{"product_id":"pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-commencement-addresses-and-university-lectures-9781621647911","title":"Pomp, Circumstance, and Unsolicited Advice: Commencement Addresses and University Lectures","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Catholic Church invented what we know as the \"university,\" including the cultural tradition of free and open debate on disputed questions. Catholic colleges and universities thus stand poised to help reform institutions of higher learning at a moment of crisis in academic life throughout the western world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In his commencement addresses to colleges and universities large and small, George Weigel challenges graduates to understand an academic degree as a summons to become the trustee of a great tradition. In his lectures to university audiences, Weigel addresses a host of issues in the contemporary Church and its interaction with the world with depth and insight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written in the vivid, often bracing style characteristic of one of contemporary Catholicism's leading intellectuals, these addresses and lectures exemplify what Pope St. John Paul II called the Catholic \"\u003ci\u003ediakonia\u003c\/i\u003e of the truth.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10695296\"\u003eGeorge Weigel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621647911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621647919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL012110\"\u003eChristian Living | Social Issues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Weigel\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of more than two dozen books, including the two volumes of his internationally acclaimed biography of Saint John Paul II, \u003ci\u003eWitness to Hope\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End and the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e. Other works by Weigel include \u003ci\u003eThe Fragility of Order\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Next Pope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvangelical Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNot Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459064279277,"sku":"9781621647911","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_1bae30b1-5609-4571-ab7e-d4396c33a17d.jpg?v=1753627151","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-commencement-addresses-and-university-lectures-9781621647911","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}