Richard P. McBrien

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O’Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prize-winning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.

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Catholicism

The Church

The Evolution of Catholicism

Talking Points

Jenkins is frequently featured as ABC-TV’s expert consultant on the Roman Catholic Church. He appears on national television and is interviewed on national radio whenever there is news out of Vatican City. He is also a prize-winning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press, and writes feature pieces on Catholicism for a varitey of publications. He can also speak on Catholic scandals and conspiracies such as the sex scandals and the struggle for women, gays, and lesbians to be in the priesthood.

Description

The Church explains in layman’s terms the doctrines pertaining to the Church itself as an entity and community, with an explanation of its origin, its relationship to the historical Christ, its role in salvation, its discipline, its destiny and its leadership. From Jesus’s apostle Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, McBrien surveys the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church, its power, its scope, its theology, and influence.

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