This week's picks come from Missi Smith,
Assistant Publicist at 45th Parallel Communications.
The Trial of Pope
Bendict: Joseph Ratzinger and the
Vatican’s Assault on Reason, Compassion, and Human Dignity
by Daniel Gawthrop
by Daniel Gawthrop
What is it about? The
Trial of Pope Benedict is an extensively researched work of a conscientious
objector who has lapsed from the Catholic Church – but remains culturally tied
to many of the Catholic traditions that informed his early years. Now, an openly gay atheist, author Daniel
Gawthrop examines Joseph Ratzinger’s career not long after the Pope’s
resignation made history in the Catholic Church. Gawthrop
crafts a necessary and powerful critique of the most powerful religious
institution in the world and argues that in light of scandals the Church and
Ratzinger’s responsibility as a world leader, diplomatic immunity leaves
silence where there should be explanations and accountability.
Why am I excited
to be publishing it? This book suits
one of the key goals at Arsenal Pulp Press: to produce literature that
traverses uncharted territories while challenging, stimulating, and asking
probing questions about the world around us. Neither a hateful diatribe nor a
knee-jerk response to headlines, The Trial of Pope Benedict carefully
and intelligently illuminates Ratzinger’s outdated, aggressive positions on
women and homosexuality, as well as his profound silence on the Church’s recent
financial and sex scandal crises. The Trial of Pope Benedict bravely gives
voice to those who
have been marginalized and victimized by the very institution in which they
hold trust and faith. It considers the
potential for change in the Catholic Church and suggests how the newly
appointed Pope Francis could move the Church into a more compassionate,
reasonable, and accepting institution.
Missi Smith is an Assistant Publicist at 45th Parallel Communications, the publicity
and marketing firm representing Arsenal Pulp Press.
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