{"product_id":"the-cross-and-the-crisis","title":"The Cross and the Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe distress of modernity, \u003c\/b\u003econtends Fulton J. Sheen in \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, is fundamentally moral and religious in nature. Men, as G. K. Chesterton’s famously remarked, “invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.” The distress of modernity, argues Sheen, is the result of a fear-ridden flight from the cross of Jesus Christ, a reckless reluctance to look back to the salvific sacrifice on Calvary. The consequences of that choice envelop every area of human life. By use of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Sheen points to the one cure for the modern distress: the grace flowing from the side of the crucified Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe save the world by loving the cross;\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe lose it by fleeing even from its shadows. \u003c\/i\u003e(Fulton J. Sheen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst published in 1938, \u003ci\u003eThe Cross and the Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e is a strong, stirring challenge to the creeping tendency of the human heart to flee from God and into the crisis of nothingness.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979), one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century, was an eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970513\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100027773295,"sku":"978-1950970513","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product260.jpg?v=1781124522","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-cross-and-the-crisis","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}