ISBN10: 0618134298, ISBN13: 9780618134298, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Hardcover [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub Date: 7/1/2002 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 400 First edition.
[Towson, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2002 and ed. Hardcover Very good A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

[ Edition: First ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub Date: 7/1/2002 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 400 ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

Houghton Mifflin 2002 Book Club Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 352 pages.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October Date: 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Dust jacket is clean. No writing or marks observed in the text. Binding is tight and square. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. 2002. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

ISBN10: 0618134298, ISBN13: 9780618134298, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt October 2002] Hardcover First Edition Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. First edition. Dust jacket is clean. No writing or marks observed in the text. Binding is tight and square.
[Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Date: 2002-07. Hardcover. Used: Good. 2002. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

Houghton Mifflin, July Date: 2002. Hardcover . Used Good/yes Very Good. 2002. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

Houghton Mifflin, October Date: 2002. Hardcover . 7.5 Bulk HB Standard. 2002. Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Date: 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618134298 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 352 pages . 2002. Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN 0618134298 9780618134298 [US]

ISBN10: 0618134298, ISBN13: 9780618134298, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 352 pages.
[Pomona, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
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Boston Houghton Mifflin 2002 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Scuffing on FEP.; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 352 pages.

Content appears as new, unopened, unread & unblemished with Fine black boards in DJ displaying no significant surface/edge wear as shown. You can feel the tightness of new. The author recounts his own experiences as a Jesuit seminarian and a Catholic layman, traces the origins of the papacy and explains why this often fallible institution is not the same as the Church, and discusses the Apostle's Creed.Kirkus Review: The prolific historian offers a timely confession of faith and an apology in the true sense of the term.Wills (James Madison, p. 244, etc.) is not just any Catholic: he studied for the priesthood, has worked in Jesuit and papal archives, and has written many books on moral matters and the intersection of politics and religion. For having dared question the Church's positions on matters of doctrine great and small, he has been nearly stripped of his membership as one of the faithful. "I am not a special case," he writes, "but in many ways a typical one." In light of all this, asked why he chooses to remain a Catholic, Wills answers with quiet dignity, "because of the creed." By this he means the creed offered by Christ in the Lord's Prayer (ever the trained classicist, he offers a new translation that hugs closely to the original Greek) and by the apostles, who pledged faith in "the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting." Would that it were all so simple. Arguing ...