Witness to Hope Audiobook by George Weigel

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/32/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Witness to Hope Subtitle: The Biography of Pope John Paul II Author: George Weigel Narrator: Sam Tsoutsouvas Format: Abridged Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 07-22-05 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 199 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Religious Figures Publisher's Summary: John Paul II has systematically addressed every major question on the world's agenda at the turn of the millennium: the human yearning for the sacred, the meaning of freedom, the glories and challenges of human sexuality, the promise of the women's movement, the quest for a new world order, the nature of good and evil, the moral challenge of prosperity, and the imperative of human solidarity in the emerging global civilization. By bringing the age-old wisdom of biblical religion into active conversation with contemporary life and thought, the Pope "from a far country" has crafted a challenging proposal for the human future that is without parallel in the modern world. Weigel explores new information about the Pope's role in some of the recent past's most stirring events, including the fall of communism; the Vatican/Israel negotiation of 1991-92; the collapse of the Philippine, Chilean, Nicaraguan, and Paraguayan dictatorships during the 1980s; and the epic papal visit to Cuba. Weigel also includes previously unpublished papal correspondence with Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Deng Xiaoping, and draws on hitherto unavailable autobiographical reminiscences by the Pope. Witness to Hope also discusses the Pope's efforts to build bridges to other Christian communities, and to Judaism, Islam, and other great world religions; presents an analysis of John Paul's proposals for strengthening democratic societies in the twenty-first century; and offers synopses of every major teaching document in the pontificate. Critic Reviews: "The book is rich in new detail....The book is well written and Weigel's command of the material is impressive." (Publishers Weekly) "A book that will become a standard for students of church history and that sheds light on the history of the 20th century for everyone." (The New York Times Book Review) "A tremendous achievement." (Washington Post) "Well-wrought and comprehensive." (Wall Street Journal)