The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism offers an extensive survey of
the history, doctrine, practices, and global circumstances of Roman
Catholicism, written by a range of distinguished and experienced
Catholic writers. Engages its readers in an informed and informative
conversation about Roman Catholic life and thought.
Embraces the local and the global, the past and the present, life and
the afterlife, and a broad range of institutions and activities.
Considers both what is distinctive about Catholic life and thought, and
how Catholicism overlaps with and transforms other ways of thinking and
living.
Topics covered include: peacemaking, violence and wars; money, the vow
of poverty and socio-economic life; art by and about Catholics; and men,
women and sex.