A Civilization of Love: What Every
Catholic Can Do to Transform the
World by Carl Anderson
Understanding The Real Crisis Facing Modern Society.
Now Includes a Survey of the Popes Statements on Building a Civilization
of Love
Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, surveys the
history-changing ideas of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, and
brings a message of inclusion and hope in the midst of a battle between
the culture of death and the culture of life, providing a road map to help
Christians understand their role in the world.
Personal Review: A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic
Can Do to Transform the World by Carl Anderson

This book is written by Carl Anderson, the Supreme Knight of the Knights
of Columbus, one of the largest Catholic fraternal organizations. Prior to
reading this book, I knew nothing about Mr. Anderson's background. Since
reading the book, I have come to realize that he is a gifted writer and
thinker. While having a respectable educational resume, he has an
excellent ability to explain things in terms that the average reader can
understand. The reason for this is because he does not focus on abstract
ideas, but rather shares from his own experience, and experiences that
most people can identify with.
The purpose of the book is to explore what is the underlining crisis facing
the modern world. He notes that it is not dichotomy between liberal and
conservative, nor between developed nations and developing nations, nor
East and West, nor Northern hemisphere vs. Southern hemisphere.
Rather it is between what Pope John Paul II called the Culture of Death
and the Culture of Love/Life. After all, both communism and fascism
reduces the human person to objects to be controlled and used, instead of
subjects to valued and cherished. It is the dichotomy between those who
see human beings as only having value based on some algebra of how
much they contribute to society (and/or take away from society), or those
who recognize that each human being has an intrinsic value just because
they Exist, because they were made in the image and likeness of God. Mr.
Anderson then applies this basic understanding to a number of more
specific circumstances.
This is an excellent book to read, and the reflection questions at the end of
each chapter help the reader to apply what they have read to their own
lives, so that they can verify what is proposed in their own experiences.
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