Bibliograph

The irony of modern Catholic history, how the Church rediscovered itself and challenged the modern world to reform, George Weigel

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The irony of modern Catholic history, how the Church rediscovered itself and challenged the modern world to reform, George Weigel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The irony of modern Catholic history

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1082216012

Responsibility statement

George Weigel

Sub title

how the Church rediscovered itself and challenged the modern world to reform

Summary

"Throughout much of the nineteenth century, both secular and Catholic leaders assumed that the Church and the modern world were locked in a battle to the death. The triumph of modernity would not only finish the Church as a consequential player in world history; it would also lead to the death of religious conviction. But today, the Catholic Church is far more vital and consequential than it was 200 years ago. Ironically, in its sometimes-bruising encounter with modernity Catholicism rediscovered its evangelical essence and developed intellectual tools capable of rescuing the imperiled modern project."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Act one. Catholicism against modernity -- Act two. Catholicism explores modernity, gingerly -- Act three. Catholicism embracing modernity -- Act four. Catholicism critiques modernity from within -- Act five. Catholicism converting modernity

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