About this title: Written before his election as Pope Benedict XVI, this new work by Ratzinger addresses the "crisis of culture" that is evident in Europe today, and the serious problems that have resulted from this crisis that affect not only Europe but the West in general.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
Description: New in new dust jacket. Text in English, Italian. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 116 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new. Text in Italian, English. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 116 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press 2006
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Date Published: 2006-05-30
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press, San Francisco, California
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1586171429. 8vo-20.5 x 13 cm.; 116 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Translated from the original Italian ("L'Europa de Benedetto nella crisi delle culture", 2005) by Edizioni Cantagalli of Siena with an introduction by Marcello Pera. The text of a lecture given by the then Cardinal Ratzinger, at the School of Catholic Culture in Santa Croce (Basano) Italy. The needed renewal is that akin to St. Benedict and the early incarnation of the Benedictine Order, a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 2006-02-14
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
Description: Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG. Some minor rubbing and edgewear to DJ. No rips or tears. Text is nice and clean with no writing or highlighting. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781586171421ISBN:1586171429
Description: Written before his election as Pope Benedict XVI, this new work by Ratzinger addresses the "crisis of culture" that is evident in Europe today, and the serious problems that have resulted from this crisis that affect not only Europe but the West in g... read more
"Is it bad to only give three stars to a book written by the Pope?
Yet, while I genuinely liked the book, I can't go far enough to say that I really liked it. I didn't feel like it produced a lot of new insights for me. I enjoyed the strength and convention with which he spoke, and I found the section on creating a culture of life to be instructive, but I didn't come away from the book thinking more deeply about my faith or considering new ideas. In that sense, it was a bit of a disappointment."
"This was actually a talk given while he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. This was a very interesting little book in which our current pontiff shares a fair amount of wisdom. One of the more controversial thoughts (at least it is most likely to be controversial to atheists) was that atheists need to live veluti si Deus daretur as if God does exist.
Why does B16 ask this of atheists? because in short "The attempt, carried to extremes, to shape human affairs to the total exclusion of God leads us more and more to the brink of the abyss, toward the utter annihilation of man". The reasons for this seems to be more and more self-evident as the West expunges God from their everyday lives. Of course B16 touches on abortion and the right-to-live, but he presents it in a way not generally used by the pro-life crowd "every legalization of abortion implies the idea that law is based on power" and therefore threatens democracy itself.
It was a very powerful speech, and I would expect atheism to find it difficult to ignore this new take on Pascal's wager, not for the afterlife, but for the current civilization that is being threatened by a new atheism"
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