader introduces the key theological themes of Catholic Religious Education today, providing an appropriate
core text for those who are being educated to become Catholic teachers and preparing to work in Catholic schools. An ideal aid for managers and ...
Examines the implications of the consensus reached by the AnglicanRoman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) on
universal primacy for the further development of the Catholic Church’s doctrines of papal primacy, in order that a reformed and renewed Petrine ministry may be ...
Christianity 101 is an introductory text for college level courses in Christian theology. The text
provides a history of Christian thought in each of the key areas of Christian theology and discusses the major debates and thinkers in the tradition. ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that “the liturgy is...the privileged place for
catechizing the People of God” (1075). This book is an invitation to that privileged place, the liturgy, where we encounter the great mystery of Christ ...
Discovered in Egypt in 1945, the fascinating and challenging Nag Hammadi writings forever changed our
understanding of early Christianity. State-of-the-art and the only volume of its kind, Introduction to "Gnosticism": Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds guides students through the most significant ...
Reflects on the nature of the Catholic imagination as viewed through the figure of Mary
and suggests that she might be considered the global Catholic Church’s point vierge—a provocative phrase that opens up a dimension of both the Catholic imagination ...
Cardinal William H. Keeler was for many years the Episcopal Moderator for Catholic-Jewish Relations for
the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In this capacity he influenced not only the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people in the ...