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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Benedict, Pope; Marcello Pera; Michael Moore |
| ISBN: | 0465006345 9780465006342 0465006272 9780465006274 |
| OCLC Number: | 63761514 |
| Language Note: | Translated into English. |
| Description: | xii, 159 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Relativism, Christianity, and the west / Marcello Pera -- The spiritual roots of Europe: yesterday, today, and tomorrow / Joseph Ratzinger -- Letter to Joseph Ratzinger / Marcello Pera -- Letter to Marcello Pera / Joseph Ratzinger. |
| Responsibility: | Joseph Ratzinger now Pope Benedict XVI, Marcello Pera ; foreword by George Weigel ; translated by Michael F. Moore. |
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Abstract:
Europe's failure to secure its future is mirrored by an abandonment of its spiritual roots in the interests of relativist secularism. The authors call on Europeans and the West in general to accept that only a spiritual rather than political renewal will help us to make sense of changes in technology, economics and society for the good of all.
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"(A) thoughtful history lesson about what European/American civilization consists of, with some striking comments on the Spengler-Toynbee debate." The Spectator"
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Revival of memory
This book takes the form of two short "dialogues", firstly Ratzinger's speech and Pera's response to it, then a direct written corresponence between them.I found Pera's strong identification of America with "The West" a little one-sided, and his insistance that a war on terrorism is possible, without...
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This book takes the form of two short "dialogues", firstly Ratzinger's speech and Pera's response to it, then a direct written corresponence between them.I found Pera's strong identification of America with "The West" a little one-sided, and his insistance that a war on terrorism is possible, without making the effort to define "war" (is it possible without explicit state backing on both sides?) frustrating, but many of his general points worthwhile.The (then) Cardinal's speech is more useful, in sensitively tracing the formation of Western identity in political, cultural and ultimately religious terms.The lasting impression is amazement at the level of agreement between the Cardinal and the self-proclaimed "secularist", Pera.
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