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The Weight of Belief: Essays on Faith in the Modern Age Kindle Edition

by Josef Pieper (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
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Foremost among the problems peculiar to modernity is that of belief in an age when the study and speech pertaining to God is frequently performed without faith—a pseudo-theology that “threatens to deprive the average man of any possibility of experiencing faith.”

In The Weight of Belief, Josef Pieper harmonizes philosophy and theology to show the relationship between God and man, grace and nature, revelation and reason, ultimately rebutting the notion that “the purpose of human existence lies in man’s liberation from his own nature and past, and his consequent freedom to make his own choices.”With essays spanning from 1965 to 1973—including “What Does It Mean to Say ‘God Speaks’?”; “The Art of Not Yielding to Despair”; and “The Abuse of Language and the Abuse of Power”—The Weight of Belief is Pieper at his percipient, piquant best.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09TWNZY4M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cluny Media (March 3, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 3, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2059 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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Frederic C Putnam
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, thoughtful, thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022
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Josef Pieper wrote philosophy and theology in order to be read and understood. Lucid, even in translation, the essays in this book address three of his fundamental concerns: the sacred and our culture's loss of the sense of the sacred; God as the ultimate ground and revealer of the reality which we contemplate; the proper use of language, philosophy (as a discipline), and a critique of Sartre. This volume is a reprint of "Problems of Modern Faith" (1985)--the contents are identical, the mechanics (typeface, layout, &c.) are not. I recommend this book most highly, especially for anyone seeking to understand themselves and their relationship to God, to the world around us, and to other human beings. Most highly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Weight that can't be lifted and mass that can't be shoved . . .
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2022
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Piper puts teeth in the First Uncaused Caused . . .
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Veritas
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great publication by Cluny!
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020
I really admire the work of Cluny Media, and their release of The Weight of Belief is another great publication. The text contains about 17 different short essays by Pieper, which range from an analysis of Sartre’s existentialism to the barriers to Faith in the 20th century. Pieper is honest and insightful about Modernity, both its joys and problems. For example, one work in this collection titled, “The Abuse of Language and the Abuse of Power,” might help readers think through the media’s effect on culture in a deeper way.

It is a delight to read these various works by Pieper! Both those new to Pieper and Pieper veterans will gain deeper insights into our current reality (and Reality itself) by reading The Weight of Belief.
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Andrew
5.0 out of 5 stars Pieper at his best: Timeless and Relevant Today
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2019
This book is a must read. Powerful reflections on faith, the sacred, church architecture, real communication, and more, is all found in these brief essays.
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