The Order of Preachers; the Dominicans; celebrate the 800th anniversary of their founding in 2016. This book revisits the life of Dominic in light of the most recent historical research. At the same time it attempts to bring the saint of life; not in a hagiographical way but as someone who has contemporary appeal. Dominic was a man of real flesh and blood; with real challenges and struggles. Portraits of him can only approximate who he was; but he comes through to today's world as an itinerant contemplative for whom preaching was a passion and his first love; someone responsive to the ways in which providence worked in his life. There are many unanswered questions in the life of Dominic and many that will always remain unanswered. The closerm however; we sift through the sources; the more we see a man who was a servant of God but also a servant of preaching. He liked to style himself as the humble servant of preaching. And with preaching being in the forefront of concerns int he life if the church; Saint Dominic is truly a saint for our times.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Pedantic and very slow reading. If you are a ...By James L. MullerPedantic and very slow reading. If you are a Vatican scholar and apologist; you will find this book interesting; otherwise; consider the source of the research material.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Served a purposeBy RacUsed this for my dissertation. I honestly only skimmed through to find the information I needed.24 of 47 people found the following review helpful. CurialBy John SeyboldThe style reminds me of a Vatican Document. The author is driven to show a positive side to Pius XII in the world war situation. Unlike "Hitler's Pope"; this book does not go off on the assumption game and the "what if" game. It tries show Pius XII in a positive like; but what it showed was a typical curial pragmatist who hoped for the best and did what he could when it didn't endanger his goal. Could the Pope had done for the suffering of others in concentration camps; yes. Was he an ally of the National Socialist Regime; no. After reading both books; Hitler's Pope and this; I am left with the question; what did the Jews do for themselves? It seemed in both books it showed the rabbis and Zionist groups asking other to intervene for them. Where were the cry of these for the Jehovah Witnesses; the Gypsies;the homosexuals; the socialist politicians who suffered just as cruel death in the camps as the Jews? Nothing short of winning the war could have stopped the National Socialist from their goal of racial purity; not even the Pope in Rome.
