Catholicism Today, Third Edition: A Survey of Catholic Belief and Practice

This volume is the third edition of a work that has become a standard introduction to Catholicism for the general reader and for college undergraduates. Clearly written and moderate in tone, it will help readers understand changes that have taken place in the church during their lifetimes, and those that will take place in years to come. This revised edition contains new material on medical ethics, a revised chapter on church and expanded treatments of elements in Catholic life that have grown in recent years, including small church communities and the Rite of Christian Initiation.