— Albert Gedraitis
Evangelical Catholicism:
Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church
[Hardcover] George Weigel (Author)
by George Weigle
Dr George Weigle is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC. He has written many books at the intersection of Christian perspective and public policy, the Second Vatican Council, and others of his concerns and scholarship.
Dr George Weigle is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC. He has written many books at the intersection of Christian perspective and public policy, the Second Vatican Council, and others of his concerns and scholarship.
Book description from Amazon.com
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 16th-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 21st–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, Weigel urges. 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.
Event
Evangelical Catholicism:
A Reformed Church and a Culture in Crisis
The Twelfth Annual William E. Simon Lecture
More Information
Stephen P. White
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-715-3512
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: swhite@eppc.org
A Reformed Church and a Culture in Crisis
The Twelfth Annual William E. Simon Lecture
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In his twelfth William E. Simon Lecture, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel will discuss the thesis of his new book, Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church, with an eye toward addressing some of the challenges presented by our current cultural crises.
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 16th-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is rising on the Evangelical Catholicism of the third millennium: a mission-centered renewal honed by the Second Vatican Council and given compelling expression by Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI; a way of being Catholic, both ancient and new, that offers to the world a deeply humane alternative to the soul-stifling self-absorption of postmodernity, and that challenges deep currents in contemporary American culture.
The lecture will be given on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The lecture will begin at 6:30 pm followed by a reception until 9:00 pm. For more details, or to register, please contact Stephen White at swhite@eppc.org.
Due to limited space, this event is open to REGISTERED GUESTS ONLY.
More Information
Stephen P. White
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-715-3512
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: swhite@eppc.org
