The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope - Softcover

Austen Ivereigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1760113484 ISBN 13: 9781760113483

Publisher: Allen Unwin, 2015

Synopsis

Great Reformer

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About the Author

Austen Ivereigh is a British writer, journalist, and commentator on religious and political affairs who holds a PhD from Oxford University. He is a former deputy editor of the influential Catholic journal The Tablet and his work appears regularly in the Jesuit magazine America and in many other periodicals. He is a founder of media group Catholic Voices. He frequently appears as a commentator on Catholic issues on the BBC, Sky, ITV and Al-Jazeera and writes regularly for The Guardian.

Review

As an English-language account of the Pope's Argentine heritage, this book will be hard to beat. * Catholic Herald * Shows why Pope Francis is not a silly old commie. The author's insights into his Argentine background and hard spiritual road make sense of his rejection of the trappings of power and intellectual elitism. * Spectator, Best Books of 2015 * Will be useful in understanding the actions of a man whose influence and international importance cannot but grow. * Observer * Who is this larger-than-life man leading the charge? What are Francis's origins, how did he come to his beliefs and where is he taking his church? The Great Reformer, a new biography of the man born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, offers an illuminating guide. * Washington Post * The author has a deft way of mixing recent incidents with his subject's early life... [The pope's] idiosyncratic humanism, forged in a land of political and economic turmoil, seems infectious. This book explains where it comes from. * The Economist * A must-read for all Pope Francis watchers. * The Tablet * A fast-moving and colourful personal analysis of what drives the pontiff, and the many events that have formed his unique and gregarious personality. * The Universe * A fine new biography... Fair, judicious and compelling. * The New York Times * The most substantial biography by far * The Times * A gracefully written and meticulously researched account of Francis' life... the best English-language biography of the pope to date. * New York Times Book Review * Invaluable... ought to be read by everyone who wishes to know more about this very singular Pope. * Irish Independent * Invaluable new biography * Daily Telegraph * Richly researched, artfully constructed and consistently compelling. * TLS *

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Unwin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1760113484
• ISBN 13: 9781760113483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464