Living Catholic faith in a contentious age / / Raymond G. Helmick
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| Autore: |
Helmick Raymond G.
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| Titolo: |
Living Catholic faith in a contentious age / / Raymond G. Helmick
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] : , : Continuum, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 234.23 |
| Soggetto topico: | Faith |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Catholic Faith: How We Relate to God and Church; 2 The Theologian's Task: Fides quaerens intellectum; 3 Orthodoxy: Fidelity to the Spirit's Leading; 4 Polarization in the Church: Quest for Power; 5 Facing the Sex-abuse Crisis: Call for a Council of the Church; 6 Practice of Faith, Expressed in Word and Sacrament; 7 Commitment to the Work of Reconciliation and Peace; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Catholics, especially in the U.S., are sharply divided over what constitutes faithful Catholicism: a quest for the relevance of their faith to the actualities of their lives or unquestioning obedience to the precepts of Church leadership. Tension over these questions goes to such extremes that it has drastically reduced church-going and identification of Catholics with the institution within a remarkable brief period of time. Writing in sharp, accessible language, Helmick attempts to focus these issues on the nature of faith. To do so involves exploring the task of theologians, who are in t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Living Catholic faith in a contentious age |
| ISBN: | 1-282-87112-9 |
| 9786612871122 | |
| 1-4411-0703-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826111003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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