The Spirit of Catholicism

Vivian Boland OP (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Continuum (Verlag)
978-1-3994-1415-9 (ISBN)

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The Catholic Church seems to be in serious crisis – disfigured by scandals, divided by theological, cultural and political differences, retreating institutionally in many places, judged irrelevant by a culture that believes it has outgrown this kind of religious faith.

Yet the number of practising Catholics increases each year, a growing membership that seeks to be well grounded spiritually, intellectually and pastorally. Many younger people are curious to know and experience traditional and historical realities. Thus, the need for an informed and reflective restatement of The Spirit of Catholicism has never been more urgent.

In this clear and intelligible book, Vivian Boland presents the substance of Catholic belief and life, what the res catholica believes itself essentially to be. From its basis in the Bible, learning from key figures of Christian history, and in the full light of Pope Francis’s missionary ethos, this account of Catholicism casts new light on familiar teachings, the treasure carried by this ‘earthen vessel’.

Neither apologetic nor controversial, it shows how embodiment is at the heart of Catholicism – Christ, Mary, sacraments, a historical institution. It shows how this body is structured and develops into a form of life marked by a special kind of fraternity and resulting in a particular presence in human history and society.

Catholic teachings about Mary and the Eucharist, about hierarchy and authority, about spiritual life and pastoral care, about holiness and love, are presented in their deepest and fullest context: Christ as the Son of God and head of humanity, the Holy Spirit giving energy and new life, and the Father, the great love that awaits us.

Vivian Boland OP is professor aggregatus in the Faculty of Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome. He taught at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, and at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford and is author and editor of several books, including St Thomas Aquinas in the Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought (2014).

Introduction

Part One
1 A People of God?

Part Two
2 Christ, Image and Sacrament of God
3 The Church, Sacrament of Christ
4 Embodiment Means Life and Structure
5 Forms of Corruption in this Body

Part Three
6 Christ’s Threefold Mission and the Church’s Threefold Nature
7 Authority, Service and Leadership
8 Take All Thought Captive
9 The Life of a Community

Part Four
With the Son: Christ, the Head of Humanity
11 In the Spirit: The Love of Christ Urges Us On
12 To the Father: From Glory to Glory

Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
ISBN-10	1-3994-1415-1 / 1399414151
ISBN-13	978-1-3994-1415-9 / 9781399414159
Zustand	Neuware