John Paul II : The Encyclicals in Everyday Language - Softcover

Pope John Paul II

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9781570753749: John Paul II : The Encyclicals in Everyday Language

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570753741 ISBN 13: 9781570753749

Publisher: Orbis Books, 2001

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Father Donders has brought together all 12 of Pope John Paul II's encyclicals in the first complete edition designed with the ordinary lay reader in mind. Father Donders puts the central message of each passage in sense lines that display the core of each text in an abbreviated format. This enablesthe reader to grasp the Pope's meaning easily.

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About the Author:

Joseph G. Donders, is professor emeritus of mission and cross-cultural studies at the Washington Theological Union in Washington, DC. Having served for many years in Africa, Donders continues to lecture and teach worldwide.

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"A great idea, brilliantly edited...the clearest and most readable way that anyone will encounter of presenting the encyclicals of this extraordinary Pope."

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