The modern papacy / Samuel Gregg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregg, Samuel, 1969- author.

Series:

Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 5.

Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-.

Benedict.

John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005.

John Paul.

Catholic Church and philosophy.

Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church--History--20th century.

Modernism (Christian theology).

Papacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Since the dawn of the Enlightenment, modernity and the Papacy have experienced a difficult though never severed relationship. The Modern Papacy goes beyond the caricatures to demonstrate how the popes - specifically John Paul II and Benedict XVI - have articulated a sophisticated critique of the post-Enlightenment world, one that acknowledges the real progress made in modernity while simultaneously highlighting its political and philosophical shortcomings. Far from falling on deaf ears, the nature of their engagement with the modern world has sparked criticism and praise from Catholics and non-Catholics alike - sometimes in surprising ways. Whether the subject is faith and reason, religion and the modern sciences, the roots and future of Europe, or the origin and ends of human freedom, John Paul II and Benedict XVI pose questions that simply cannot be ignored, regardless of whether one likes their answers."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Series Introduction ; Series Editor's Preface ; Author's Preface ; Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Encountering Modernity. In Enlightenment's Wake ; From 'Intransigence' to Critical Engagement ; From Engagement to Crisis ; A Philosopher from Kraków ; A Theologian of Land Bayern ; A New Papacy, A Distinct Agenda

Chapter 2. Against the Dissolution of Man. Restoring Wisdom to Reason, and Faith in Reason ; A Crisis of Truth and Freedom ; Returning Europe to Europe ; Seeking Responses

Chapter 3. Inside the Modern Areopagus. Restorationists, Accomodationists, and Liberationists ; Modernity Critics, New Natural Lawyers, and Catholic Whigs ; Secular Rejection, Secular Engagement ; A New Terrain

Chapter 4. Paradoxes of Enlightenment. Enlightenment, Progress, and Ideologies of Evil ; Benedict at Regensburg ; A Wider Agenda ; Twenty-First Century Challenges

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612873898

9781501301803

1501301802

9781282873896

128287389X

9781441130754

1441130756

OCLC:

676695897