Disputed Truth: Memoirs II - Softcover
Hans Küng has been a major influence on post-war Christianity by any reckoning. a peritus for the second Vatican council, he then went on to publish a number of controversial books, including Infallible?, which enraged the Vatican and caused him to lose the ecclesiastical approval of his teaching at the university of Tübingen. However, he remains a respected priest in good standing with his bishop. Throughout all the upheavals that the Catholic Church has undergone in recent decades, Küng has been an outspoken observer, turning himself from enfant terrible to béte noire. However his world influence has been great. Whether speaking at the United Nations or consorting with politicians and religious leaders, he is always listened to with respect and enthusiasm. A string of recent books has added to the reputation—notably On Being a Christian and Does God Exist? What is not so well known is that, as a young man, Küng was a close friend and confidant of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI). Over the years, however, they increasingly came to represent exactly what the other most despised. But on being appointed to the Holy See, Ratzinger had a long private meeting with Kung, the consequences of which may resonate within the Catholic Church for many years. In these thrilling memoirs Küng gives his personal account of all these struggles and ambitions. The result is a book of major importance for any student of the church in the 20th century. This second volume covers the period following the close of the Second Vatican Council right up to the present day.
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About the Author:
Hans Kung is Emeritus Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tubingen and President of the Global Ethic Foundation. He is the author of numerous best selling books including On Being a Christian (Harper Collins).
Review:
"Many will be fascniated by a blow-by-blow account of Kung's struggle with the vatican, and for the insight the book gives into the man himself." - Catholic Herald
"Kung's great strength lies in the sheer weight of his scholarship, his openness to evidence, and his passion for truth." - Church Times
Review in The Tablet.
"A book which makes absorbing reading for anyone interested in the course of 20th century Catholic history or the development of modern theology." Church of England Newspaper
"On the evidence of this book, Professor Kung is a just and congenial guide in this post-Vatican II age." - Renew
"Brilliantly written in snappy style and full of vim." - The Pastoral Review
"This volume begins with Küng as a young theologian making his mark at Vatican II and ends with the Vatican taking away his credentials as a Catholic theologian. As with virtually all memoirs, this is an exercise in self-justification. Küng offers his account of his decades-long struggle with the Vatican and in particular with Joseph Ratzinger, who went on to become Pope Benedict XVI. Küng likes a good fight, and his account of his theological skirmishes makes for engaging reading." —The Christian Century, December 16, 2008
Review in Times Literary Supplement.
"In this second installment of his memoirs, Kung spares no modesty in giving his rendition of some of the most harried events of the post-conciliar Church, many of which found him at the center of the controversies. The first volume (My Struggle for Freedom, 2003) explored his life in the years leading to the Second Vatican Council and Klung's role as a peritus. In Disputed Truth, Kung focuses on the extensive lecturing tours he has made in the Council's aftermath, the personalities and places he has encountered, as well as his numerous publications and the vicissitudes of his exchanges with the hierarchy. What comes through on every page is that this is his side of the story." —Patrick J. Hayes, Catholic Books Review, 2009
"As with all memoirs, Kung's Disputed Truth presents a life from one perspective. Given all that he's undergone though it's not mean-spirited. Rather, it is an act of self-defense by someone who has been one of recent Catholicism's most influential theologians." — St. Anthony Messenger (Michael J. Daley St. Anthony Messenger)
"Kung's great strength lies in the sheer weight of his scholarship, his openness to evidence, and his passion for truth." - Church Times
Review in The Tablet.
"A book which makes absorbing reading for anyone interested in the course of 20th century Catholic history or the development of modern theology." Church of England Newspaper
"On the evidence of this book, Professor Kung is a just and congenial guide in this post-Vatican II age." - Renew
"Brilliantly written in snappy style and full of vim." - The Pastoral Review
"This volume begins with Küng as a young theologian making his mark at Vatican II and ends with the Vatican taking away his credentials as a Catholic theologian. As with virtually all memoirs, this is an exercise in self-justification. Küng offers his account of his decades-long struggle with the Vatican and in particular with Joseph Ratzinger, who went on to become Pope Benedict XVI. Küng likes a good fight, and his account of his theological skirmishes makes for engaging reading." —The Christian Century, December 16, 2008
Review in Times Literary Supplement.
"In this second installment of his memoirs, Kung spares no modesty in giving his rendition of some of the most harried events of the post-conciliar Church, many of which found him at the center of the controversies. The first volume (My Struggle for Freedom, 2003) explored his life in the years leading to the Second Vatican Council and Klung's role as a peritus. In Disputed Truth, Kung focuses on the extensive lecturing tours he has made in the Council's aftermath, the personalities and places he has encountered, as well as his numerous publications and the vicissitudes of his exchanges with the hierarchy. What comes through on every page is that this is his side of the story." —Patrick J. Hayes, Catholic Books Review, 2009
"As with all memoirs, Kung's Disputed Truth presents a life from one perspective. Given all that he's undergone though it's not mean-spirited. Rather, it is an act of self-defense by someone who has been one of recent Catholicism's most influential theologians." — St. Anthony Messenger (Michael J. Daley St. Anthony Messenger)
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- PublisherContinuum
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1441180281
- ISBN 13 9781441180285
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