Maya and Catholic cultures in crisis
The crisis of authority in Catholic modernity
One deep problem facing the Catholic church is the question of how its teaching authority is understood today. It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within …
"During the first decade of the 21st century the Catholic Church in the developed world has faced a decline in its moral authority, increasing accusations of irrelevance to a secular age, and a steep and steady decline in commitment among successive generations from the 1960s on…
"During the first decade of the 21st century the Catholic Church in the developed world has faced a decline in its moral authority, increasing accusations of irrelevance to a secular age, and a steep and steady decline in commitment among successive generations from the 1960s on…
"This volume probes the meaning and ethical implications of the powerful symbol of vocation in a transformed social context. Patrick analyzes the complex responses of Catholic women to injustice and describes a post-Vatican II shift in understandings of virtue, with particular a…
Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society. This first broad-ranging study in English of the secular clergy examines how ordination provided a framework for clerical life cycles…
"Cristianesimo e potere" è dedicato a un tema che costituisce il filo rosso di tutta l'indagine dello storico Prodi: una ricerca dedicata a mettere in luce come la caratteristica della civiltà europea sia la peculiare divisione di ambiti fra Chiesa e Stato. Indagine storica ma i…
A religious reformation occurred in the Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries which scholars often call Christianization. Examining evidence relevant to Roman Africa of this period, this book sharpens understanding of this religious revolution. Focusing on the activitie…
This book 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 tests it faces in the third millennium. Explaining matters in a fresh an…