Edward Stourtons ABSOLUTE TRUTH: THE STRUGGLE FOR MEANING IN TODAYS CATHOLIC CHURCH (TV Books; January 2001) tells the story of a revolution in the worlds oldest and largest institutions. Stourton's examination covers the most hotly contested issues surrounding the Catholic Church today, as it is under fire by political and religious leaders for its age-old conservative viewsbirth control and abortion, liberation theology and communism, the male priesthood and celibacy, divorce and homosexuality, and even the very concept of Truth and belief in one God. In this wonderfully compelling and definitive book, Stourton argues that the Second Vatican Council, almost 40 years ago, not only gave Catholicism the motivation and energy to meet the challenges of the modern world, but also unleashed dangerous forces that threaten the security of the Catholic Church in its third millennium.
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