| A Church in Search of Itself: Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future Contributor(s): Kaiser, Robert Blair (Author) |
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ISBN: 030727814X ISBN-13: 9780307278142 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: A deeply informed look at the intensifying struggle over the future of the Catholic Church. Robert Blair Kaiser examines the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception, the roles of women in the Church, the increased participation of laypeople in Church affairs. He gives us an in-depth and behind-the-scenes view of six of the cardinals who gathered in Rome in April 2005 to choose a new pope and through them makes clear why Catholics worldwide are increasingly leaving the Church or defying Church doctrine. With passion and heartfelt concern, Robert Blair Kaiser brilliantly illuminates the issues and the combatants in the battle for the soul of the Catholic world. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | History - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: 282 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.28" W x 8" (0.61 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: A deeply informed look at the intensifying struggle over the future of the Catholic Church. Robert Blair Kaiser examines the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception, the roles of women in the Church, the increased participation of laypeople in Church affairs. He gives us an in-depth and behind-the-scenes view of six of the cardinals who gathered in Rome in April 2005 to choose a new pope and through them makes clear why Catholics worldwide are increasingly leaving the Church or defying Church doctrine. With passion and heartfelt concern, Robert Blair Kaiser brilliantly illuminates the issues and the combatants in the battle for the soul of the Catholic world. |