"Doyle, a priest, A.W.R. Sipe, and Patrick J. Wall, both former Benedictine monks, have worked with priests, victims, and church officials on issues of child sexual abuse by priests for many years, and here argue that the sexual abuse of children by clergy has been going on sinc…
Presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business.
This book presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business. For more than tw…
In the last two decades, the history of the Counter-Reformation has been stretched and re-shaped in numerous directions. Reflecting the variety and innovation that characterize studies of early modern Catholicism today, this volume incorporates topics as diverse as life cycle an…
In the last two decades, the history of the Counter-Reformation has been stretched and re-shaped in numerous directions. Reflecting the variety and innovation that characterize studies of early modern Catholicism today, this volume incorporates topics as diverse as life cycle an…
This book discusses the history of Catholicism in the American South from the first European settlement through to the early Republic, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the end of the Spanish-American War.
From the first European settlement through to the Spanish-American War, this study pays particular attention to church-state relations, mission work & religious orders, the church & slavery, & the experience of being Catholic in a largely Protestant region.
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…
In exploring the dramaturgical variety of the "Catholic" content of Shakespeare's plays, Gillian Woods argues that habits, idioms, images, and ideas lose their denominational clarity when translated into dramatic fiction: they are awkwardly "unreformed" rather than doctrinally C…
Contrary to most other edited volumes and monographs on film and religion, 'Moralizing Cinema' does not focus upon films - such as the representation of biblical figures, religious themes in films, the fidelity question in movies - but rather looks beyond the film text, content …
"This book tracks the historical roots of the political tensions that make Spain the captivating yet troubled country that it is today"--
This is the compelling story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Benito Mussolini. A ground-breaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives by US National Book Award-finalist David Kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the V…
Médiéviste, directeur de recherches au CNRS, l'auteur s'attache à montrer comment l'Eglise, alors force d'encadrement et de structuration de la société, en est venue à exalter les monuments de la présence divine. Il retrace les différentes étapes d'une histoire, en particulier d…
At head of title: J. Neuner, J. Dupuis. Table of Contents: Symbols and professions of faith - Revelation and faith - Tradition and scripture - The triune God - Humankind and the world - Original justice and fall - Jesus Christ the saviour - The mother of the saviour - The church…
