Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
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Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
By (Author) George Weigel
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
24th February 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
282.092
Physical Properties
Paperback
1056
Width 154mm, Height 233mm, Spine 48mm
1030g
Description
Fascinating...sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone.New York Times Book Review
Now, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the world stage and in some of the most historic events of the twentieth century that can still be felt today.
Witness to Hopeis the authoritative biography of one of the singular figuressome might argue the singular figureof our time. With unprecedented cooperation from John Paul II and the people who knew and worked with him throughout his life, George Weigel offers a groundbreaking portrait of the Pope as a man, a thinker, and a leader whose religious convictions defined a new approach to world politicsand changed the course of history. As even his critics concede, John Paul II occupied a unique place on the world stage and put down intellectual markers that no one could ignore or avoid as humanity entered a new millennium fraught with possibility and danger.
The Pope was a man of prodigious energy who played a crucial, yet insufficiently explored, role in some of the most momentous events of our time, including the collapse of European communism, the quest for peace in the Middle East, and the democratic transformation of Latin America. With an updated preface, this edition of Witness to Hope explains how this man from a far country did all of that, and much moreand what both his accomplishments and the unfinished business of his pontificate mean for the future of the Church and the world.
Author Bio
George Weigel, a Roman Catholic theologian and one of the worlds leading authorities on the Catholic Church, is the author of the international bestseller, Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II, as well as The Cube and the Cathedral, Letters to a Young Catholic, The Courage to Be Catholic and The Truth of Catholicism.
