{"product_id":"wof-catholics-and-contempt","title":"Catholics and Contempt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial order:\u003c\/strong\u003e We place consolidated publisher orders once a week. Your books ship from our Pennsylvania location after they arrive. This item is not stocked for immediate dispatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe culture of contempt—the lust to wound perceived opponents who are seen not just as wrong but as evil— has become global in scope. Fed by the rise of “cheap speech” in media, seismic shifts in digital technology, and a boom industry based on selling outrage, people are increasingly unable to understand, much less dialogue with, their ideological rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Catholic Church understands itself as the evangelizer of culture; yet this culture of contempt has evangelized much of the Church. A distressing range of Catholic media platforms and commentators have introduced the poison of contempt into the heart of Catholic life.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn this timely and important new book, Vatican journalist and \u003cem\u003eCrux\u003c\/em\u003e Editor John L. Allen Jr. offers a bracing analysis of our fractured Catholic media landscape. Examining six case studies of the culture of contempt wounding the Church—four from around the globe, and two from the United States—Allen offers not only a sobering look at the direction Catholic media has headed but an urgent call for it to change course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Word on Fire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67639064199258,"sku":"WF-661","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/1367\/3818\/files\/Catholics-and-Contempt-FRONT-Shopify.png?v=1791476941","url":"https:\/\/deaconstore.com\/products\/wof-catholics-and-contempt","provider":"Deacon Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}