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
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction 1
James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, and Trent Pomplun
Part I Catholic Histories 5
1 The Old Testament 7
Claire Mathews McGinnis
2 The New Testament 22
Luke Timothy Johnson
3 The Early Church 36
Angela Russell Christman
4 The Middle Ages 49
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
5 The Reformation 63
Carlos M.N. Eire
6 Modernity and Post- Modernity 81
Peter J. Casarella
Part II Catholic Cultures 97
7 The Holy Land 99
David B. Burrell
8 India 112
Charles J. Borges
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