In The Compact History of the Catholic Church, Alan Schreck, PH.D., professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville Ohio, takes a look at Catholic history from a spiritual perspective. He walks readers through the centuries offering a view of the Church's development and contributions to world history. God's faithfulness and mercy are evident, too, as he continually renews the Church and raises it "again and again from the pit of trouble to new heights of faith, charity and peace." Paperback.