God's Church in the World: The Gift of Catholic Mission (Davison Andrew)(Paperback)

God's Church in the World: The Gift of Catholic Mission (Davison Andrew)(Paperback)

God's Church in the World: The Gift of Catholic Mission presents a confident and joyful assertion of the Catholic character of Christian mission and its sacramental nature, exploring the transforming role the Catholic tradition can play in evangelism. A range of outstanding contributors explore the

Why Sacraments? (Davison Andrew)(Paperback)

The book provides a clear account of the sacraments of the Christian Church and of the general idea of sacramentality. It will reach out to a wide audience and present solid academic theology in an accessible and popular manner. The approach is distinctively Anglican, Thomist and on the

Underground Church: A Living Example of the Church in Its Most Potent Form (Sanders Brian)(Paperback)

What If the Church Truly Empowered People to Engage in God's Mission?Something extraordinary has been happening in Tampa, Florida. A new expression of the church has been quietly growing. It's something of an experiment, but over the last ten years the church has been validating its ideas with

The History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Hitchcock James)(Pevná vazba)

The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day, the Church has been planted in every nation on earth.The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her founder, and in spite of heresy from within and

All God's Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics (Steck Christopher)(Paperback)

The book is the first of its kind to draw together in conversation the views of the early Church, contemporary biblical and theological scholarship, and post-conciliar teachings. Steck develops a comprehensive, Catholic theology of animals based on an in-depth exploration of Catholicism's

Youcat: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church (Schonborn Cardinal Christoph)(Paperback)

YOUCAT is short for Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, which will be launched on World Youth Day. Developed with the help of young Catholics and written for high-school age people and young adults, YOUCAT is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. The appealing graphic

Chaplaincy Ministry and the Mission of the Church (Slater Victoria)(Paperback)

In Chaplaincy Ministry and the Mission of the Church, Victoria Slater explores the significance of chaplaincy for the mission and ministry of the contemporary Church. She discusses the reasons for the recent growth in new chaplaincy roles in the contemporary cultural and church context and provides

The Symphony of Mission: Playing Your Part in God's Work in the World (Goheen Michael W.)(Paperback)

This book argues that God's mission is broad and that all of us can live with missional intentionality by understanding the many facets of missions and focusing on a particular calling. Just like different instruments of a symphony harmonize together, each aspect of human participation in

The Catholic Church Through the Ages, Second Edition: A History (Vidmar John)(Paperback)

The Catholic Church through the Ages, now in its second edition, is a one-volume survey of the history of the Catholic Church from its beginning until (and including) the pontificate of Pope Francis. The book explains the Church's progress by using Christopher Dawson's division of the Church's

Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic.... (Kreeft Peter)(Paperback)

For the first time in 400 years the Catholic Church has authorized an official universal catechism which instantly became an international best-seller, the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Using this official Catechism, the highly-regarded author and professor Peter Kreeft presents a complete

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church(Paperback / softback)

Beyond Belief - The Catholic Church and the Child Abuse Scandal (Yallop David)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of In God's Name which has sold 6 million copies, this is a controversial expose concerning the Catholic Church's unfolding child-abuse scandals and coincides with Pope Benedict's visit to the UK in September

The Catholic Church: Nature, Reality and Mission (Kasper Walter)(Paperback)

Walter Kasper is already well-known and loved throughout the English-speaking world. He has held high office in the Vatican but until his recent retirement has felt constrained from publishing what he really thinks and his vision of the Church for the future. Kasper brings to conclusion a project

Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church (O'Malley John W.)(Paperback)

In 1869, some seven hundred Catholic bishops traveled to Rome to participate in the first church-wide council in three hundred years. The French Revolution had shaken the foundations of the church. Pope Pius IX was determined to set things right through a declaration by the council that the pope

Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church (Chappel James)(Pevná vazba)

In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. According to the Catholic view, modern concepts like these, unleashed by the French Revolution, had been a disaster. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. How did this happen? Why,

The Missionary-Theologian: Sent Into the World, Sanctified by the Word (Burns E. D.)(Paperback)

Gospel doctrine is the lifeblood of mission. Most missionaries in church history have, in preparation for the field, committed themselves to rigorous study and extraordinary theological training, but there has been a move away from that in recent times. E.D. Burns contends that this is dangerous,

Bearing Witness in Hope: Christian Engagement in Challenging Times (Ross Cathy)(Paperback)

Has the Church lost sight of her original vocation of living out her mission by serving the world? There is a prevailing ecclesiology of fatalism which suggests that it has, and that there is nothing to do be done about. This book argues however, that the church still has a role in bearing witness

Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church (Weidenkopf Steve)(Paperback)

Catechism Of The Catholic Church Popular Revised Edition (Vatican The)(Paperback / softback)

Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible (Glasser Arthur F.)(Paperback)

Announcing the Kingdom provides a comprehensive survey of the biblical foundation of mission. It investigates the development of the kingdom of God theme in the Old Testament, describing what the concept tells us about God's mission in creation, the flood, and the covenant with Abraham. It then

YOUCAT - Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church (Foundation YOUCAT)(Paperback / softback)

The Baltimore Catechism: The Doctrines of the Catholic Church - Lessons on God, His Commandments, Christ, Sin, Confession and Prayer - the 1891 (Baltimore Third Council of)(Paperback)

The Baltimore Catechism was the official book of Catholic doctrine and instruction for children in the United States - it consists of many lessons about God, the sacraments, and Jesus.An all-encompassing summary of the Catholic faith, The Baltimore Catechism explains what the principles and

Married Priests in the Catholic Church (Deville Adam a. J.)(Paperback)

These essays offer a historically rigorous dismantling of Western claims about the superiority of celibate priests.Although celibacy is often seen as a distinctive feature of the Catholic priesthood, both Catholic and Orthodox Churches in fact have rich and diverse traditions of married priests

God's Messiah in the Old Testament: Expectations of a Coming King (Abernethy Andrew T.)(Paperback)