The Divine Lamp

While JESUS OF NAZARETH is at number 6 in its first week on the bestsellers list I think another book of his demands attention: VALUES IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL.

From the jacket blurb: “In the worldwide best seller Values in a Time of Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian values shoul play in a pluralistic society and a multicultural world. He examines such crucial contemporary issues as the moral foundations of a free society, the role of spiritual values in promoting human rights, current challenges to Western culture, and the place of faith and love of God in finding true peace. Joseph Ratzinger proposes a balance of faith and reason that avoids the extremes of fundamentalist theocracies and secular, relativist states.

Topics include: *Politics and morality* peace* the meaning of history* truth in a pluralistic world* The moral basis of democratic states* human dignity* the Christian basis for hope* bioethics* freedom* human rights and responsibilities* marriage and family* tradition and progress.”

The Chapter entitled WHAT IS TRUTH? The Significance of Religious and Ethical Values in a Pluralistic Society is reason enough to purchase this small book.

Posted by Dim Bulb