Traditions in Turmoil
Mary Ann Glendon
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Paperback. Num Pages: 471 pages. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 930.
That ours is a time of intellectual, cultural, moral, and religious turmoil does not need to be argued. What does need to be argued, and what Glendon argues with force and freshness, is that our response to turmoil requires a greater honesty in coming to terms with tradition, and with traditions in conflict. That is little understood by many on both the political left and right. Quoting one of her favourite thinkers, theologian Bernard Lonergan, she urges us to be “big enough to be at home in the both and old and new; and painstaking enough to work out one ... Read more
That ours is a time of intellectual, cultural, moral, and religious turmoil does not need to be argued. What does need to be argued, and what Glendon argues with force and freshness, is that our response to turmoil requires a greater honesty in coming to terms with tradition, and with traditions in conflict. That is little understood by many on both the political left and right. Quoting one of her favourite thinkers, theologian Bernard Lonergan, she urges us to be “big enough to be at home in the both and old and new; and painstaking enough to work out one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
465
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781932589245
SKU
V9781932589245
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99-50
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