For a long time, Christians have tried to bridge the divide between Christianity and secular liberalism with philosophizing and theologizing. In The Priority of Christ, Father Robert Barron shows that the answer to this debate--and the way to move forward--lies in Jesus. Barron transcends the usual liberal/conservative or Protestant/Catholic divides with a postliberal Catholicism that brings the focus back on Jesus as revealed in the New Testament narratives.
Barron's classical Catholic post-liberalism will be of interest to a broad audience including not only the academic community but also preachers and general readers interested in entering the dialogue between Catholicism and postliberalism.
Author Bio
Robert Barron (STD, Institut Catholique de Paris) is professor of systematic theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake and author of Bridging the Great Divide: Musings of a Post-Liberal, Post-Conservative, Evangelical Catholic; The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path (winner of a Catholic Press Association Book Award); and Heaven in Stone and Glass.