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·出版社：Penguin
·页码：256 页码
·ISBN：9780143037941
·条码：9780143037941
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FromNew York Timesbestselling author Peggy Noonan comes “a beautifully written testimony about . . . the most historically recognized pope” (Library Journal)
With such accla imed books asWhen Character Was King, Peggy Noonan has become one of our most eloquent and respected commentators. Now she offers a stirring portrait of a spiritual and intellectual giant who personally confronted all of the worst tragedies of his age. Drawing on scholarship, interviews with prominent Catholics, and her own experience, Noonan traces the extraordinary life and struggles of Pope John Paul II with characteristic insight and probity—and explores how much we can learn from his leadership, diplomacy, humility, and holiness. Passionate and often deeply personal,John Paul the Greatis as exceptional as the man it celebrates.
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Peggy Noonan’sNew York Timesbestselling books includeWhen Character Was KingandWhat I Saw at the Revolution. She is a columnist and contributing editor at the Wall Street Journal.
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From Publishers Weekly
Noonan''s warm remembrance of the man she calls her spiritual father is a refreshing addition to the growing collection of biographies of and memoirs about the late Pope John Paul II. What makes this volume so inviting is Noonan''s chatty manner of writing about John Paul and the very personal way he affected her life. She is willing to be transparent here, especially in the chapters where she imparts elements of her faith story, explaining how she moved toward "serious Catholicism" and "deepened belief" during John Paul''s reign and how she came to see him as her spiritual father. Although Noonan writes glowingly of her subject, she does not duck criticism of his lengthy pontificate. For one, she suggests he could have taken stronger action against the banal way the Catholic liturgy has come to be celebrated in the West. She particularly laments John Paul''s inadequate response to the church''s "great shame" of clergy sexual abuse, and seizes the opportunity to lambaste the church''s cardinals and bishops as well. Noonan recaps what she told the American bishops at a meeting in September 2003, but sadly wonders whether they truly understood the magnitude of the problem. Noonan''s and John Paul''s fans will appreciate her take on the late pope and the delightful way in which she weaves his legacy into her own walk of faith.
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From The Washington Post''s Book World/washingtonpost.com
Over the last decade of Pope John Paul II''s life, his chief defenders to the American public were a party of neoconservative Catholics. These men, and a few women, dubbed him "the Great," a title bestowed on transforming popes down through history. Certainly John Paul was held in high esteem by a wide range of Catholics and others for his influence in lifting the Iron Curtain, his determination to call attention to the poor and marginalized through his global travels and his dramatic gestures acknowledging the church''s past failings. He was an expansive man, welcoming to saints, such as Mother Teresa, and to sinners, such as Kurt Waldheim and Yasser Arafat, as well as to those with whom he disagreed, including George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon.The hesitation of some Catholics to call John Paul "the Great" grew out of increasing doubts about church governance and accountability as his reign wore on, as well as disagreement with the views of those who promoted that title. What the pope made of these fervent supporters we won''t know until his closest associates begin to write their memoirs or publish his diaries.In the meantime, there is this paean by Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan. Drawing on frequently told John Paul stories while linking his pontificate to its impact on herself, she writes, "John Paul walked into my life and served, unknowingly, as my spiritual father. He had led me like a light in the dark, like Jim Caviezel''s small lit match in a big dark factory." The comparison of the late pope to the actor who plays Jesus in Mel Gibson''s film "The Passion of the Christ" perfectly captures Noonan''s idea of spirituality -- an emotional response to random events that inspire mystical musings. Noonan recounts a phone interview with Caviezel and reports a few audiences and a Mass at St. Patrick''s with the pope. Both men, apparently linked in her mind by their larger-than-life personalities, kindled the same emotional yearning for a more exalted spiritual life.As for mystical musings: There is the morning -- the very ordinary sunny morning -- when her glass coffee mug shatters in her hand and produces rounded pebbles rather than shards. Noonan takes this as a sign from God, who says: "There is explosive power in what appear to be mere pebbles. There is explosive power in the Rosary, for instance. And I want you to know this." Having received a rosary from the hands of the pope, she begins saying it. All of this -- the mug, the coffee that didn''t scald her, the pebbles, the rosary, the pope, God -- "feels like a little miracle." Or maybe it was just shatter-proof safety glass. The chapters recounting her spiritual development and back-sliding are high on rhetoric and low on detail. Veiled allusions to challenging and painful events vanish into the wisps of spiritual counsel, drawn from her own articles and columns, which have been cut and pasted into this volume. Sometimes that advice sounds Catholic, sometimes evangelical Protestant; sometimes it is common sense, and sometimes it has a Noonanish spin. On the subway, she is saying her rosary when an altercation breaks out: "I continued to say my prayers but directed them in my mind toward the woman; and in time she calmed down, after the intervention of a diplomatic passenger, so fisticuffs were averted." No doubt many pray on New York City subways. What does this have to do with John Paul the Great?Interspersed within the interior castle of Noonan''s spirituality are stories from the life and times of John Paul, some of his wit and wisdom and a précis of some of his writing. Fans of Noonan may enjoy her renditions of this heroic life. Others may want to turn to the originals -- biographies and papal writings that convey the life and thinking of a remarkable man.Reviewed by Margaret O''Brien Steinfels
Copyright 2005, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
FromAudioFile
Pope John Paul II was one of the most influential religious figures of the twentieth century. Yet for all his global influence, the pope was also able to inspire faith on an individual basis. Peggy Noonan explores the pope''s life and spirituality by exploring her own faith journey, showing how the pope shaped her. The book is informative and moving. Noonan''s deep attachment to John Paul shows through, but her writing sometimes is easier on the eyes than on the ears. Thus, her reading comes across as slightly wooden at times, especially when she injects humor. A technical note: Long tracks make it difficult to find one''s place if one''s CD player has no memory. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to theAudio CDedition.
FromBooklist
Speechwriter and columnist Noonan is better at flashing insight and anecdote than at sustained argument and narrative. Her memoir of the late pontiff is, then, scrappy, though lyrical passages about John Paul''s exceptionally didactic charisma and her own growth in faith predominate. Specifically motivating the book is the fact that, when elected in 1978, John Paul arrived to "speak" to Noonan with conversionary power precisely at the time she returned to church and began immersing herself in orthodoxy. Hence her keen appreciation of his mission to embody Christianity throughout the world, culminating in his unusually public dying, which reminded Christians and testified to non-Christians that the "highest" Christian must suffer, too--that, indeed,Godso suffered in Christ, only to rise again as all Christians, whether confessing on Earth or not, shall rise. Noonan expands further on another aspect of John Paul''s theology of the body that is often misrepresented in the West: his insistence that soul and body are absolutely inseparable, and to abuse the body through sexual incontinence, in particular, is to wound the soul. Surprisingly, or not, she then proceeds to score John Paul for insufficiently responding to the sexual scandals among the American priesthood. From that point to the end, many may feel Noonan focuses too much on her own doings, though she rallies for one good chapter on the beatification of Mother Teresa and another on John Paul''s funeral. Uneven though it is, this is an absorbing personal tribute to a remarkable figure.Ray Olson
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Library Journal
…reflective essays, anecdotes, and interviews that shed light on select moments of his life and testify to his humanity.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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