Catholicism - an Introduction is a comprehensive guide to the history, key beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith....
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With access to Day-Lewis' archives and the recollections of first-hand witnesses, the author traces the link between life and art to reassess the work of a poet lauded in his lifetime but whose litera...
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What does it mean to be a Catholic in the modern world? At a time when the Vatican provokes hostility by its opposition to contraception, abortion and the use of condoms in fighting AIDS, how many Cat...
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A stimulating inquiry into one of the great religious mysteries -- and what theologians, artists, writers, psychologists, priests, historians and people from all religions and walks of life have thoug...
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A look at how the appointment of Basil Hume as Cardinal was a symbol of change for the English Catholic church. It shows how his very Englishness has exorcised some of the nightmares in the national s...
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The legend of Pope Joan - the woman who, dressed as a man, headed the Catholic church in the early 9th century - has always been a subject of fascinated speculation. This book attempts to reveal what ...
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Talk of the Devil has become distinctly unfashionable. Our sceptical age has pensioned off Satan, for centuries the face and name put to the abstract reality of evil. His scaly black skin, horns, clov...
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Writer, journalist and broadcaster the author makes a modern-day pilgrimage around some of the most ancient religious sites in Britain, to take the spiritual temperature of an age often described as s...
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