{"product_id":"the-weight-of-belief","title":"The Weight of Belief","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Josef Pieper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” \u003c\/b\u003eThese words of William Butler Yeats are often cited in reference to the problems peculiar to the modern age. Foremost among these is the problem of belief in an age when the study and speech pertaining to God is frequently performed without faith—a pseudo-theology that “threatens to deprive the average man of any possibility of experiencing faith.” In \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, Josef Pieper harmonizes philosophy and theology to show the relationship between God and man, grace and nature, revelation and reason, ultimately rebutting the notion that “the purpose of human existence lies in man’s liberation from his own nature and past, and his consequent freedom to make his own choices.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMan’s only meaningful response to revelation is faith.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Josef Pieper)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eDating from 1965 to 1973, on such topics as sacraments and language, hope and despair in the face of nuclear proliferation, history and salvation, war and peace, prayer and sacred architecture, rights and duties, and including such outsanding essays such as “Not Words but Reality: The Sacrament of the Bread”; “Down-to-Earth Contemplation”; “What Does It Mean to Say ‘God Speaks’?”; “The Art of Not Yielding to Despair”; and “The Abuse of Language and the Abuse of Power”—\u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Belief \u003c\/i\u003epresents a portrait of Pieper at his philosophically perceptive best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosef Pieper \u003c\/strong\u003e(1904–1997) was a prominent German Catholic philosopher, professor, and author. His many works include the outstanding \u003cem\u003eLeisure, the Basis of Culture\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFaith, Hope, Love\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWhat Catholics Believe\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1949899498\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42861785055326,"sku":"978-1949899498","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":42861785088094,"sku":"978-1949899499","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--277.jpg?v=1780986907","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/the-weight-of-belief","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}