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A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, REVISED EDITION - USED
Product Description:
One of the bestselling religious histories of
the past two decades. Long a mainstay for scholars, students, and
others looking for a definitive, accessible history of Catholicism, it
has now been meticulously expanded and updated for the new millennium.
With a clarity and conciseness that will appeal to the general reader,
Thomas Bokenkotter divides his study into five parts that correspond to
the major historical and epochal developments in Catholicism. His
authoritative, thorough approach takes readers from the Church's
triumph over paganism, through “the sound and fury of renewal,” to a
new section devoted to such topics as dissent, current developments in
the ecumenical movement, and liberation theology. Informative
illustrations throughout the book, new to this edition, enrich the
reader's experience, and the addition of a wide-ranging bibliography
increases its value as a sourcebook.
A reviewer called the previous edition of A Concise History of the Catholic Church “a
tract for the times, an attempt to help bewildered Roman Catholics and
others get some sense of the origins of all the change that has
streamed through the windows by Vatican II.” This new edition reaffirms
its importance in the library of ecumenical studies and confirms its
place among the classics.
From the Publisher:
This critically acclaimed
history covers the events and doctrines that have shaped Catholic
thought and action over the past two millennia. A singularly useful
reference book, updated and expanded for the student of the 1990's.
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