Paul Collins (Australian religious writer)
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Paul Collins is an Australian historian, broadcaster, and writer.
He was born in Melbourne, Australia in March 1940.
In March 2001 he resigned from his role as a Catholic priest due to a dispute with the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith over his book, Papal Power.
[edit] Works
- Mixed Blessings (Penguin Books, 1986)
- No Set Agenda: Australia’s Catholic church faces an uncertain future (David Lovell Publishing, 1992)
- God's Earth: Religion as if matter really mattered (Harper Collins, 1995)
- Papal Power: A proposal for change in Catholicism's third millennium (Harper Collins, 1997)
- Upon This Rock: The popes and their changing role (Melbourne University Press, 2000)
- From Inquisition to Freedom: Seven prominent Catholics and their struggle with the Vatican (Simon and Schuster, 2001)
- Hell's Gates: The terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Diemen's Land cannibal (Hardie Grant, 2002)
- Between The Rock and a Hard Place: Being Catholic today (ABC Books, 2004)
- God's New Man: The legacy of Pope John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI (Melbourne University Press, 2006)
- Burn: The epic story of bushfire in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2006)
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| NAME | Collins, Paul |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian religious writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne, Australia |
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