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Title: The Truth of Catholicism
Author: George Weigel
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Synopsis
What does being a Catholic mean? Is there a distinctively Catholic way of seeing things? What does the Catholic Church teach about the human condition -- about our lives, our loves, and our destiny? In The Truth of Catholicism, best-selling author George Weigel explores these perennial questions through the prism of ten contemporary controversies.
The Catholic Church may be the most controversial institution in the world. Some find its teachings inexplicable, puzzling, even cruel. George Weigel suggests that we look at Catholicism and its controversies from "inside" the convictions that make those controversies not only possible, but necessary The truths of Catholicism then come into clearer focus as affirmations and celebrations of human life and human love, even as they challenge us to imagine a daring future for humanity and for ourselves.
Is Jesus uniquely the savior of the world? Does belief in God limit our freedom? What are we doing when we pray? Is the moral life about rules or about happiness? Doesn't suffering contradict the biblical claim that God is good? How does the Catholic Church think about other Christians and about other great world religions? Are Catholics safe for democracy? What will become of us? In an engaging, accessible style, George Weigel leads us through these and other questions into the truth of Catholicism: the truth about a God passionately in love with his creation, the truth about a love that creates a vast, liberating terrain on which to live a fully human life.
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- Used for: RCIA class
- Purchased: Electronic Version 04 December 2012
Bibliographic info
LC control no.: 2001028760
LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2001028760
Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Personal name: Weigel, George, 1951-
Main title: The truth of Catholicism : ten controversies explored / George Weigel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Published/Created: New York : Cliff Street Books, c2001.
Description: x, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN 0066213304
Subjects: Catholic Church --Doctrines Theology, Doctrinal --Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193).
LC classification: BX1754 .W39 2001
Dewey class no.: 282