Evangelical Catholicism
- Author George Weigel
- Narrator David Cochran Heath
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 9 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian life and practice, Religion and beliefs, Religious institutions and organizations, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church.
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What to expect
The Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand–year history. As the curtain comes down on the church defined by the sixteenth-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a way of being Catholic that comes from over a century of Catholic reform; a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
The gospel-centered Evangelical Catholicism of the future will send all the people of the church into mission territory every day—a territory increasingly defined in the West by spiritual boredom and aggressive secularism. Confronting both these cultural challenges and the shadows cast by recent Catholic history, Evangelical Catholicism unapologetically proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ as the truth of the world. It also molds disciples who witness to faith, hope, and love by the quality of their lives and the nobility of their aspirations. Thus the Catholicism of the twenty-first century and beyond will be a culture-forming counterculture, offering all men and women of good will a deeply humane alternative to the soul-stifling self-absorption of postmodernity.
Drawing on thirty years of experience throughout the Catholic world, from its humblest parishes to its highest levels of authority, George Weigel proposes a deepening of faith-based and mission-driven Catholic reform that touches every facet of Catholic life—from the episcopate and the papacy to the priesthood and the consecrated life; from the renewal of the lay vocation in the world to the redefinition of the church's engagement with public life; from the liturgy to the church's intellectual life. Lay Catholics and clergy alike should welcome the challenge of this unique moment in the church's history. Mediocrity is not an option, and all Catholics, no matter what their station in life, are called to live the evangelical vocation into which they were baptized: without compromise but with the joy, courage, and confidence that comes from living this side of the Resurrection.
Critics Review
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“A learned and lucid commentator on Catholicism…[Weigel] brings a
Wall Street Journal
keenly developed sense of the workings of the church to his analysis. But Evangelical
Catholicism is a call to arms. Though written long before Benedict made his
surprise announcement, the book is nonetheless a timely guide to the issues
that the cardinals in conclave—and the next pope—must confront…[For many] Evangelical Catholicism may provide a
desperately needed vision of the future of the church, imbued with the
extraordinary hope that has always been at the heart of the Catholic faith.” -
“A serious and acute work…Weigel’s ability to combine the spiritual
National Review
insights of a believer with the dispassionate analysis of a historian
makes Evangelical Catholicism valuable for Catholics and non-Catholics, of all political persuasions, who care about the Church’s future.” -
“Weigel at his best, situating our present moment within the context of
Weekly Standard
the last century, and laying out an agenda for Catholic reform and
mission in the future….This book deserves to be read by any serious
thinking Christian.” -
“[An] elegantly written manifesto.”
Economist (London) -
“[Weigel is] our greatest observer of the global Catholic Church…If I
National Catholic Register
could gain entrance into the conclave, I would smuggle in enough copies of Evangelical
Catholicism to place one on the chair of each elector, in hopes that they
would adopt this masterpiece of Catholic history and thought as a possible
guide for the Church’s mission in the centuries ahead.” -
“A call for pride, sincerity, and depth in
Kirkus Reviews
Catholic life and community…The bulk of Weigel’s book examines how this new
Catholicism can be applied to the episcopate, priesthood, liturgy, laity, etc.
The author makes many important points, and his call toward a deeper
spirituality and sense of mission in Catholic life is laudable.”
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