Renewing Our Hope: Essays on the New Evangelization

by Robert Barron

Overview

In a time of discouragement, how can the Church renew itself and its outreach to all people? Bishop Robert Barron insists that a “dumbed down” Catholicism cannot succeed in today's highly educated society - instead, the Church needs to draw upon its great theological heritage in order to renew its hope in Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813233055
Publisher:	Catholic University of America Press
Publication date:	08/01/2020
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Bishop Robert Barron is auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry, and author of 15 books.

Table of Contents

Foreword Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio vii

Preface Bishop Robert Barron xi

Acknowledgments xv

Part 1 Renewing Our Mission

Chapter 1 Looking for the Nones 3

Chapter 2 Evangelizing the Nones 21

Chapter 3 Thomas Aquinas and the New Evangelization 41

Chapter 4 Jacob's Ladder: A Homily for the Ordination of Dominican Priests 54

Part 2 Renewing Our Minds

Chapter 5 How Von Balthasar Changed My Mind 65

Chapter 6 Why the Divine Simplicity Matters 85

Chapter 7 The One Who Is, The One Who Gives: Derrida, Aquinas, and the Dilemma of the Divine Generosity 97

Chapter 8 John Henry Newman and the New Evangelization 113

Chapter 9 Gaston Fessard and the Intellectual Formation of Pope Francis 131

Part 3 Renewing Our Church

Chapter 10 Examining the Sexual Abuse Scandal with Biblical Eyes 151

Chapter 11 Optatam Totius and the Renewal of the Priesthood 169

Chapter 12 Imago Dei as Privilege and Mission 193

Chapter 13 Greatness of Soul 212

Part 4 Renewing Our Culture

Chapter 14 Education in Virtue, Love, and Mission: A Reflection on Chapters Seven, Eight, and Nine of Anions Laehtia 223

Chapter 15 Liberalism and Catholicism-Why the Disconnect? 242

Chapter 16 Relativism and Its Discontents 254

Chapter 17 Christ in Cinema: The Evangelical Power of the Beautiful 271

Works Cited 289

Index 305