Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
There was no neutral response to the announcement that the “enforcer”-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger-had been elected Benedict XVI, the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Conservatives saw it as the final triumph of their agenda. Liberals were aghast. Everyone else wondered what to expect. Award-winning religion journalist David Gibson explores how a “war of ideas” will be the defining feature of this new papacy. Gibson persuasively argues that by tackling the modern world head-on Benedict XVI is gambling that he can make traditional, orthodox Catholicism the savior of contemporary society. But if the elderly Benedict fails in his battle with modernity, will Catholicism wind up as a “smaller-but-purer church”-a new kind of “fortress Catholicism” that some conservatives want? These fears are in the forefront for millions of American Catholics pressing for change. Gibson points to the early warning signs of a papacy hyper-focused on “right belief” and will show how the key decisions of this surprising papacy will profoundly impact the future of Catholicism.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Showing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World
August 21, 2007, HarperOne
in English
0061161225 9780061161223
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World
August 21, 2007, HarperOne
Paperback
in English
- Reprint edition
0061161225 9780061161223
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World
September 19, 2006, HarperOne
in English
0060858419 9780060858414
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World
September 19, 2006, HarperOne
Hardcover
in English
0060858419 9780060858414
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?December 25, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 22, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
June 18, 2010 | Edited by ImportBot | add details from OverDrive |
April 28, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the work. |
December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |