Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love

by Edward Sri

Overview

"Don't be so judgmental!"

"Why are Christians so intolerant?"

"Why can't we just coexist?"

In an age in which preference has replaced morality, many people find it difficult to speak the truth, afraid of the reactions they will receive if they say something is right or wrong. Using engaging stories and personal experience, Edward Sri helps us understand the classical view of morality and equips us to engage relativism, appealing to both the head and the heart. Learn how Catholic morality is all about love, why making a judgment is not judging a person's soul, and why, in the words of Pope Francis, "relativism wounds people." Topics include:

• Real Freedom, Real Love

• Sharing truth with compassion

• Why "I disagree" doesn't mean "I hate you"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621641650
Publisher:	Augustine Institute - Ignatius Press
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Edward Sri is a well-known author and speaker. He is a founding leader of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) and holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He serves as a professor of theology at the Augustine Institute and resides with his wife and their eight children in Littleton, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part 1 The Challenge

Chapter 1 A New Kind of Intolerance 3

Chapter 2 Clashing Worldviews 11

Part 2 A New Vision

Chapter 3 "But I'm Not Hurting Anyone!" 19

Chapter 4 Friendship and Virtue 37

Chapter 5 Getting Freedom Right 49

Chapter 6 Law and Happiness 61

Chapter 7 The Art of Living 73

Part 3 Seven Keys for Responding to Relativism

Key 1 Lead with Mercy 85

Key 2 "Relativism Wounds People" 97

Key 3 Law = Love 113

Key 4 Making Judgments vs. Judging Souls 121

Key 5 Relativism Is Not Neutral 127

Key 6 Relativism Is a Mask 135

Key 7 Taking on the Heart of Christ 145

Conclusion: Should We Ever Talk about the Elephant in the Room? 155

Postscript: What Is Truth? 165

Acknowledgments 177

Editorial Reviews

"Too often our culture confuses love with moral relativism, and it is a dangerous misunderstanding. In this much-needed book, Dr. Edward Sri shows us that true compassion can never be separated from moral realities."
— Jennifer Fulwiler, author, Something other than God

"Pope Emeritus Benedict often spoke of the "dictatorship of relativism," and Pope Francis called relativism 'the spiritual poverty of our time.' Edward Sri heeds the clarion call to action and offers practical tools to talk about moral truth with greater conviction, clarity, and compassion in a world saturated by relativism."
— Curtis Martin, founder, FOCUS

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