Posted on 07/04/2008 7:02:06 PM PDT by Lorianne
Book review of George Weigel's Against the Grain: Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace
George Weigel gives Christian answers to the West’s most pressing questions.___ Few commentators these days recognize that the war against radical Islam is the latest battle in a 14-century-long spiritual conflict between two very different schools of belief about man’s relationship to God. Catholic theologian and nationally syndicated columnist George Weigel is a happy exception, and this alone makes him an invaluable source for anyone wanting to understand what this war is about. Unlike those who try to comprehend jihadist violence solely in materialist terms, Weigel focuses on the spiritual dimensions of the conflict: on the one side, an Islamic revival fired with certainty about the rectitude of its beliefs and their sanction by Allah; on the other, a West that, having driven God from the public square, is riddled with self-doubt and uncertainty about its own beliefs and political ideals, which the jihadists despise.
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Another book for the reading list.
I read Weigel’s “The Cube and the Cathedral”
A great book for a combination of History & Theology.
Puts todays situations and world affairs in perspective.
Not for the light reader.
allah: sacrifice your son to me
God: I sacrificed My Son for you
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