James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola College in Maryland. He has published Seeking the Humanity of God: Practices, Doctrines, and Catholic Theology (1992), is an associate editor of the journals Modern Theology and Pro Ecclesia and has co-edited (with L. Gregory Jones) the Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology series.

Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ (1999) and Why the Mystics Matter (2003). He is also co-editor of Aquinas in Dialogue (Blackwell, 2004).

Trent Pomplun is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. A frequent contributor to Pro Ecclesia, Nova et Vetera, and Modern Theology, he writes about late medieval and early modern Catholicism, with special interests in scholasticism, positive theology, and inter-religious dialog.

The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism offers an extensive survey of the history, doctrine, practices, and global circumstances of Roman Catholicism, written by a range of distinguished and experienced Catholic writers.
* Engages its readers in an informed and informative conversation about Roman Catholic life and thought
* Embraces the local and the global, the past and the present, life and the afterlife, and a broad range of institutions and activities
* Considers both what is distinctive about Catholic life and thought, and how Catholicism overlaps with and transforms other ways of thinking and living
* Topics covered include: peacemaking, violence and wars; money, the vow of poverty and socio-economic life; art by and about Catholics; and men, women and sex

Notes on Contributors.
Introduction.
Part I: Catholic Histories.
1. The Old Testament.
2. The New Testament.
3. The Early Church.
4. The Middle Ages.
5. The Reformation.
6. Modernity and Post-Modernity.
Part II: Catholic Cultures.
7. The Holy Land.
8. India.
9. Africa.
10. Europe.
11. The United Kingdom and Ireland.
12. Latin America.
13. North America.
14. Asia.
15. Oceania.
Part III: Catholic Doctrines.
16. The Practice of Catholic Theology.
17. The Development of Doctrine.
18. God.
19. Creation and Anthropology.
20. Jesus Christ.
21. Mary.
22. Church.
23. The Liturgy and Sacraments.
24. Moral Theology.
25. The End.
Part IV: Catholic Practices.
26. Spirituality.
27. Institutions.
28. The Holy See.
29. Ecumenism.
30. Inter-Religious Dialog.
31. Art and Literature.
32. Science and Theology.
33. Justice and Peace.
Index.