Der Nachmittag des Christentums

"We are not living in an era of change, but experiencing the change of an era." This insight of Pope Francis has long since become a common saying. After TomáS Halík stormed the bestseller list with "The Time of Empty Churches," an analysis of the church under pandemic conditions that was as profound as it was comprehensible, his opus magnum, to which he had long been on an inner journey, will be published in the spring of 2022. It describes the current situation of the churches in the secularized West as the afternoon of Christianity: a time of shock, not least by Corona, but one that makes a new solidarity possible. In his new book, Tomas Halik forecasts a third Enlightenment and sketches a new epoch of Christianity: marked by catholicity, far transcending the boundaries of the ecclesiastical, a different perspective centered on faith as a new way of life. A powerful book, visionary and encouraging." Annette Schavan "It is not structures that will unlock the future vitality of the church, but only a new relationship to the spiritual and existential depth dimension of faith. The present crisis, Tomas Halík is convinced, can be the door-opener for a new, "afternoon" epoch in the history of Christianity. A new, truly Catholic (all-inclusive) ecumenism will then give humanity the "universal fraternity" invoked by Pope Francis. An important book and well worth reading." Paul M. Zulehner.