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Witness to Hope is the authoritative biography of one of the singular figures -- some might argue the singular figure -- of our time. With unprecedented cooperation from John Paul II and the people who knew and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel offers a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions defined a new approach to world politics -- and changed the course of history. As even his critics concede, John Paul II occupied a unique place on the world stage and put down intellectual markers that no one could ignore or avoid as humanity entered a new millennium fraught with possibility and danger.
The Pope was a man of prodigious energy who played a crucial yet insufficiently explored role in some of the most momentous events of our time, including the collapse of European communism, the quest for peace in the Middle East, and the democratic transformation of Latin America. This updated edition of Witness to Hope explains how this "man from a far country" did all of that, and much more -- and what both his accomplishments and the unfinished business of his pontificate mean for the future of the Church and the world.
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Popes, Biography, Rooms-katholicisme, Biografie, New York Times reviewed, John paul ii, pope, 1920-2005, Large type books, Biographies, Catholics, Papes, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Catholic church, Christian leadershipPeople
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Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
2009, HarperCollins
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Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
April 5, 2005, Harper Perennial
in English
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Świadek nadziei: biografia papieża Jana Pawła II
2003, Wydawnictwo ZNAK
in Polish
- Wyd. 2., dodruk.
8324001883 9788324001880
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Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
2001, Cliff Street Books
Hardback
in English
- 1st Cliff Street Books paperback ed.
0060932864 9780060932862
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Biografía de Juan Pablo II
January 1, 1999, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
Paperback
8401013046 9788401013041
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Witness to hope: the biography of Pope John Paul II.
1999, HarperCollins
in English
000274077X 9780002740777
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Witness to hope: the biography of Pope John Paul II
1999, Cliff Street Books
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Jean Paul II, témoin de l'espérance
1999, Editions France-Loisirs
in French
2744132314 9782744132315
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