Evangelization and Religious Freedom: AD Gentes, Dignitatis Humanae

by Jeffrey Gros, Stephen B. Bevans, FSC Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, and Jeffrey Gros

No two areas have affected Catholic self-understanding and its relations to other peoples of the world than its approach to Christian mission and to the role of religion and the church in society. Before the Vatican Council (1962 - 1965), Catholicism was committed to a dominant role to the detriment of other religions and nonbelievers. Catholic affirmations of freedom and evangelization in matters of religion for all persons creates a whole new context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809142023
• ISBN13: 9780809142026
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"