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Local Worship, Global Church: Popular Religion and the Liturgy

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Download PDF: RV Slade Local Worship, Global Church By Mark R. Francis, CSV Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2014. 181 pages. $19.95. In this compact volume, Mark Francis adds a historical perspective to the ongoing conversation around matters of inculturation and liturgical

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Peacebuilding: Catholic Theology, Ethics, and Praxis

Download PDF: RV Massaro, Peacebuilding Edited By Robert J. Schreiter, R. Scott Appleby, and Gerard F. Powers Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2010. 480 pages. $30.00 The buzzwords are familiar: conflict transformation, post-conflict reconciliation, restorative justice. Scholars of religion who hasten to

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The Origins of War: A Catholic Perspective

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Download PDF: RV Serrán-Pagán, The Origins of War By Matthew A. Shadle Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2011. 256 pages. $29.95. Matthew A. Shadle raises an important question sometimes overlooked by contemporary Catholic thinkers, namely, the origins of war. Why do

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