{"product_id":"the-catholic-church-in-the-modern-world","title":"The Catholic Church in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eBy E. E. Y. Hales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the vantage point of the twenty-first century,\u003c\/b\u003e the Catholic Church and modernity seem to be two entities inextricably at odds with one another. Modernity, for better or worse, stands for change; the Church, for \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estasis\u003c\/i\u003e. Following the upheaval of the French Revolution, the Church has been “striving to sift the wheat from the chaff amongst the new ideas” of modernity. Surveying the two centuries from the pre-revolutionary \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eancién régime\u003c\/i\u003e to the commencement of the Cold War, Hales looks at the Church as a whole, revealing the range of her influence, the rationale for her political and diplomatic campaigns, and, ultimately, the primary principle of her existence: to safeguard the Faith and provide for the salvation of souls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThere is not and there never was on this earth a work of human policy \u003cbr\u003e so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church…\u003c\/i\u003e” \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003ehomas Babington Macaulay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eA carefully researched, balanced assessment of a complex, at times contentious period in Church history, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Catholic Church in the Modern World \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates Hale’s distinctive talent for surveying the past from the perspective of the present with both candor and nuance—a talent the twenty-first century would do well to emulate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. E. Y. Hales \u003c\/b\u003e(1908–1986) was an English Catholic historian and author. He held a brief professorship at Yale University and then served as an Inspector of Schools for the British government, retiring as a Commander of the British Empire. In 1949, he converted to Catholicism. Best-known among his authored works are \u003ci\u003ePio Nono: A Study in European Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Church in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e308pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1952826559\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100030361967,"sku":"978-1952826559","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--427.jpg?v=1781124631","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-catholic-church-in-the-modern-world","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}