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Hans Küng

Author of On Being a Christian

Includes the names: Hans Kung, Hans Küng, Hans Kueng, Hans Küng, Hanss Kings, Hans Kung ed., Mr. Hans Kung, Hans ed. Kung, Hans Küng, ed. Hans Küng ... (see complete list), Hans Küng S.J., Hans K©ơng, the Reverend Father Hans Kung, Hans; editorial Director Kung, Trans.) Hans Kung (Cecily Hastings, Theologe Hans K�ung, Schweiz, Deutschland, Schweiz Theologe Küng, Deutschland Hans

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Hans Küng wrote both 'The Church' and 'The Church Maintained in Truth', but they are different works.

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Works by Hans Küng

On Being a Christian 1,048 copies, 2 reviews
Does God Exist?: An Answer for Today 472 copies, 2 reviews
The Church 394 copies, 2 reviews
The Catholic Church: A Short History 371 copies, 3 reviews
Eternal Life?: Life After Death as a Medical, Philosophical and… 255 copies
Christianity and the World Religions: Paths to Dialogue With Islam,… 214 copies, 1 review
Christianity: Essence, History, and Future 202 copies, 2 reviews
Theology for the Third Millennium: An Ecumenical View 194 copies, 1 review
Infallible? An Inquiry 144 copies, 1 review
Judaism: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow 131 copies, 2 reviews
Great Christian Thinkers 127 copies, 1 review
Islam: Past, Present and Future 122 copies, 2 reviews
The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion 121 copies
Why I Am Still a Christian 113 copies, 1 review

Justification: The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection 106 copies, 1 review

The Council, Reform and Reunion 106 copies, 1 review

My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs 105 copies

Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic 101 copies

Credo 85 copies

That the World May Believe 79 copies

The Council in Action: Theological Reflections on the Second Vatican… 72 copies, 1 review

The Church, Maintained in Truth: A Theological Meditation 65 copies

Structures of the Church 61 copies

Freud and the Problem of God 59 copies

Signposts for the Future: Contemporary Issues Facing the Church 57 copies

The Christian challenge: A shortened version of On being a Christian 48 copies

Council speeches of Vatican II (Editor) 47 copies

Why I am still a Christian. [Rev. ed.] 44 copies, 1 review

What I Believe 44 copies

Dying With Dignity: A Plea for Personal Responsibility 41 copies

Reforming the Church Today: Keeping Hope Alive 40 copies

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Also by Hans Küng

Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (Contributor) 84 copies, 2 reviews
The Church; readings in theology (Contributor) 18 copies
On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics (Contributor, some editions) 11 copies
Asian contextual theology for the third millennium : a theology of minjung… (Contributor) 5 copies
Benedict, Me and the Cardinals Three (Foreword) 4 copies
Studies in Nietzsche and the Judaeo-Christian Tradition (University of… (Contributor) 3 copies

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