The day is now far spent / Cardinal Robert Sarah with Nicolas Diat ; translated by Michael J. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarah, Robert, author.

Diat, Nicolas, author.

Contributor:

Miller, Michael J., translator.

Standardized Title:

Soir approche et déjà le jour baisse English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Sarah, Robert--Interviews.

Sarah, Robert.

Cardinals--Interviews.

Cardinals.

Group identity--Western countries--Religious aspects.

Group identity.

Civilization, Western--Religious aspects.

Civilization, Western.

Civilization--Religious aspects.

Western countries.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

349 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that "the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril." A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western society. "The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations." While making clear the gravity of the present situation, the cardinal demonstrates that it is possible to avoid the hell of a world without God, a world without hope. He calls for a renewal of devotion to Christ through prayer and the practice of virtue." -- Inside jacket.

Contents:

Alas, Judas Iscariot

Part I: Spiritual and religious collapse

Part II: Man belittled

Part III: The fall of truth, moral decadence, and bad political habits

Part IV: Rediscovering hope : the practice of the Christian virtues

Postscript: Let nothing trouble me.

Notes:

Translation of "Le soir approche et déjà le jour baisse".

Original French edition [...] © 2019 by Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris, France.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349)

ISBN:

9781621643241

1621643247

OCLC:

1105258837