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Faith and Religion in a Secular Society

  • By Jozef de Kesel
  • Foreword by John Alonzo Dick
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"What I so greatly appreciate in Cardinal De Kesel's most recent book, Faith and Religion in a Secular Society, is his deep commitment to Christian belief rooted necessarily in contemporary culture. He is clearly a realist about the situation of the Church today... He understands that the Church must listen to what contemporary people are saying and asking. And he knows that the Church can indeed creatively respond. Cardinal De Kesel's book is refreshingly optimistic."
--from the foreword

Faith and Religion in a Secular Society makes the same bet as Pope Francis that, in the face of the phenomena of secularization, religious indifference, and institutional weakening, it is not by preaching about or idealizing a bygone past that Christianity can expect to regain in Europe, because it risks isolating and separating even more than it is from a culture that no longer waits. The salvation of the Church and the safeguarding of her universal mission depend rather on its ability to facilitate a culture of encounter with all those who want to humanize the modern, pluralist, and secular society, while also asserting its freedom of expression. It is this pastoral option that Joseph De Kesel is already experimenting with in deeply secularized Belgium, which, like France, was once a land of Christianity.

Cardinal Josef De Kesel is the Archbishop of Mechelen Brussels and Primate of Belgium since 2015. He was elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis in 2016. He is a member of the Roman Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life.

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    • SKU: 9780809156221
    • Manufacturer: Paulist Pr
    • ISBN 13: 9780809156221
    • Publication Date: 02/06/2023
    • Format: Paperback
    • Author: Jozef de Kesel
    • Author: John Alonzo Dick

     
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