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Roman Catholicism in America

  • Chester Gillis
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019
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Chester Gillis chronicles the history of American Catholics from the colonial era to the present, with an emphasis on changes and challenges in the contemporary church. This second edition of Roman Catholicism in America pays particular attention to the tumultuous past twenty years.

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Chester Gillis is interim provost of Saint Louis University and professor of theology at Georgetown University, where he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Pluralism: A New Paradigm for Theology (1993) and editor of The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence (2005), among others.

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Both current and historically contextualized, this book presents an accessible, balanced, and detailed overview of this influential and complex faith community. Recommended.


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eBook published on:
December 10, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9780231551212
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35 b&w illustrations
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