The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism

by Buckley, James J.; Bauerschmidt, Frederick C.; Pomplun, Trent

• ISBN13: 9781405112246
• ISBN10: 1405112247
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism offers an extensive survey of the history, doctrine, practices, and global circumstances of Roman Catholicism, written by a range of distinguished and experienced Catholic writers. Engages its readers in an informed and informative conversation about Roman Catholic life and thought Embraces the local and the global, the past and the present, life and the afterlife, and a broad range of institutions and activities Considers both what is distinctive about Catholic life and thought, and how Catholicism overlaps with and transforms other ways of thinking and living Topics covered include: peacemaking, violence and wars; money, the vow of poverty and socio-economic life; art by and about Catholics; and men, women and sex.

Author Biography

James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola College in Maryland. He has published Seeking the Humanity of God: Practices, Doctrines, and Catholic Theology (1992), is an associate editor of the journals Modern Theology and Pro Ecclesia and has co-edited (with L. Gregory Jones) the Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology series.

Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ (1999) and Why the Mystics Matter (2003). He is also co-editor of Aquinas in Dialogue (Blackwell, 2004).

Trent Pomplun is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. A frequent contributor to Pro Ecclesia, Nova et Vetera, and Modern Theology, he writes about late medieval and early modern Catholicism, with special interests in scholasticism, positive theology, and inter-religious dialog.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Catholic Histories

The Old Testament

The New Testament

The Early Church

The Middle Ages

The Reformation

Modernity and Post-Modernity

Catholic Cultures

The Holy Land

India

Africa

Europe

The United Kingdom and Ireland

Latin America

North America

Asia

Oceania

Catholic Doctrines

The Practice of Catholic Theology

The Development of Doctrine

God

Creation and Anthropology

Jesus Christ

Mary

Church

The Liturgy and Sacraments

Moral Theology

The End

Catholic Practices

Spirituality

Institutions

The Holy See

Ecumenism

Inter-Religious Dialog

Art and Literature

Science and Theology

Justice and Peace

Index

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