The fragility of order : Catholic reflections on turbulent times

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The fragility of order : Catholic reflections on turbulent times

Title remainder

Catholic reflections on turbulent times

Statement of responsibility

George Weigel

Title variation

Catholic reflections on turbulent times

Creator

• Weigel, George, 1951-

Author

• Weigel, George, 1951-

Subject

• Essays
• Essays
• Nonfiction
• Catholic Church
• World politics -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
• Theology, Doctrinal
• Catholic Church -- Doctrines

Genre

• Nonfiction
• Essays

Language

eng

Summary

"One of America's most prominent public intellectuals brings thirty-five years of experience in Washington and Rome to bear in analyzing the turbulence that characterizes world politics, American public life, and the Catholic Church in the early twenty-first century. In these bracing essays, George Weigel reads such events as the First World War, the collapse of Communism, and the Obama and Trump presidencies through a distinctive cultural and moral lens, even as he offers new insights into Pope Francis and his challenging pontificate. Throughout, two of Weigel's key convictions-that ideas have consequences for good and ill, and that the deepest currents of history flow through culture-illuminate political and economic life, and the life of the Church, in ways not often appreciated or understood. Many of the chapters in this book originated in George Weigel's annual William E. Simon Lecture, which since 2001 has become a major event in Washington, D.C. They are unique in their application of philosophical and theological perspectives to the issues of history and politics, enabling the reader to see current events in a deeper way."--Book jacket

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

282

Index

index present

LC call number

BX1793

LC item number

.W445 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography