{"product_id":"what-is-christianity-benedict-xvi","title":"What is Christianity? (Benedict XVI)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI resigned from the papacy in 2013, he never stopped thinking or writing. Near the end of his life, he and editor Elio Guerriero gathered together a whole volume of new material, dealing with the themes closest to his heart. The pope asked that it be published upon his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis final work is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Is Christianity?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt takes up a kaleidoscopic array of themes: the Christian faith’s relationship with other religions, especially Judaism and Islam; the theology and reform of the liturgy; the priesthood; the saints; the Eucharist; the travesty of abuse; the beauty of nature; Italian and German culture; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith prophetic insight into our times, Benedict warns of a “radical manipulation of man” in the name of tolerance, insisting that the only “authentic counterweight to every form of intolerance” is Christ himself—and Christ crucified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lifelong Catholic, the late pope pays tribute to some of the giant figures of Christianity who have served him through the years as guiding stars: his predecessor Pope John Paul II, the twentieth-century German Jesuit martyr Alfred Delp, and the silent carpenter Joseph, his patron saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Is Christianity?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a frank spiritual testament from a theological master, a churchman who loved the faith of simple Christians but who always stood ready, even in his last days, to dialogue about every aspect of human life—in love and in truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 230\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53392451240263,"sku":"9781621646556","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/7637\/6006\/files\/WCSTH__10816.jpg?v=1771866311","url":"https:\/\/cenaclepress.com\/en-es\/products\/what-is-christianity-benedict-xvi","provider":"The Cenacle Press at Silverstream Priory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}