The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope FrancisThe New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion—will Pope Francis embrace change? Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he? Garry Wills, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, argues provocatively that, in fact, the history of the church throughout is a history of change. In this brilliant and incisive study, Wills describes the deep and serious changes that have taken place in the church or are in the process of occurring. These include the change from Latin, the growth and withering of the ecclesiastical monarchy, the abandonment of biblical literalism, the assertion and nonassertion of infallibility, and the erosion of church patriarchy. In such developments we see the living church adapting itself to the new historical circumstances. As Wills contends, it is only by examining the history of the church that we can understand Pope Francis's and the church's challenges. |
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User Review - Doondeck - LibraryThingWills always challenges the conventional way of looking at the Church and her teaching. He really pushes the envelope but not enough to tear it. Read full review
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User Review - KirkusBeautifully conceived and wrought essays that systematically address the wrongheadedness of the Catholic Church over centuries—and the space therein for Francis' long-needed reforms. A pope ... Read full review
Contents
Exclusion | |
Gods Word Under Guard | |
Pentecosts | |
Church Without State Martyrs and Passivity | |
Church with State Ascetics and Resistance | |
Church with State Who Owns Constantine? | |
Paul a Jew of Jews | |
After the Temple | |
After the Holocaust | |
The Return to Paul | |
The Pope as Sex Monitor | |
Male | |
Right to Life | |
The Duty to Forgive | |
Church with State Who Owns Peter? | |
Church as State Who Owns the Sword? | |
Churches and States A Pluralist World | |
The FutureA Church of Surprises | |
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| Title | The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis |
| Author | Garry Wills |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0698157656, 9780698157651 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / History Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / Christianity / General |
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