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In its two-thousand-year history, the Catholic Church remains an unchanging yet developing entity. Since the church's infancy, Catholic theologians have referenced the "deposit of faith," which in early years referred to the written or orally revealed doctrines that formed the backbone of church teaching.

Through the centuries, the definition came to be understood as the word of God, delivered through Jesus Christ and passed on to his apostles. Still, the deposit included both oral and written traditions and provided moral direction.

The Second Vatican Council brought about many...

Winner, 2017 Ragsdale Award

A timely study that puts current issues--religious intolerance, immigration, the separation of church and state, race relations, and politics--in historical context.

The masthead of the Liberator, an anti-Catholic newspaper published in Magnolia, Arkansas, displayed from 1912 to 1915 an image of the Whore of Babylon. She was an immoral woman sitting on a seven-headed beast, holding a golden cup "full of her abominations," and intended to represent the Catholic Church.

Propaganda of this type was common during a nationwide surge in...

Spiritual meditation is the surest way to grow in holiness, and Our Lady is truly an example of perfection. This combination makes "Meditations on Mary" a spiritual powerhouse that will lift your soul to God and help you along the path to heaven.

"Meditations on Mary" features twenty-four of the most powerful and moving meditations written by 17th Century Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet considered to be one of the best homilists in the history of the Church. Author of "Meditations for Lent" and "Meditations for Advent," Bishop Bossuet has been admired for his piety and...

In April of 2012 the Vatican issued a harsh "doctrinal assessment" of the largest organization of Catholic sisters in the U.S., the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The "assessment" was the culmination of a three-year investigation. Simultaneously, the Vatican had been conducting a visitation of 340 active (non-cloistered) congregations of U.S sisters. What do these developments mean?

This is the question Catholic scholar and activist Marian Ronan sets out to answer in "Sister Trouble: The Vatican, the Bishops, and the Nuns," her galvanizing collection of articles about the...

Violence, Desire and the Sacred presents the most up-to-date inter-disciplinary work being developed with the ground-breaking insights of Rene Girard's mimetic theory. The collection showcases the work of outstanding scholars in mimetic theory and how they are applying and developing Girard's insights in a variety of fields. Girard's mimetic insight has provided a fruitful way for different disciplines, such as literature, anthropology, theology, religion studies, cultural studies, and philosophy, to engage on common anthropological ground, with a shared understanding of the human person....