Description: The Catholic Church is entering a new era. Thecurtain is coming down on the Church defined by the sixteenth centurycounterreformation, and a new Catholicism is taking the stage: EvangelicalCatholicism, which confronts head-on the secular hostility of the postmodernage. Drawing on a century of reforms, eminent religious scholar George Weigelshows that the Church will flourish not by adapting to the reigning culture butrather by reshaping it. In the process, the Church must also reshape itself, byreevaluating religious orders, reinvigorating lay organizations, and demandingmore of its members.
Brief description:
George Weigel is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Catholic Church and the author of over a dozen books, including the international bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. He is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, and a consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Review Quotes:
"A laudable hunger to relight the church's missionary fires is the core of Evangelical Catholicism, but good intentions need practical blueprints if they're going to work. George Weigel has gotten that conversation started in his typically lucid, provocative fashion, and we are all in his debt."
-- "John L. Allen Jr., senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and author of The Future Church: How Ten Trends Are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church"