Mcbrien, Richard P(eter)

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MCBRIEN, Richard P(eter)

MCBRIEN, Richard P(eter). American, b. 1936. Genres: Theology/ Religion. Career: Professor of Theology, 1965-, and Director of the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, 1975-80, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (Visiting Professor, 1966-70; Associate Professor, 1970- 72). University of Notre Dame, IN, Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology 1980-, Chairman of the Dept. of Theology, 1980-91. Former Chairman, Joint Graduate Program, Boston College and Andover Newton Theological School, MA, and Past President, Catholic Theological Society of America 1973-74. Publications: The Church in the Thought of Bishop John Robinson, 1966; What Do We Really Believe?, 1969; Do We Need the Church?, 1969; Church: The Continuing Quest, 1970; Who Is a Catholic?, 1971; For the Inquiring Catholic, 1973; The Remaking of the Church, 1973; Has the Church Surrendered?, 1974; Roman Catholicism, 1975; In Search of God, 1977; Basic Questions for Christian Educators, 1977; Catholicism, 2 vols., 1980, rev. ed., 1994; Caesar's Coin: Religion and Politics in America, 1987; Ministry: A Theological, Pastoral Handbook, 1987; Report on the Church: Catholicism after Vatican II, 1992; Inside Catholicism, 1995; Responses to 101 Questions on the Church, 1996; Lives of the Popes, 1997; Lives of the Saints, 2001; (general ed.) HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, 1995. Address: Dept. of Theology, 130 Malloy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-4619, U.S.A.

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