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Turmoil & Truth The Historical Roots of the Modern Crisis by
Cover art: Rembrandt van Rijn Cover design by Riz Boncan Marsella The Catholic Church in recent years, particularly in Europe, the USA and Australia, has suffered a series of crises. Catholics have been forced, whether willing or not, to perform collective examinations of conscience, and to investigate the causes of these problems. In the many books and articles written on this subject, authors have tried to point the blame one way or another. Turmoil and Truth takes a different approach. Drawing on his years of experience as a Catholic writer, Philip Trower offers a long view of how the Church arrived in its present situation. Whereas many analyses take the Second Vatican Council as their starting point, Trower turns his gaze back towards the previous centuries, searching out the roots of modem conflicts over authority within the Church, the nature of Scripture, the relationship with the secular world, and more. His central thesis is that the positive movement for reform, and the negative movements of rebellion against the Church's authority and elements of her teaching, grew up intertwined in the years preceding Vatican II, and that it was only really in the period following the Council that the division between the two became clearer. His analysis introduces the reader to a host of persons and movements who may be unfamiliar today, but whose legacy endures. Philip Trower's accessible style of writing and his attention to detail offer the reader a clear understanding of where the Church has come from in its recent past. Turmoil and Truth is essential reading for all who wish to understand the present and future direction of the Catholic Church.
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PREFACE ......................................................................................... 5 PART I: A Bird's-Eye View Chapter 1: Reform .............................................................................. 9 Chapter 2: Rebellion........................................................................... 18 Chapter 3: The Reform Party -Two in One Flesh................................. 27 Chapter 4: Names and Labels.............................................................. 36 PART II: A Backward Glance Chapter 5: The Shepherds................................................................... 45 Chapter 6: The Church........................................................................ 53 Chapter 7: The Flock, part I................................................................. 59 Chapter 8: The Flock, part II................................................................ 65 PART III: The New Orientations Chapter 9: The Church: From Perfect Society to Mystical Body............ 75 Chapter 10: Peter and the Twelve......................................................... 82 Chapter 11: The Laity: Waking the Sleepy Giant.................................... 92 Chapter 12: The Church and Other Christians...................................... 101 Chapter 13: The Church and Other Religions....................................... 110 Chapter 14: The Church and our Work in this World........................... 117 PART IV: Aggiornamento and the Rise of Modernism Chapter 15: Beginnings....................................................................... 131 Chapter 16: First Signs of Trouble...................................................... 137 Chapter 17: Enter Modernism............................................................. 144 Chapter 18: Dramatis Personae........................................................... 154 Chapter 19: Beliefs and Disbeliefs....................................................... 160 Chapter 20: The Crisis........................................................................ 170 Chapter 21: Three Related Movements................................................ 178 Chapter 22: Aggiornamento 1918-1958................................................ 184 Chapter 23: What Does It All Mean? - An Interpretation....................... 192 INDEX................................................................................................ 201
Family Publications has now ceased trading. The copyright has reverted to the author Philip Trower who has given permission for the book to be placed on this website. Further chapters will be added as time permits.
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