The second volume in a major historical trilogy that documents the lives and contributions of Christian women from the beginning of Christianity to the present.In this volume Mary Malone explores the fascinating period of the medieval world, from 1000 to 1500. She brings to life women who were mystics and doctors of the church together with those who suffered persecution for pushing boundaries that would one day become mainstream. From Hildegarde of Bingen to Catherine of Siena, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Marguerite Porete, she gives us history that inspires and values that endure.
This fourth volume of the acclaimed series reconstructs the work of the Council during the third session, which was to produce two of the most significant texts of Vatican II: the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, and the Decree on Ecumenism.
The final volume of the definitive history of the Second Vatican Council.
More than forty years after Dr. King's death his message remains as radical and relevant as ever.
A prophetic theologian invokes the memory and the challenge of the martyrs of El Salvador.
A richly detailed account of the first attempt by western European Christian missionaries to realize the universality of Christianity.
This companion to History of the World Christian Movement explores how varied and multi-cultural Christian origins and history really are.
From the Anabaptists to Thich Nhat Hanh, the evolution of a powerful American idea.
Thomas Merton's letters to interfaith friends illuminate the great challenge of dialogue and communion.