Witness to Hope

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M iven unprecedented access to Popé John ^ 1 Paul II and the people who have known ^^ ¦! * and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel presents a groundbreaking portrait of the Popé as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions have defined a new approach to world politics-and changed the course of history. John Paul II has systematically addressed every major question on the world's agenda at the turn of the millennium: the humán yearning for the sacred, the meaning of freedom, the glories and challenges of humán sexuality, the promise of the women's movement, the quest for a new world order, the nature of good and evil, the morál challenge of prosperity, and the imperative of humán solidarity in the emerging global civilization. By bringing the age-old wisdom of biblical religion into active conversation with contemporary life and thought, the Popé "from a far country" has crafted a challenging proposal for the humán future that is without parallel in... Tovább

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M iven unprecedented access to Popé John ^ 1 Paul II and the people who have known ^^ ¦! * and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel presents a groundbreaking portrait of the Popé as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions have defined a new approach to world politics-and changed the course of history. John Paul II has systematically addressed every major question on the world's agenda at the turn of the millennium: the humán yearning for the sacred, the meaning of freedom, the glories and challenges of humán sexuality, the promise of the women's movement, the quest for a new world order, the nature of good and evil, the morál challenge of prosperity, and the imperative of humán solidarity in the emerging global civilization. By bringing the age-old wisdom of biblical religion into active conversation with contemporary life and thought, the Popé "from a far country" has crafted a challenging proposal for the humán future that is without parallel in the modern world. Weigel explores new information about the Pope's role in somé of the recent past's most stirring events, including the fali of communism; the Vatican/Israel negotiation of 1991-92; the collapse ofthe Philippine, Chilean, Nicaraguan, and Paraguayan dictatorships during the 1980s; and the epic papai visit to Cuba. Weigel alsó includes previously unpublished papai correspondence with Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Deng Xiaoping, and draws on hitherto unavailable autobiographical reminiscences by the Pope. Witness to Hope alsó discusses the Pope's efforts to build bridges to other Christian communities, and to Judaism, Islam, and other great world religions; presents an analysis of John Paul's proposals for strengthening democratic societies in the twenty-first century; and offers synopses of every major teaching document in the pontificate. Vissza