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Salt of the Earth
Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millennium An Interview With Peter Seewald
by Peter Seewald ; Benedict XVI ; Benedict XVI
ISBN: 0898706408
ISBN-13: 9780898706406
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) was conducted near the close of the 20th century, and reflects an awareness that it is a time for looking back as well as forward. The discussion format, with journalist Peter Seewald, elicits a generous amount of information about the cardinal's life and career, yet on matters theological he always speaks in his role as head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Ratzinger discusses the many challenges worldwide in which the Catholic Church has a central, even essential, role. He discusses enduring issues such as the need for faith in a troubled world, and controversial topics such as the ordination of women, celibacy of the clergy, non-Catholic Christianity, and the newer, alternative forms of religion and spirituality. Cardinal Ratzinger's frankness, candor, and intelligence come through in this interview-and he is also highly quotable. Those who want to know the man who became Pope Benedict XVI will find him in THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 283
Publisher's Notes
The highest ranking man in the Vatican next to the Pope gives an exclusive interview on the worldwide state of Catholicism to a highly regarded secular German journalist. "Salt of the Earth" explores a host of controversial and difficult issues facing Catholicism and Christianity at the end of the millennium.
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Salt of the Earth: The Church at the End of the Millennium: An Interview With Peter Seewald
Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal
Ignatius Press. PAPERBACK. 0898706408 Textbook No edition number listed. Student edition. CD NOT INCLUDED. Light dirt, wear, fading, or curling of cover or spine. Good binding. NO apparent loose pages. NO apparent missing pages. No apparent writing or highlighting. . Good. ( more information) Offered by Borgasorus Books, Inc (United States)
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Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millennium An Interview With Peter Seewald
Benedict; Seewald, Peter
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A: Ignatius Press, 1997. Soft Cover. Very Good. Cover has edge wear, creases, scratches, scuffs, rubbed/bent cover/page corners, rubbed spine, slightly chipped. No writing. Very good. . ISBN: 0898706408 . ( more information) Offered by Defunct Books (United States)
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