Values in a Time of Upheaval
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Overview
In the worldwide best-seller Values in a Time of Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian values 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
Top Highlights
“this is what they are waiting for, even if they do not know this themselves” (Page 92)
“Kelsen holds that Pilate acts here as a perfect democrat: since he himself does not know what is just, he leaves it to the majority to decide.” (Page 57)
“ in that neglect of my own being that has dulled me to the voice of truth and made me deaf to what it says within me” (Page 97)
“needs help from outside in order that it may become aware of its own self” (Page 94)