Values in a Time of Upheaval: Meeting the Challenges of the Future

by Joseph Ratzinger

Overview

In the worldwide best seller ; Values in a Time of ; Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) ; passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian ; values should play in a pluralistic society and a ; multicultural world. He examines such crucial contemporary ; issues as the moral foundations of a free society, the role ; of spiritual values in promoting human rights, current ; challenges to Western culture, and the place of faith and ; love of God in finding true peace. Joseph Ratzinger ; proposes a balance of faith and reason that avoids the ; extremes of fundamentalist theocracies and secular, ; relativist states.

Topics ; include:

 

• Politics and ; morality
• Peace
• The meaning of history ;
• Truth in a pluralistic world
• The ; moral basis of democratic states ;
• Relativism
• Human dignity
• The ; Christian basis for hope ;
• Bioethics
• Freedom
• Human ; rights and responsibilities
• Marriage and ; family
• Tradition and progress

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681496139
Publisher:	Ignatius Press
Publication date:	06/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	175
File size:	204 KB

About the Author

Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant theologians and spiritual leaders of our age. As pope he authored the best-selling Jesus of Nazareth; and prior to his pontificate, he wrote many influential books that continue to remain important for the contemporary Church, such as Introduction to Christianity and The Spirit of the Liturgy.