Values in a Time of Upheaval: Meeting the Challenges of the Future
In the worldwide best seller ; Values in a Time of ; Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) ; passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian ; values should play in a pluralistic society and a ; multicultural world. He examines such crucial contemporary ; issues as the moral foundations of a free society, the role ; of spiritual values in promoting human rights, current ; challenges to Western culture, and the place of faith and ; love of God in finding true peace. Joseph Ratzinger ; proposes a balance of faith and reason that avoids the ; extremes of fundamentalist theocracies and secular, ; relativist states.
Topics ; include:
- Politics and ; morality
- Peace
- The meaning of history ;
- Truth in a pluralistic world
- The ; moral basis of democratic states ;
- Relativism
- Human dignity
- The ; Christian basis for hope ;
- Bioethics
- Freedom
- Human ; rights and responsibilities
- Marriage and ; family
- Tradition and progress
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