Steps Toward Vatican III: Catholics Pathfinding a Global Spirituality with Islam and Buddhism

by Gerald Grudzen

The Catholic Church has a tradition of bridge-building, one founded on Christ and that began with the Apostle St. John and the convert St. Paul. It helped bridge the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman worlds. Later, it helped civilize the tribes that overran Europe. Limits appeared in the Church's bridge-building ability when Europe was confronted with Islam, and later with the secular mentality that arose in Western Europe, as well as in its encounters with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761840516
• ISBN13: 9780761840510
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"