Publication

1969 - Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC282
  • LCCBX1753 .S52 1969

Description

The Cross and the Crisis contends that the distress of modernity is fundamentally moral and religious in nature. Men, runs Chesterton’s famous remark, “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 Fulton J. 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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Essay index reprint series

Other Editions

  • The cross and the crisis.Books for Libraries Press1969

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