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Title: Catholicism : New Study Edition--Completely Revised and Updated by Richard P. Mcbrien ISBN: 0-06-065405-8 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 19 May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.53 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A very nice suvery
Comment: This book gives a very nice overview over Catholicism as a whole. To any topic, the author presents the total spectrum of views, from conservative to liberal, without judging any of them. They are simply presented and the reader can judge for himself what he thinks of it. Even with controverial topics he objectively presents both sides of the issue. This way you get a really nice picture of the discussions going on in the church.
The only way to be disappointed by this book is if you believe that McBrien should not have mentioned any other viewpoint than your very own personal "true" view.
McBrien does not seem to forget any topic. I really enjoyed reading the chapter on Catholic spirituality, where he also mentions its history. Many other books just mention the Catholic history of involvment in politics and power, in his book I see that there is much more to the whole story than that.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not exactly the best book on Catholicism
Comment: As a convert to the Catholic Church whose conversion was intellectual to begin with, I believed that this book might help me understand more deeply some of the complex theological and historical issues dealing with Catholicism. What I found was a well intentioned no doubt, but misguided sense of ecumenism throughout. Perhaps the part which disturbed me the most was the point at the end where McBrien stated that the Papacy's existence need not always necessarily be so. McBrien it seems is simply another Notre Dame Americanized liberalized theologian who refuses to humble himself and his opinions before the truth which is actually taught by the Church. The fact that he would even mention someone like Hans Kung should be anathema to any knowlegable Catholic, and an indication to educated protestant theologians reading this book that what is written is not an accurate representation of what we as Catholics -- practicing Catholics mind you -- believe and know to be true.
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding Scholarly Work with Compelling Arguments
Comment: Professor McBrien, while a bit of a hard-(...) in class, is an amazing scholar. His picture of Catholicism is much more broad than the picture given by the Catechism, and demonstrates his more historical understanding of the Church than the heavily dogmatic, fedeist picture of Catholicism given by Ratzinger. As any student of theology knows, the Catechism is a teaching tool for children, not a serious work of theology. *THIS* is a serious work of thology.
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Title: The Harpercollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism by Richard P. McBrien, Harold W. Attridge ISBN: 0060653388 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $47.50 |
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Title: Inside Catholicism by Richard P. Mcbrien ISBN: 0006490522 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 15 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: A People Adrift : The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America by Peter Steinfels ISBN: 0684836637 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church by Joseph Martos ISBN: 0764807188 Publisher: Liguori/Triumph Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Catechism of the Catholic Church by U.S. Catholic Church ISBN: 0385479670 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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