The Pius war : responses to the critics of Pius XII

In the brutal fight that has raged in recent years over the reputation of Pope Pius XII_leader of the Catholic Church during World War II, the Holocaust, and the early years of the Cold War_the task of defending the Pope has fallen primarily to reviewers. These reviewers formulated a brilliant response to the attack on Pius, but their work was scattered in various newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals_making it nearly impossible for the average reader to gauge the results. In The Pius War, Weekly Standard's Joseph Bottum has joined with Rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, the reviewers conclusively investigate the claims attacking Pius XII. The Pius War, and a detailed annotated bibliography that follows, will prove to be a definitive tool for scholars and students_destined to become a major resource for anyone interested in questions of Catholicism, the Holocaust, and World War II. In the brutal fight that has raged in recent years over the reputation of Pope Pius XIIleader of the Catholic Church during World War II, the Holocaust, and the early years of the Cold Warthe task of defending the Pope has fallen primarily to reviewers. These reviewers formulated a brilliant response to the attack on Pius, but their work was scattered in various newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journalsmaking it nearly impossible for the average reader to gauge the results. In The Pius War , Weekly Standard 's Joseph Bottum has joined with Rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, the reviewers conclusively investigate the claims attacking Pius XII. The Pius War , and a detailed annotated bibliography that follows, will prove to be a definitive tool for scholars and studentsdestined to become a major resource for anyone interested in questions of Catholicism, the Holocaust, and World War II. In The Pius War, Joseph Bottum has joined with rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, the reviewers conclusively investigate the claims attacking Pius XII. The Pius War, and the detailed annotated bibliography that follows, will prove to be a definitive tool for scholars and students_destined to become a major resource for anyone interested in questions of Catholicism, the Holocaust, and World War II. Pius XII and the Jews / by David G. Dalin Dismantling the cross / by Robert Louis Wilken A dangerous thing to do / by Ronald Rychlak A new syllabus of errors / by Justus George Lawler Desperately seeking culprits / by Russell Hittinger The land of what if / by Kevin M. Doyle Something deeply shameful / by John Jay Hughes How not to deal with history / by John S. Conway To avoid worse evils / by Rainer Decker Bigotry's new low / by Michael Novak Pius XII and the Nazis / by Joseph Bottum.