Product Description: What will the next generation of Catholics be like? Will they have a strong sense of their identity as Catholic Christians, or will they reflect a more generic Christian identity, without the distinctives associated with Catholicism?Some social commentators suggest that the Catholic identity of young adult Catholics is in jeopardy, with a less ecclesial faith, a thin commitment to the institutional church, and alack of familiarity with the Catholic tradition...read more

'Ecclesiology which takes into account the Second Vatican Council, ecumenism, and globalization'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: The Catholic Church has been heavily committed to the Church's evangelical mission from its earliest days. Yet evangelization has been a challenge for all churches, especially Roman Catholic, raising particular questions and unique opportunities...read more

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Product Description: Book by Rausch, Thomas P.

Provides an overview of the history between Catholics and Evangelicals, giving an honest summary of the relationship between the two, and looks at stereotypes that must be overcome, examining areas of mutual concern and mutual ministry, while addressing two key points of difference: salvation and the role of the church. (view table of contents)

How can Catholics find common ground in a divided Church, teaching and reflecting on their faith in a way that is at once critical, faithful to the Catholic tradition, and truly evangelical? In Apologists, Evangelists, and Theologians, Thomas Rausch, S.J., tackles academic theologians and the new conservative apologists, noting the strengths and liabilities of both. He looks at divisive questions of theological method, Scripture and doctrinal development, sexuality, liturgy, and evangelization, and concludes by proposing principles for doing theology in a divided Church. Clergy and educated laity, especially lay ministers and religious educators, will find Apologists, Evangelists, and Theologians a good overview of present divisions in the Church and a practical source for finding a common ground in the life and concerns of ordinary Christians. The first chapter traces the emergence and development of a renewed, yet overly academic Catholic theology. Chapter two focuses on the new apologists as a conservative reaction to the excesses of academic theology as well as to the changing nature of the Church. Chapter three, on Scripture, tradition, and Church, explores the relation of Scripture and tradition. Chapter four considers the question of the Church and sexuality. Chapter five focuses on liturgy and Eucharist. Chapter six assesses various efforts to express the Church's evangelical mission, both traditional and contemporary, and sketches the assumptions and concerns of a contemporary evangelical theology. The final chapter lifts up principles for doing theology in a divided church.

Product Description: This book seeks to present a contemporary understanding of Roman Catholicism, focusing on what it means to be a Catholic in terms of life, faith and practice.

Product Description: Book by Rausch, Thomas P.

Product Description: Book by Rausch, Thomas P.