{"product_id":"pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-george-weigel-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 George Weigel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621647919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621647911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"George Weigel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881098727679,"sku":"9781621647911","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8070d3a7-dba2-4bd5-9cc2-303df8a9e5a1.jpg?v=1747970669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pomp-circumstance-and-unsolicited-advice-george-weigel-9781621647911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}