Catholicism: A Global History From The French Revolution To Pope Francis John T Mcgreevy Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Religion

The Story Of Roman Catholicism Has Never Followed A Singular Path In No Time Period This Been More True Than Over Last Two Centuries Beginning With French Revolution Extending To Second Vatican Council 1960S And Concluding Present-Day Crises John T Mcgreevy Chronicles Dramatic Upheavals Internal Divisions Shaping Most Multicultural Multilingual Global Institution World Through Powerful Individual Stories Sweeping Birds-Eye Views Provides Mesmerising Assessment Church’s Complex Role Modern History: Both Shaper Follower Politics Nation States Conservator Hierarchies Evangeliser Egalitarianism Documents Hopes Ambitions European Missionaries Building Churches Schools All Corners African Catholics Fighting For Political (And Religious) Independence Latin American Attracted Theology Liberation Polish South Korean Demanding Democratic Governments He Includes Vast Cast Riveting Characters Known Unknown Including Mexican Revolutionary Fr Servando Teresa De Mier Daniel O’connell Hero Irish Emancipation Sr Josephine Bakhita Formerly Enslaved Sudanese Nun Chinese Statesman Ma Xiaobang Philosopher Reformer Jacques Maritain German Jewish Convert Edith Stein Paul Ii Pope Opponent Communism Gustavo Gutiérrez Peruvian Founder Patron Art Dominique Menil Throughout Essential Volume Details Currents Reform Within Church As Well Movements Protective Traditional Customs Beliefs Conflicts Leaders Devotional Revival Nineteenth Century Experiences Decolonisation After War Twentieth Trauma Clerical Sexual Abuse Twenty-First Demonstrate How Religion Shapes Our Finally Addresses Challenges Faced By Francis Struggles Unite One Billion Members World’s Largest Religious Community Σελίδες: 528 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0131 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm