NCR Podcast - Author interview: Fr. Richard McBrien
by Tom Fox · 4 episodes
ReligionSpiritualityChristianity
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 Har...
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