David Gentry-Akin, associate professor of theology at St. Mary’s College of California, writing in the Oct. 3 issue of NCR, called Fr. Richard McBrien’s new book, The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism, "breathtaking in its scope and yet manageable in its presentation." "The book," published by HarperOne, the religious books division of HarperCollins, he said, "is not strictly a history of the church, though of course a great deal of history is to be found between its covers. Rather, it’s a focused study of ecclesiology, literally, the study of the church." McBrien is a priest of the archdiocese of Hartford, Conn. He is the author of a number of other books, including his best-selling Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints. He is general editor of the one-volume HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. McBrien is past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and winner of its annual John Courtney Murray Award for "distinguished achievement in Theology." http://ncrcafe.org 2008 National Catholic Reporter en-us Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:19:27 -0600 dcoday@ncronline.org Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:07:54 -0600 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.0.4) http://www.feedforall.com NCR Podcast - Author interview: Fr. Richard McBrien David Gentry-Akin, associate professor of theology at St. Mary’s College of California, writing in the Oct. 3 issue of NCR, called Fr. Richard McBrien’s new book, The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism, "breathtaking in its scope and yet manageable in its presentation." "The book," published by HarperOne, the religious books division of HarperCollins, he said, "is not strictly a history of the church, though of course a great deal of history is to be found between its covers. Rather, it’s a focused study of ecclesiology, literally, the study of the church." McBrien is a priest of the archdiocese of Hartford, Conn. He is the author of a number of other books, including his best-selling Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints. He is general editor of the one-volume HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. McBrien is past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and winner of its annual John Courtney Murray Award for "distinguished achievement in Theology." Tom Fox National Catholic Reporter dcoday@ncronline.org Richard McBrien, church history, Pope, Yves Congar no no http://ncronline3.org/drupal/files/images/20081007McBrien.crop.jpg http://ncrcafe.org Fr. Richard McBrien 144 196 The first part deals with his reasons for writing the book and what he hopes the book will accomplish. He explains why he dedicated the book to the late Cardinal Yves Congar, a French Dominican theologian. He speaks about “the watershed” pontificate of Gregory VII at the beginning of the Second Christian millennium and how the Catholic church became a “more papal” church during that pontificate. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/McBrien.One.edit.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Richard McBrien, Vatican, History http://ncrcafe.org 1A27748E-8657-45B1-9344-01D0C6FC44EB Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:48:13 -0500 NCR cafe The second part deals with another watershed moment in church history, the Second Vatican Council. McBrien explains why the council plays a key role in his book. He talks about those trying to downgrade the council's significance and the pastoral challenges being presented to the church today.." http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/McBrien.Two.edit.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Richard McBrien, church history, Vatican http://ncrcafe.org 55CDF20E-87DF-43CE-9440-CC0D5A9D1706 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:46:24 -0500 NCR cafe The third part deals with women doing theology in the church today. He calls this “the most significant development in Catholicism” in the past three decades. He talks about the development of Latino and Latina theologies and the emergence of lay groups, left and right, in the life of the modern church. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/McBrien.Three.edit.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Richard McBrien, church history, Vatican http://ncrcafe.org 2D2ABC6E-CDB7-4FCC-B781-E16830FB93D5 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:02:04 -0600 NCR cafe The third part deals with women doing theology in the church today. He calls this “the most significant development in Catholicism” in the past three decades. He talks about the development of Latino and Latina theologies and the emergence of lay groups, left and right, in the life of the modern church. http://ncrnews.org/ncrpodcasts/McBrien.Four.edit.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org Richard McBrien, church history, Vatican http://ncrcafe.org 30C8B180-603A-4B95-9ADB-C3D2C31CB693 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:03:40 -0600 NCR cafe