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yates9's review against another edition
3.0
Curious literary exchange between two big minds about religious mostly catholic faith. I enjoyed the discussion but it had little impact on my thinking.
rebcamuse's review against another edition
5.0
In a time when academia and scholarly religion seems terribly at odds with the living Catholic faith, two men open a dialogue which is indeed a confrontation. They confront however, not each other, but the issues of apocalyptic perspective, abortion, women in the Church, violence and much more. These two men recognize these issues not as polemics to be tossed back and forth for endless bantering, but as fundamental to outlining a definition of "humanity." Both men are scholars and people of faith, aware of the cultural and social millieu around them. Although the paperback version claims "A Dialogue" it is most definitely a confrontation that forces the reader to make some decisions or at least consider issues that are all to easily relegated to consideration in a distant sphere rather than our hearts.
blburslem's review against another edition
2.0
I fear that much of this book was over my head as I do not have the sort of religious background these men do and perhaps because of that my rating is not fair. However, due to the title "a confrontation" I expected this book to be an actual debate but instead the men focus on finding common ground, so basically they are holding each other's hand telling each other how great they are the entire book instead of actually putting forth any opinions. What is said in 100 pages could have been said in 5 without all the extra dancing around.
leelulah's review against another edition
2.0
This one was short, but took a little while longer because I was reading it between breaks at college. I found it a bit basic -though unnecessarily grandiose in vocabulary on the secular participants' behalf, maybe trying to prove themselves they were at the height of a cardinal-. Maybe it's a good intro for people looking for a more "dialogue based" approach to the question of faith and reason, though I am more interested in the Benedict XVI / Habermas exchange than this, as of now. Honestly, the way Eco tried to argue against the prohibition of women's ordination painting Aquinas as sexist doesn't even scratch the surface of the problem, but sure it's more civilized than what you could find nowadays.
batoolm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
st4rlight's review against another edition
4.0
"إذا كان الحاضر له معنى في علاقته مع قيمة نهائية مُعترَف بها ومُقدَّرة، والتي يمكنني أن أستبقها بتصرُّفات ذكية واختيار مسؤول، فهو سيسمح لي بأن أتأمَّل في أخطاء الماضي بلا حزن. أعلم أنني في الطريق، وألمح شيئاً من الهدف، على الأقلِّ، في قيمته الجوهرية، أعلم أنه يمكنني أن أصحِّح أخطائي، وأن أطوِّر من نفسي. إن الخبرة تُثبت أننا لا نشعر بالندم على شيء، نعلم أننا يمكننا أن نُكرِّره بصورة أفضل. يظلُّ متمسِّكاً بأخطائه فقط مَنْ لا يعترف بها، لأنه لا يمكنه أن يرى أيَّ شيء أفضل أمامه، ويتساءل عندئذ لماذا عليه أن يترك ما لديه."
*من كارلو ماريا مارتيني إلى أومبرتو إكو / مارس 1995
*من كارلو ماريا مارتيني إلى أومبرتو إكو / مارس 1995