The Catholic Church: A Brief Popular HistoryThe Catholic Church: A Brief Popular History is an engaging and informative survey of the major people, periods and events in Church history. Designed with the introductory student in mind, the text is both accessible and thorough. An engaging vignette opens each chapter, drawing the reader in by encouraging a personal connection to the people of the time. A chapter overview then signals the material to follow. Throughout the text, sidebars highlight key persons and events, excerpts from primary sources enrich the reading, connections with the Church today add relevance, and end-of-chapter questions prompt reflection and review. Altogether, The Catholic Church: A Brief Popular History provides a solid foundation in major theological themes and prepares students for further study. |
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Continguts
History and the Church | 11 |
The Art of Remembering Who We Are | 12 |
Unraveling the Mystery of History | 13 |
Laying the Foundation Jesus and His First Followers | 18 |
Who Is This Man Yeshua? | 19 |
Public Religion and Private Faith | 22 |
Jesus Co | 25 |
Getting the Church Going | 31 |
Far from Home | 171 |
Who Gets It Who Keeps It | 172 |
Challenging the Church | 174 |
Innocent III | 179 |
The Crusades | 186 |
Medieval Thinking about Mary and the Saints | 191 |
The Church Then and Now | 192 |
Bringing It All Together Thomas Aquinas and New Ways of Thinking | 195 |
Fishing for Converts | 34 |
Under Attack Persecution in the Early Church | 41 |
When Belief Is More Important than Life | 42 |
RunIns with the Law | 45 |
Making Peace and Making Enemies | 50 |
Christianity Philosophy and Gnostic Thought | 52 |
Facing the Test | 57 |
The Church Then and Now | 59 |
New Understandings Constantine Councils and Creeds | 63 |
What Are These Christians Fighting About? | 64 |
Constantine and a Change in Direction | 67 |
Figuring Out the Father and Son | 69 |
Thinking Through What It All Means | 75 |
Constantinople and Chalcedon | 77 |
Church + State Problems | 80 |
The Church Then and Now | 82 |
The Life and Times of a Seeker Augustine of Hippo | 87 |
Looking for the Truth | 88 |
Rome Takes a Nosedive | 89 |
The Writings of Augustine | 98 |
Donatism and Pelagianism | 103 |
The Church Then and Now | 106 |
Missionaries Artists and Servants of God Monks and Nuns in the Early Middle Ages | 111 |
A Living Offering | 112 |
Germanic Tribes Take Control | 113 |
The Growth of Monasticism | 115 |
Christianity in Celtic Lands | 122 |
The Church Then and Now | 128 |
Across a Great Divide The Eastern Church | 131 |
Going to the Great Church | 132 |
Continuing the Not So Roman Empire in the East | 133 |
Justinian and Theodora | 134 |
The Church Splits | 139 |
The Church Then and Now | 145 |
Shaking Things Up The Church Reforms Inside and Out | 149 |
Living Up to the Call | 150 |
Fighting and Feuding in a Feudal World | 151 |
Problems between Church and State | 153 |
Reform in the Church | 155 |
The Church Then and Now | 167 |
New Ideas New Problems The Middle of the Middle Ages | 170 |
A Boys Dreams in a Girls Life | 196 |
Falling States and Rising Cathedrals | 197 |
Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard of Bingen | 200 |
Anselm and Abelard | 204 |
Thomas Aquinas | 208 |
Medieval Universities | 210 |
The Church Then and Now | 214 |
Changing the Rules ReForming Christianity | 217 |
Being Catholic in a Protestant Land | 218 |
Plagues Problems and a Rebirth | 219 |
The Babylonian Captivity the Great Schism and Beyond | 222 |
Introducing the Protestants | 230 |
The Catholic Reformation | 232 |
The Church Then and Now | 239 |
Discoveries Near and Far New Lands New Science and New Ways of Serving | 242 |
Living the Mission Life | 243 |
Destruction and Discovery | 244 |
The Jesuits | 246 |
Bringing Faith and Science Together | 254 |
The Church Then and Now | 260 |
New Challenges to Ancient Traditions Vatican I and the Modern Era | 263 |
Finding Prejudice in the Promised Land | 264 |
Bringing the World Closer to Home | 265 |
Revolution and Religion | 266 |
The Enlightenment | 270 |
The Industrial Revolution | 272 |
Working for the Workers | 278 |
Carrying the Faith to a New Land | 281 |
The Church Then and Now | 283 |
The Ancient Faith Gets a Modern Makeover Vatican II | 286 |
Face to Face with History | 287 |
The Church in the Public Eye | 290 |
The Church Then and Now | 304 |
The Road That Lies Ahead The Church in the Third Millennium | 308 |
The Life and Times ofYou | 309 |
Benedict XVI | 313 |
The Changing Roles of Bishops Priests and Laity | 319 |
The Church at Home and Abroad | 324 |
The Church Then and Now | 328 |
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Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | The Catholic Church: A Brief Popular History |
| Autor | Cynthia Stewart |
| Editor | Saint Mary's Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0884899675, 9780884899679 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 337 pàgines |
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