The Complete Idiot's Guide To Catholicism explores the world's largest religious denomination and introduced you to the Catholic practice. It offers you a new approach to learning Catholicism, covering the rituals and symbols of the religion, such as Mass, the Seven Sacraments, and the holy days and their meaning. The authors tell you how Catholicism has spread throughout the world, its roots, and how it has grown and changed over the course of this century. It's a valuable tool for anyone interested in examining--or reexamining--this large and complex religion.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Catholicism

Religion & Spirituality

Faulkner, M.A., Mary

O'Gorman, Robert

Christian Books & Bibles

Alpha

The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Women's Spirituality

Politics & Social Sciences

Faulkner, Mary

Women's Studies

Do the organizational structure and Church policy support the politics of oppression, including the recent disclosures of sex abuse and cover-ups? 
Power in the Church, power and world culture. 
Abuse, celibacy, the role of women, accountability and infallibility and where they fit into Church tradition. 
Concrete ways to move ahead within the Church through understanding and transforming power. 
The Catholic Church is a micro-lens (albeit a large one) for viewing power and the effects of power abuses in the larger world culture. In Supreme Authority, the authors of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Understanding Catholicism take the four marks of Catholic identity--It is One; It is Catholic; It is Holy; It is Apostolic--and move them forward to a new understanding of these pillars of the Church. Issues to be explored include the Pre-Vatican II Church, Vatican II, the relationship of power and sexual abuse, how decisions are made in the Church, celibacy, the all-male clergy, the church's hierarchy and more. The object is not to criticize the Church, but rather to empower the people with ways to understand its current dynamics and provide concrete ways of moving forward within it.

Supreme Authority: Understanding Power in the Catholic Church

How can the Catholic Church be both hugely popular and widely scorned? How can it hold onto its ancient roots and be forever changing? This updated guide tells the story of being Catholic as Catholics themselves live their faith, every day of their lives. More than ever before, this edition speaks to interested outsiders, non-clergy, and practicing Catholics, as well as to religious professionals and members of the clergy. 
 This book explores: • The various stances within American Catholicism today • Recent Catholic history, most notably, the death of John Paul II and the succession of Pope Benedict XVI • The seven sacraments • The present state of Catholic education, Catholic identity, and Catholic social teaching

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Catholicism, 3rd Edition

O'Gorman Ph.D., Bob

Philosophy

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