About this title: The more advances in the social and physical sciences, the more the Catholic Church has to seemingly backpedal to maintain the stringency of its tradition. Wills's book, PAPAL SIN, is an exploration of this phenomenon, a look at the deceit that underlies the piety of one of the largest world religions. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385494106ISBN:0385494106
Description: Good. 2000 hardback with d/j. Good condition. thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee books we sell. Catholics have fallen out of the healthy old habit of reminding each other how sinful Popes can be, " notes Garry Wills in the introduct. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385494106ISBN:0385494106
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385494106ISBN:0385494106
Description: Good. Hardcover ex-library book with dust jacket in good condition. All usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. read more
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Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385494106ISBN:0385494106
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Pristine condition unused and unmarked book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2000-06
ISBN-13:9780385494106ISBN:0385494106
Description: Very Good. Save some $$$. Perfectly Good Reading Copy. Shelfwear from storage in box with other books. Underlining present-does not affect text. Hardcover with jacket. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
"A really useful supplement in my theological education. Wills puts the papacy in the long context of its history and offers the modern papacy a challenge. I found Wills' book thoughtful and reasoned (also laboriously researched) and handed it around to a number of fellow Catholics. I think he ought to revisit the issue of AIDS and the papacy, however. The Mexico City Amendment and Bush administration policies, together with the Vatican's anti-condom message could add up to genocide. One of Barack Obama's first acts in office was to reverse the ban. But not before an estimated 30-some million people across the globe are HIV-positive."
"Not sure why I decided to read this book. I'm not into religious material and I'm not Catholic. I don't harbor those ill feelings towards the "Church" that so many people that went through Catholic school feel.
Despite that, I enjoyed the book, immensely. The bit of history of Christianity presented here is fascinating. Having been raised in a Protestant household I'm pretty ignorant of the early church. In my mind we went right from Christ to Luther. The connection between St. Peter and the Vatican is totally lost on me. This book gives a glimpse of all that. There's definitely more to it than what I learned in catechism.
More importantly, the book highlights the quandary modern Catholicism finds itself in as modernity rears its ugly head. Why the pope and its followers remain mired in atavistic rules even as the rest of the world feels we've fulfilled our mandate to be fruitful and multiply is laid out here. The calculating steps taken by the Catholic hierarchy to hang onto its power has had a profound effect on our lives before and even now. Banning of birth control is only one aspect of that. There are other issues and one is left wondering how long the Church will last without changing."
"I knew that not all of the Popes met my personal criteria for admirable guys, but Garry Wills certainly gives me more information about how destructive some of them have been."
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