Summary
Umberto Eco, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini: Faith or unbelief? Confrontation
They are on opposite sides. One is the famous author of The Name of the Rose and a declared secularist, the other is a Catholic veteran and high church official. In a dynamic exchange of letters and ideas, Eco and Martini discuss abortion, women in the Church, ethics and the apocalypse. They frame the debate they started with awareness of the differences in their understandings, and the result is enlightening. Where are the limits of belief? What can an unbeliever believe? Some of the most provocative American writers and thinkers from different parts of the spectrum of belief and faith, from different perspectives - have responded in their works to the themes initiated by Eco and Martini.
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