Richard McBrien

Richard Peter McBrien (born 1936) is the Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. [cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20021222gene1222fnp1.asp|title=The separation of church and critics|publisher=www.post-gazette.com|accessdate=2008-09-22|last=|first=] He is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford and the author of several books and articles discussing Catholicism. His stated scholarly interests are ecclesiology, the relationship between religion and politics, and the theological, doctrinal and spiritual facets of the Roman Catholic Church. He has written a syndicated theological column for the Catholic press. He also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America from 1974-1975. He was the awarded the John Courtney Murray Award for outstanding and distinguished accomplishments in theology. [http://richardmcbrien.com/ McBrien's official website]

Father McBrien has published 24 books and is the general editor of the "Encyclopedia of Catholicism". He has also served as an on-air commentator on Catholic events for "CBS" in addition to his regular contribution as a commentator on several major television networks. He is currently a consultant for "ABC News".

He has been a controversial figure in the American church, and is considered by some to be a dissenter from church teachings. His two volume work, "Catholicism", has been a source of this controversy. In "Catholicism", however, many competent theologians argue that McBrien does not actually dissent from church teaching, but rather presents both Church teaching and a broad spectrum of opinions in order to teach students doctrine, the ideas of those who criticize some church doctrines, and the reasons why the Roman Catholic Church maintains a certain theological position.

Bibliography

Mcbrien’s "Lives of Saints" and "Lives of the Popes" provide detailed biographical information in addition to discussing the larger religious and historical significance of saints and popes. He later published pocket guides to each of these volumes to supply more accessible information.
* "The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism" (2008, ISBN 0-06-124521-3) provides a history of the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church’s influence and power in a changing world.
*"The Pocket Guide to the Popes" (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006, ISBN 0-06-113773-1)
*"The Pocket Guide to the Saints" (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006, ISBN 0-06-113774-X)
*"Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa" (HarperSanFrancisco, 2006, ISBN 0-06-123283-1)
*"101 Questions & Answers on the Church" (Paulist Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8091-4250-3)
*"Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from Saint Peter to John Paul II" (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000 (revised in 2006), ISBN 0-06-065304-3)
*"Responses to 101 Questions on the Church" (Paulist Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8091-3638-4)
*"The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism" (HarperSanFrancisco, 1995, ISBN 0-06-065338-8)
*"Inside Catholicism (Signs of the Sacred)" (HarperCollins, 1995, ISBN 0-00-649052-2) A Roman Catholic theology, history, and morality.
*"How To Give Up Sex" (co-authored with Roger Planer and John Riley: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, ISBN 0-450-49473-X)
*"Ministry: A Theological, Pastoral Handbook" (HarperSanFrancisco, 1988, ISBN 0-06-065324-8)
*"Caesar's Coin: Religion and Politics in America" (MacMillan, 1987, ISBN 0-02-919720-1)
*"In Search of God" (Dimension Books, 1977, ISBN 0-87193-082-X)
*"The Remaking of the Church: An Agenda for Reform" (Harper & Row, 1973, ISBN 0-06-065327-2)
*"For the Inquiring Catholic: Questions and Answers for the 1970s" (Dimension Books, 1973)
*"Who is a Catholic?" (Dimension Books, 1971)
*"Church: The Continuing Quest" (Paulist Press, 1970, ISBN 0-8091-1525-5)
*"The Church in the Thought of Bishop John Robinson" (Westminster Press 1966, SCM Press 1966)

References

External links

* [http://www.richardmcbrien.com/ Richard McBrien's official website]
* [http://harpercollins.com/authors/6439/Richard_P_McBrien/index.aspx Richard McBrien's author profile]
* [http://theology.nd.edu/people/all/mcbrien-richard-p/index.shtml Richard McBrien at Notre Dame ]