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Light and Shadows Defending Church History amid Faith, Facts and Legends

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ISBN-10: 1586172735

ISBN-13: 9781586172732

Edition: 2009

Authors: Walter Brandmuller, Michael J. Miller

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The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Reformation, and the Renaissance popes conjure in the imagination a corrupt Roman Catholic clergy hungry for wealth and power. In this insightful, well researched work, the Vatican's chief historian, Fr. Walter Brandmuller, takes a thoughtful and understanding look at these and other important chapters in Church history. Without denying, or flinching at, the human capacity for folly, failure, and evil, Brandmuller moves beyond the caricatures and legends that often substitute for real history to reveal a Church, both human and divine, fulfilling its mission in every time and place. His goal is not to whitewash any of these past events or issues,…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publication date: 4/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

The author has written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, as well as television documentaries and award winning educational films spanning more than four decades on varied topics including local, national and international politics, economics, medicine, history, marine environment and theology among others. He has degrees in poitical science, history and theology. He is the author the "Elephant book trilogy," The Blind Man's Elephant, The Hijacked Elephant and The Curious Elephant.