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The book "What is Truth?: From the Academy to the Vatican" by John Rist explores the concept of truth within Christianity and the Catholic community. Rist discusses whether Christian truth is unchanging or can evolve over time, and if the Catholic community should modify or reject previous beliefs. He also considers the role of other cultures and societal issues, such as the status of women and church-state relations, in shaping truth. Drawing on his expertise in ancient philosophy, theology, and history, Rist offers a thought-provoking analysis of these questions and their relevance to both early Christianity and contemporary society.
Is Christian truth unchanging? Can it develop over time? To what extent may the Catholic community jettison or modify earlier beliefs? Should it embrace insights from other cultures or revise its views on matters such as the status of women or church-state relations? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, John Rist brings his expertise in ancient philosophy, theology and history to bear on these questions as they relate to Roman Catholicism and to human society at large, both in the early Christian centuries and in our own times.
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