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Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism Professor Ziff examines Cotton's career as a teacher and preacher, both in England and New England; comparing Cotton's preaching and

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From her earliest years, Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was griped by the mystery of God incarnate. This was the beginning of a life-long love story, a life-long conversion in which Christ spoke to Catherine and she communicated the truth of his being to the world of her time.

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Over the past twenty years the American Catholic bishops have played a leading role in the antiabortion movement, published lengthy and highly detailed pastoral letters on nuclear weapons and on the American economy, and involved themselves, collectively and individually, in several national election campaigns. What is the source of the sometimes c

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Articulates how theological teachings trickle down from the Vatican and influence decisions about food, marriage, sex, community celebrations, and medical care. This study of American Catholicism summarizes a widespread contemporary tendency to adapt traditional spirituality to a world of moral diversity.

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Articulates how theological teachings trickle down from the Vatican and influence decisions about food, marriage, sex, community celebrations, and medical care. This study of American Catholicism summarizes a widespread contemporary tendency to adapt traditional spirituality to a world of moral diversity.

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Divided into two sections, this volume first presents 26 case studies of HIV/AIDS to highlight the complexity of HIV prevention and treatment. It also examines the moral issues involved and asserts that the Roman Catholic moral tradition can help in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

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This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. Rooted in the lived experiences of women religious in Britain, it explores British modernity, the social movements of the long 1960s and the Second Vatican Council, while acknowledging transnational relationships and global interconnectivities within and across national divides.

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The author discusses the role of French Catholicism in the internal and foreign affairs of modern France, with a detailed examination of French Catholic groups and their effect on temporal life. Presenting a wealth of material from official archives and files of French Catholic periodicals and organizations, Mr. Bosworth supplements his research by

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Talks about why being a Catholic in our contemporary post-modern, globalized world requires political commitment and what Roman Catholics can do for American society.

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This volume provides an analysis of Catholicism in Britain and France, examining various aspects of the faith in the 200 years since the French Revolution. It also discusses the challenges facing the Catholic church in the modern world and on its impact on believers and the two societies.

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Why has the church become so marginalised in our culture

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Covers changes in the Mass since publication in 1971, including the 1985 revisions (Eucharistic Prayers and Eucharistic Prayers from Masses with children). It describes the rites of the Church in the context of their theological and historical background and in relation to pastoral practice.

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The thesis of this study is that Christian Science was a manifestation of the unrest gripping the United States after the Civil War. The stormy way through which the new religion passed was, in a sense, the road upon which all new ideas and schemes are tried.

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Years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players. This book explores the nationalist inclinations of an Eastern Orthodox Church as it interacts with a politically immature Eastern European state.

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