THE CATHOLIC AVANT-GARDE

by Jean-Marie et al. Domenach ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 24, 1967

It is axiomatic that the Church of France is the crucible in which are compounded the concepts of tomorrow's Church; it has always been so, and so long as the French are French it will probably always be so. The latest proof that France is still fulfilling her historic role is in this book, which is a first-hand account of the French Church's extraordinary effort to build a new Church many years before the rest of Christendom had begun to suspect that the old one was not satisfactory. Through articles and documents dating from World War II to the present, the contributors--including such ""names"" as Teilhard, de Lubac, Congar, Suhard, Mauriac, and Marrou--record the struggle of the Church of France with the problems that now confront the entire Church: the challenge of a secularized society; church-state relations; the interrelationship of politics and religion; poverty; war and violence; new methods of evangelism, and so forth. Despite the best efforts of the editors and the undoubted quality of the contributions, the book, qua book, is too fragmented, and too ""slanted"" toward a French audience, to be of real interest to any but the most avid student of modern Church history.

Pub Date: Feb. 24, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION