Richard McBrien

Broschiertes Buch

Lives of the Saints

From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa

Beschreibung

Presents a modern perspective on the lives of the saints, chronicling the histories and significance of individuals representing the best in Christian discipleship, and examines the meaning of sanctity, spirituality, and canonization.

Autor

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prizewinning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Annotated ed
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780061232831
• ISBN-10: 0061232831
• Artikelnr.: 21122377