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Article: Cracks in the sacred rock ; The Roman Catholic Church By Edward Norman THAMES & HUDSON [pound]22.50 (192pp)
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2007
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No institution has exercised a more profound influence on Western
civilisa-tion than the Roman Catholic church. The phenomenal success
of The Da Vinci Code attests to the power it continues to wield over
minds and imaginations even when it no longer does so over bodies
and souls. Edward Norman's concise, lucid and thought-provoking
illustrated history of the Church is therefore welcome and timely.
Norman, a former Dean of Peterhouse, is said, along with his
Cambridge colleagues, Maurice Cowling and Roger Scruton, to have
provided a philosophical basis for Mrs Thatcher's policies - a
charge he vehemently denies. Despite his reputation as a
controversialist, his position here is impeccably ...