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A hugely informed look at the intensifying struggle over the future of the Catholic Church. Despite the popularity of John Paul II, opposition to many of his policies had hardened among Catholics by the time of his death. The Church had become more doctrinaire, the voices of millions of dissenters ignored. Now Robert Blair Kaiser examines the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception, the roles of women and gays in the Church, the failure to reach out sincerely to other faiths, the increased participation of laypeople in Church affairs. He gives us in-depth portraits of six of the cardinals who gathered in Rome in April 2005 to choose a new pope-- Ratzinger from Germany, Mahony from the United States, Murphy-O' Connor from Britain, Rodri guez Maradiaga from Honduras, Arinze from Nigeria, and Darmaatmadja from Indonesia-- and through them makes clear why Catholics worldwide are increasingly leaving the Church or defying Church doctrine. Finally, he explains why Ratzinger' s ascendance was assured, and what this might mean for the future. With passion and heartfelt concern, Robert Blair Kaiser brilliantly illuminates the issues and the combatants in the battle for the souls of the Catholic world

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375410643
ISBN-13
9780375410642
eBay Product ID (ePID)
47958911

Product Key Features

Book Title
Church in Search of Itself : Benedict Xvi and the Battle for the Future
Author
Robert Blair Kaiser
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Christian Life / General, Religious
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Bx1389.K35 2005
Reviews
"YSome? Catholics have floundered in desperation since Benedict's election, but we finally have our gospel: "A Church in Search of Itself."" --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Kaiser's brisk narrative is correct: The Catholic Church faces multiple crises. 'No change' is not an option. The real question is how the Church will change. Kaiser offers a hint in the closing pages, where he envisions the eventual emergence of a democratic people's Church in the United States." --"The Washington Post Book World" "Argues for a people's church as imagined by Vatican II. Instead of liberals and conservatives, YKaiser? focuses on those who want change and those against it." --"U.S. Catholic Magazine" "This timely, well-informed, and brilliantly written book shows that all the urgent reforms in the Catholic Church should start with reforming its very center: the Vatican." --Hans Kung "From the Trade Paperback edition.", " [Some] Catholics have floundered in desperation since Benedict's election, but we finally have our gospel: "A Church in Search of Itself,"" -- "San Francisco Chronicle" " Kaiser's brisk narrative is correct: The Catholic Church faces multiple crises. ' No change' is not an option. The real question is how the Church will change. Kaiser offers a hint in the closing pages, where he envisions the eventual emergence of a democratic people's Church in the United States." -- "The Washington Post Book World" " Argues for a people's church as imagined by Vatican II. Instead of liberals and conservatives, [Kaiser] focuses on those who want change and those against it." -- "U.S. Catholic Magazine" " This timely, well-informed, and brilliantly written book shows that all the urgent reforms in the Catholic Church should start with reforming its very center: the Vatican." -- Hans Ku ng "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "[Some] Catholics have floundered in desperation since Benedict's election, but we finally have our gospel:A Church in Search of Itself." -San Francisco Chronicle "Kaiser's brisk narrative is correct: The Catholic Church faces multiple crises. 'No change' is not an option. The real question is how the Church will change. Kaiser offers a hint in the closing pages, where he envisions the eventual emergence of a democratic people's Church in the United States." -The Washington Post Book World "Argues for a people's church as imagined by Vatican II. Instead of liberals and conservatives, [Kaiser] focuses on those who want change and those against it." -U.S. Catholic Magazine "This timely, well-informed, and brilliantly written book shows that all the urgent reforms in the Catholic Church should start with reforming its very center: the Vatican." -Hans Küng From the Trade Paperback edition.
Table of Content
Author's Note Introduction CHAPTER ONE Politics:Toward a People's Church CHAPTER TWO Death:A Call to Serve by Suffering CHAPTER THREE Vacant:The Sacredness of Process CHAPTER FOUR Legacy:More Than a Pope CHAPTER FIVE Cardinal Roger Mahony:Clericalism Still Rules EXCURSION I Priesthood:No Kind of Magic CHAPTER SIX Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor:People of Other Faiths? CHAPTER SEVEN Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga:The Gospel in Every Culture EXCURSION II Liberation:All They Can Be CHAPTER EIGHT Cardinal Francis Arinze:Developing Local Theologies CHAPTER NINE Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja:A Truly Asian Church EXCURSION III Syncreticism:The Heart, Then Understanding CHAPTER TEN Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger:Order in the Church CHAPTER ELEVEN Postmortem:A Tsunami of Meaning CHAPTER TWELVE Conclave:One Smart Move After Another CHAPTER THIRTEEN Benedict XVI:Keeping the People in the Pews EPILOGUE Modest Proposals Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-044961
Dewey Decimal
282/.09/0511
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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