In a time of discouragement, how can the Church renew itself and
its outreach to all people? Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop
of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, insists that a ""dumbed down""
Catholicism cannot succeed in today's highly educated
society--instead, the Church needs to draw upon its great
theological heritage in order to renew its hope in Christ. With
Renewing Our Hope: Essays for the New Evangelization, Bishop Barron
traces this renewal through four stages. ""Renewing Our Mission""
lays out the challenges that call for Catholics to become more
aware of their own intellectual resources in encountering the
""Nones."" ""Renewing Our Minds"" showcases the importance of
theological reflection as a font of wisdom and sanity in the
Church, touching on Thomas Aquinas, Hans Urs von Balthasar, the
recently canonized John Henry Newman, and Pope Francis. In
""Renewing the Church,"" he proceeds to look at how Scripture, the
family, the seminary, and Catholic college graduates can each
contribute to this renewal. Finally, in ""Renewing Our Culture,""
he returns to the judgments Catholics must make in assessing
contemporary culture, specifically, family life, liberalism,
relativism, and (surprisingly) the beauty of cinema. Bishop Barron,
known as the host of the Catholicism PBS video series, was
previously rector and professor of systematic theology at Mundelein
Seminary outside Chicago, Illinois. He demonstrates again in
Renewing Our Hope his ability to make the fruits of his wide
reading accessible to a broad audience, while still giving his
academic colleagues much to consider.
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