Surely, the great abuses of the pastthe nepotism, murders, and wars of conquestno longer prevail. He won a pulitzer prize for general nonfiction in 1993. Wills has written over fifty books and, since 1973, has been a frequent. Garry wills is one of the most respected writers on religion today. Look out for a new book from garry wills, what the quran meant, coming fall 2017. The future of the catholic church with pope francis by garry wills. Historian and journalist garry wills, perhaps the most distinguished catholic. Papal sin in the past was blatant, as catholics themselves realized when they painted popes roasting in hell on their own church walls.
Pulitzer prize winner garry wills has been asked more than once why he remains in the church, especially in the wake of his bestselling book papal sins, which examined the darker side of the religions history. He is the author of saint augustines childhood, saint augustines memory, and saint augustines sin, the first three volumes in this series, as well as the penguin lives biography saint augustine. Poped out wills seeks broader horizons national catholic reporter. In the wake of papal sin, fans and critics alike tended to style wills as a new guru.
Such is the nature of garry wills new book papal sins. In why i am a catholic, he offers some persuasive and heartfelt answers. Garry wills is a historian and the author of the new york times bestsellers what jesus meant, papal sin, and why priests. Garry wills born may 22, 1934 is an american author, journalist, and historian, specializing in american history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the catholic church. Full text of the canadian almanac and repository of. He has been particularly critical of the doctrine of papal infallibility. He became a faculty member of the history department at northwestern university in 1980, where he is currently an emeritus professor of history.
Can the new pope usher in an age of inclusivity and atone for the sins of the past. If the author were not catholic and prominent, papal sin would have only found a home in a far right fundamentalist publishing house or a small humanist press. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Garry wills is a historian and the author of the new york times bestsellers what jesus meant, papal sin, why i am a catholic, and why priests. Wills postulates that the papacy in every era has its own besetting sin. Full text of the canadian almanac and repository of useful knowledge, for the year 1882, being the second after leap year microform. This book, by a former jesuit, looks into the churchs history. A catholic, he currently teaches history at northwestern university, though his public career goes back well into the early 1960s. From pulitzer prizewinning author garry wills comes an assured, acutely insightfuland occasionally stingingcritique of the catholic church and its hierarchy from the nineteenth century to the present.
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