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On being a Christian: The Hans Küng debate
English, German (translation)
98 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1982
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August 9, 2010
I read this book thirty years ago when Kung was world wide news for being silenced by the Catholic Church. Tubingen University continued his professorship and Kung continued to write. His book on comparative religions isn't a fast read but it is really thorough. I just finished rereading "Christian" and remembered all over why the church would kick his work out. The Catholic Church doesn't want Kung's version of Christianity that does not depend on power and control. Kung provides a humanist view that is hopeful and builds on the work of the second Vatican Council. Pope John the XXIIIrd haunts this book and makes me wistful for what could have been. Kung is a contemporary of the current pope and both worked together at Tubingen and both had doctoral students together. This is revealed in Kung's second autobiography, Disputed Truths...very aptly named.
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