The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism

<p> John E. Thiel is a contributing author, "The Development of Doctrine," Chapter 17, pp. 251-267.</p><p> <em> The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism </em> 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. <ul> <li> Engages its readers in an informed and informative conversation about Roman Catholic life and thought </li> <li> Embraces the local and the global, the past and the present, life and the afterlife, and a broad range of institutions and activities </li> <li> Considers both what is distinctive about Catholic life and thought, and how Catholicism overlaps with and transforms other ways of thinking and living </li> <li> 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 </li> </ul></p>