Values in a time of upheaval /
Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) ; translated by Brian McNeil.
- New York : San Francisco : Crossroad Pub. ; Ignatius, 2006.
- 172 pages ; 22 cm.
"A Crossroad book."
Includes bibliographical references.
What Rules Should Guide Our Conduct? Politics and Morality -- To Change or to Preserve? Political Visions and Political Praxis -- What Keeps the World Together The Prepolitical Moral Foundations of a Free State -- Freedom, Law, and the Good Moral Principles in Democratic Societies -- What is Truth The Significance of Religious and Ethical values in a Pluralistic Society -- Responsibility For Peace Orientations -- If You Want Peace... Conscience and Truth -- Searching for Peace Tensions and Dangers -- What Must We Do? Christian's Responsibility for Peace -- Acting in the Strength That Come From Remembrance The Grace of Reconciliation -- What is Europe? Foundations and Perspectives -- Europe's Identity Its Intellectual Foundations Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- Common Identity and Common Will Chances and Dangers for Europe -- Epilogue Belief in the Triune God and Peace in the World
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 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.