The irony of modern Catholic history : how the Church rediscovered itself and challenged the modern world to reform / George Weigel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weigel, George, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

History.

Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Catholic Church--History--21st century.

Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church--History.

Modernism (Christian theology).

Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church.

Catholics--Intellectual life.

Catholics.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 322 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

Summary:

"Throughout much of the nineteenth 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 200 years ago. Ironically, in its sometimes-bruising encounter with modernity Catholicism rediscovered its evangelical essence and developed intellectual tools capable of rescuing the imperiled modern project."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Act one. Catholicism against modernity

Act two. Catholicism explores modernity, gingerly

Act three. Catholicism embracing modernity

Act four. Catholicism critiques modernity from within

Act five. Catholicism converting modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Weigel, George, 1951- author. Irony of modern Catholic history

ISBN:

9780465094332

0465094333

OCLC:

1082216012