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International diplomacy and a changing global economy did not bring about the fall of the Iron Curtain. Radio did, and it was mightier than the sword. Based on first-hand interviews and documents from the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, Michael Nelson shows that Western radio—principally, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and the Voice of America—were unrivaled forces in the fight against communism and the fall of the Iron Curtain. The Communists did everything in their power to prevent the infiltration of Western thought into their world, resorting to jamming radio signals, assassinating staff, and bombing stations. The Russians, fo...
Cardinal Arinze tells his amazing life story, and how he was guided by "God's invisible hand" through many challenging and dangerous moments, to become one of the world's leading Catholic prelates, and one of the top candidates for the Papacy in the recent conclave. In the style of an interview, Arinze responds to a host of wide ranging questions from journalist Gerard O'Connell. Arinze talks about his life and experiences growing up in Nigeria, becoming the world's youngest Bishop, being on the run during the Nigerian civil war, and as an outspoken Cardinal who led the way for inter-religious dialogue with non-Christian religions, particularly Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus. The charismatic Cardinal, also tells about his years of working inside the Vatican under three different Popes, and of his close relationship with John Paul II. Arinze and John Paul worked together on various important projects and documents that have had an impact on the Church and the African culture.
In this book the author, relying on the research he carried out in Igboland, Nigeria, leads us to see the action of God's grace already active in the Igbo religious culture called Omenala Ndigbo before the coming of Christian missionaries and how these cultural values have prepared the people to receive the Gospel. But, as he points out, these cultural values on which the Christian message ought to have been built from the beginning were grossly misunderstood and neglected. The Igbo people are now mainly Christians. But because the Gospel has not yet become their culture, some of them have double allegiance to the doctrines of the Church and to the practices of Omenala Ndigbo. The author opines that to build the Catholic Church in Igboland on a solid foundation, the Eucharist must take the central place - since the Eucharist makes the Church and is the source and summit of the life of the Church. Thus the work, which uses the analytical and hermeneutical method known as inculturation, is on Eucharistic Ecclesiology from an Igbo perspective and will be useful for the Church, both at the local and universal levels for self-understanding and renewal, ecumenism, dialogue and mission.
This book investigates the coming-to-be, principal features and theological outcomes of interreligious dialogue as an activity of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (Vatican). The embrace of dialogical engagement represents a dramatic departure from almost two millennia of hostile Christian regard toward other faiths. The development of this phenomenon is outlined and explored, with research focussed on the work of relevant offices of the WCC and the Vatican during the final four decades of the 20th century. A principal task has been to construct a comparative narrative that provides the basis for a close analysis and assessment of policy and practice, together...
Emeritus Pope Benedict commanded both adulation and unremitting criticism. To millions, he was a beacon of light in a turbulent modern world. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story continues from the Second Vatican Council (1965–8) right up to his resignation in 2013 - the first Pope to do so in almost 600 years. We see how Benedict was influenced by the Council and the ensuing political unrest all over Europe to move from a liberal perspective on the Church and the modern world to one that was profoundly conservative. Appointed in 1981 as prefect of the Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith, and quickly nicknamed 'God's Rottweiler', he proved to be int...
Seit Anbeginn der Zeit wirkt sich der Tod als allgegenwartiger Begleiter in vielfaltiger Weise auf den Menschen aus. Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte haben Religion, Medizin, historische Ereignisse, technische Neuerungen und dergleichen mehr die Haltungsmodifikation des Menschen gegenuber dem Tod massgeblich beeinflusst. Dieses gilt gleichermassen fur den schriftlich-medialen Bereich, den die Gesellschaft geschaffen hat. Exemplarisch beschaftigt sich die vorliegende Arbeit mit der Veranderung der Todesanzeige hinsichtlich diverser gattungsspezifischer Merkmale. Neben formalen Aspekten wie Aufbau, Form, farbliche Gestaltung etc., werden des Weiteren sprachwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen unternommen, die eine chronologische Motivationsveranderung besagter Textsorte aufzeigen. Die Studie schliesst mit einem Ausblick auf die hiesige Gesellschaft und die damit einhergehenden Neuerungen und Tendenzen, welche im Zusammenhang mit der beschriebenen Textsortenveranderung einhergeh
In einer Zeit, in der die Welt näher zusammenrückt, vermehren sich die Kontakte zwischen verschiedenen religiösen Traditionen. Die katholische Kirche hat im Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil (1962-1965) den Wert nichtchristlicher Religionen anerkannt und sich für eine dialogische Beziehung mit ihnen ausgesprochen. In der Folgezeit hat das kirchliche Lehramt den vom Konzil begonnenen Weg fortgeführt. Die vorliegende Untersuchung setzt sich zunächst grundsätzlich mit der Frage nach der Interpretation der Dokumente des Zweiten Vatikanums auseinander und gibt einen Einblick in die Entstehungsgeschichte der Konzilserklärung "Nostra aetate", bevor die Konzilsaussagen selbst zur Sprache kommen. Ausführlich werden die lehramtlichen Äußerungen unter Papst Paul VI. und Papst Johannes Paul II. zur Frage nach den nichtchristlichen Religionen und dem interreligiösen Dialog vorgestellt und analysiert. Abschließend wird der Rezeptionsprozeß reflektiert und theologisch ausgewertet.
Zentrale ethische Frage im 21. Jahrhundert: Wie gehen wir am besten mit Altern, Sterben und Tod um? Erstmals werden die Erkenntnisse verschiedener Wissenschaften dazu in einem Handbuch zusammengefasst. Es vermittelt grundlegende Kenntnisse über medizinische, psychologische, historische und ethische Aspekte von Sterben und Tod und beleuchtet religionswissenschaftliche, ethnologische und philosophische Perspektiven. Sowohl der individuelle als auch der gesellschaftliche Umgang mit dem Thema kommen zur Sprache, ebenso wie moralische Debatten, z. B. zu Suizid und Todesstrafe.