Handing on the Faith in an Age of Disbelief

by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Other authorsMichael J. Miller (Translator)
Hardcover, 2006

Barcode

6661

Call number

268.8 RAT

Status

Available

Call number

268.8 RAT

Pages

169

Description

Why does it seem so hard to transmit the Catholic faith today? What are the obstacles that hinder modern men, women, and children from hearing and embracing the Gospel? Are science, technology, and mass media at odds with Christianity? Are new teaching methods helping to solve the crisis in catechesis or making matters worse? How can the Church do a better job of handing on her precious patrimony to subsequent generations? To address these provocative questions, some of the great churchmen of our times, including Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the man who would become Pope Benedict XVI, gathered in France in 1983 for two important conferences. Handing on the Faith in an Age of Disbelief brings together the four illuminating lectures presented at those meetings, along with commentaries by Pierre Eyt, Bernard Bro, O.P., Georges Bonnet, and Jacques Guillet, S.J. Also included is a candid interview with the then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger about the pressing problems acssociated with teaching the faith.… (more)

Publication

Ignatius Pr (2006), Edition: First Edition, 169 pages

ISBN

1586171437 / 9781586171438

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