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This book is a learned essay at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. It is first and foremost a diagnosis and critique of the secular religion of our time, humanitarianism, or the “religion of humanity.� It argues that the humanitarian impulse to regard modern man as the measure of all things has begun to corrupt Christianity itself, reducing it to an inordinate concern for “social justice,� radical political change, and an increasingly fanatical egalitarianism. Christianity thus loses its transcendental reference points at the same time that it undermines balanced political judgment. Humanitarians, secular or religious, confuse peace with pacifism, equitable social arrangements with socialism, and moral judgment with utopianism and sentimentality.

The introduction to this book has peeked my interest! The author has expressed concern that if the Franciscan (Pope Francis) Revolution succeeds in permanently and significantly changing the Church, it will no longer be the baroque of Peter (I paraphrase). He expressed many of my concerns. Having just come from a long visit with my 90 year old, very liberal, sharp, and irreligious mother, and conversing openly and frankly with her, I find that the intersection between her thinking and that of liberal Catholics such as the present pontiff, are uncomfortably, even alarmingly, closely aligned! I agree that the hubris---man has become god---by being nice and "loving" (ie accepting sin without conversion and repentance) is the death of the supernatural ens of the soul!
In short, I am very glad the book club chose this book, I am looking forward to reading the author's analysis of the present state of church and world politics.