The Crisis in the Church: A Semi-Fictional Dialogue Between a Post-Vatican II-Evolving Catholic James Marley and an Eternal-Doctrine Catholic Ronda Chervin
TESTIMONIALS
“When Ecclesiastes 7:12 explained that ‘wisdom gives life to those who possess it,’ its author needed point no further than Ronda Chervin as an explanation of what he meant. In this engaging dialogue, Chervin lays out the divisions in our Church and reveals the grace that’s necessary to heal them.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Dr. Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism.
“Most Catholics sense that since the time of Vatican ll the Church has been experiencing a crisis, which they would generally describe as an experience of unprecedented division, which, disturbingly, is most clearly manifest in the area of doctrine. While this is certainly true… there is more to this crisis. Dr. Chervin, the most articulate, female Catholic philosopher in the Church today (70 published books and counting!) opens up this issue (which has been around for so long now that people are beginning to accept it as the “new normal”) in a truly fascinating way, that is, in itself… unprecedented. By way of a friendly, but intense dialogue with a colleague, Dr. Chervin demonstrates (as only a philosopher can) that the spiritual struggle of the modern age, which is the underlying basis for the crisis in the Church, is the “politically incorrect” question of… the truth. As Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger pointed out in his book… Truth and Tolerance (Ignatius Press, 2004; p.193): “The confidence to seek for the truth and to find it is never anachronistic: it is precisely this that maintains the dignity of man, that breaks down particularism, and that leads men toward one another beyond the bounds of their cultural settings on the basis of their common dignity.” Dr. Chervin’s new book, by way of a dialogical approach (which has been championed by the Greek philosopher Socrates, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, and the Catholic philosopher St. John Paul ll) shows that in the midst of this crisis, there is hope… as well as an opportunity for growth and healing.” — Fr. Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT, author of The Prayer of Jesus Crucified, Adventures In The Father’s Joy, To Whom The Heart Decided To Love, and The Redemption of San Isidro.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ronda Chervin has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University and an M.A. in Religious Studies from Notre Dame Apostolic Institute. She is a convert to the Catholic faith from a Jewish but atheistic background. She has been a professor at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Connecticut. More than sixty books of hers have been published by Catholic presses in the area of philosophy and spirituality. Dr. Ronda presents on EWTN and Catholic radio. Her many books include Quotable Saints, Seeking Christ in the Crosses & Joys of Aging, Catholic Realism and Voyage to Insight.
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