| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Editorial advisory board -- Editorial staff -- Foreword -- Preface -- part 1. From the Poland of Karol Wojtyła to the world of John Paul II--thematic essays -- Introduction -- The church, the collapse of communism, and the challenge of new democracies -- Karol Wojtyła : poet, playwright, philosopher, and patriot -- The personalist philosophy of Karol Wojtyła -- God in the world : a trinitarian triptych -- John Paul II's economic teaching : a call for spiritual, moral, and structural conversion -- From Rome to Cairo and Beijing : John Paul II on family and human rights -- The legacy of Vatican II in the pontificate of John Paul II -- Ut unum sint : John Paul II's ecumenical commitment -- John Paul II and interreligious dialogue -- A pilgrimage of reconciliation : from Wadowice to the Wailing Wall -- The church in dialogue with science : the Wojtyła years -- The universal call to holiness : martyrs of charity and witnesses to truth -- part 2. John Paul II and his pontificate -- The life of Pope John Paul II : a chronicle -- The Synod of Bishops -- Magisterial documents -- People and places, institutions and events -- Cloud of witnesses : saints and beati -- Appendix. Patron saints -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
A scholarly supplement to the New Catholic Encyclopedia that focuses on the pontificate of John Paul II and includes thematic essays presenting the man and his work. Headings include: The Papacy of John Paul II; Church Documents; People and Places; Institutions and Events, Saints and Blessed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005.
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| SUBJECT |
John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00027469 |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Encyclopedias.
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00531720 |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Catholic University of America.
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| LC no. |
00060991 |
| ISBN |
0787676950 |
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9780787676957 |
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