Denominations category: 8894 books
When I Was a Child
Children's Interpretations of First Communion
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
First Communion is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ, the universal Catholic Church. This official Church account, however, ignores what the rite actually...
The Structure of Theological Revolutions
How the Fight Over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
On July 29, 1968, Pope Paul VI ended years of discussion and study by Catholic theologians and bishops by issuing an encyclical on human sexuality and birth control entitled Humanae Vitae: "On Human Life." That document, which declared that "each and every marriage act must remain open...
by Michael L. Coulter, Richard S. Myers, Joseph A. Varacalli
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
The two original volumes of the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy were published in 2007. Those two volumes included 848 entries from nearly 300 contributors and included a wide range of entries in three general categories: entries exploring Catholic social...
Empowering the People of God
Catholic Action before and after Vatican II
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The early 1960s were a heady time for Catholic laypeople. Pope Pius XII’s assurance “You do not belong to the Church. You are the Church” emboldened the laity to challenge Church authority in ways previously considered unthinkable. Empowering the People of God offers a fresh look at the Catholic...
Modern Catholic Social Teaching
Commentaries and Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
With an equal emphasis on every word in the title—and with a distinctly American perspective—Himes and his distinguished associate editors and contributors, have assembled the most thorough and authoritative assessment of modern Roman Catholic social teaching to date, likely to remain the touchstone...
The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads
The Crises of a Global Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Worldwide debates over issues of sexuality and gender have come to a head in recent years in mainline and evangelical churches, with the Anglican Communion—a worldwide network of churches that trace their practice to Canterbury and claim some 85 million members—among the most publicly visible...
The American Catholic Revolution
How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council enacted the most sweeping changes the Catholic Church had seen in centuries. In readable and compelling prose, Mark S. Massa tells the story of the cultural war these changes ignited in the United States - a war that is still being waged today. Suddenly, one...
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought
The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought traces the emergence of solidarity and human rights as critical theological and philosophical pillars of the anthropology and ethics foundational to the development of Catholic social teaching. Meghan J. Clark argues that the integration of human rights and the...
by Darlene O'Dell
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
• To release at the 40th anniversary of the ordinations Darlene O’Dell tells the story of the historic ordination, introducing us to the 11 women involved, the paths that brought them together on that day—and what has changed (or not changed) in the life of the church over the intervening years.
Common Threads
A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
A well-illustrated cultural history of the apparel worn by American Catholics, Sally Dwyer-McNulty's Common Threads reveals the transnational origins and homegrown significance of clothing in developing identity, unity, and a sense of respectability for a major religious group that had long struggled...
Traditions of Eloquence
The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This groundbreaking collection explores the important ways Jesuits have employed rhetoric, the ancient art of persuasion and the current art of communications, from the sixteenth century to the present. Much of the history of how Jesuit traditions contributed to the development of rhetorical theory...
by Edward D. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
For 35 years, the author of this book has been a devoted student of the history, beliefs, and ways of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. Out of his extensive research into manuscripts and primary sources and his conversations with friends in...
Reformation to Revival, 500 Years of God’s Glory:
Sixty Revivals, Awakenings and Heaven-Sent Visitations of the Holy Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Published to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. For the past five hundred years God has been pouring out His Spirit, to reform and to revive His Church. Reformation to Revival traces the Divine thread of God’s power from Martin Luther of 1517, through to the Charismatic Movement and...
A Choosing People
The History of the Seventh Day Baptists
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
The freedom and responsibility of choice is one of the basic tenets of Baptist beliefs. Seventh Day Baptists as a part of this Baptist heritage for over 350 years have upheld and practiced that right. The decision to follow the Bible instead of ecclesiastical authority and tradition led them to accept...