
The Irony of Modern Catholic History
How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
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Rick Adamson
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George Weigel
A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectuals
Throughout much of the 19th 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 150 years ago. Ironically, in confronting modernity, the Catholic Church rediscovered its evangelical essence. In the process, Catholicism developed intellectual tools capable of rescuing the imperiled modern project.
A richly rendered, deeply learned, and powerfully argued account of two centuries of profound change in the church and the world, The Irony of Modern Catholic History reveals how Catholicism offers 21st century essential truths for our survival and flourishing.
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"Weigel has an eye for a good story. Whether discussing the affairs of popes and princes, of conclaves and concordats, he seems always to come up with a telling anecdote or witty utterance to brighten the historical account. For a lively and informative overview from the 18th century to the present, The Irony of Modern Catholic History is the book to read." (Robert Louis Wilken, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia)
"George Weigel's sweeping account of 150 years of Catholic history challenges the long-held assumption made by traditionalists, progressives, many historians, and mainstream media that secular modernity has always been the prime mover, forcing the Church to either resist or accommodate it. In reframing the narrative with the church as the creative protagonist in this drama, Weigel describes how the encounter with modernity led to the renewal of the church's gospel-centered mission in its third millennium, and suggests that the church might redirect - indeed, redeem - the modern project itself." (Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame)
"The Irony of Modern Catholic History advances a bold new interpretation of the Church and modernity with characteristic authority, deep erudition, and literary panache. It is the latest reminder among many that George Weigel is unrivaled not only as a Catholic intellectual, but as an intellectual, period." (Mary Eberstadt, senior research fellow, Faith and Reason Institute, and author of Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics)
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,,A bright light in the midst of growing darkness.
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Interesting Take
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Intelligent review of recent church history
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Well written and considered book, bad narrator
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Intellectually Compelling!
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Very helpful in understanding Church History
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The one thing I’ve noticed with all the audible recordings I’ve listened to is that on any speed greater than 1.0, it tends to cut off beginning syllables of sentences or breaks in speech. This one is no exception. For example, the word may be written “Catholicism” and you only hear “licism”. Sometimes whole words are cut off altogether if they’re short enough.
A great review of the past 300 years of Catholicism
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Important Book
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I was surprised to see no mention of the clergy sex abuse scandal—particularly Austria 1995 and Boston 2002--during the author’s handling of the JP II era. Also no mention during Benedict XVI. Strangely, Weigel raises the abuse scandal during the Pope Francis era—confusing the timing of the clergy sex abuse crisis by 20 years and shielding JP II’s weak disciplinary response. In the U.S., civil authorities, legal efforts and public pressure finally blew open the Boston scandal during the JP II era. Catholic Bishops and Cardinals got no meaningful punishment and after resignations retained their titles and even participated in the 2005 papal conclave choosing Benedict XVI to succeed John Paul II.
Weigel attributes credit to JP II as he states “incidents of abuse dropped significantly during the 1990’s as John Paul II’s reform of the priesthood began to take hold”. No mention of the lack of justice for bishops who shuffled serial abusers to other parishes. The new education of potential victims and fear of getting caught was certainly a much stronger deterrent to abuse.
Interesting history, uncertain credibility.
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