
Faith in Crisis
Critical Dialogues in Catholic Traditionalism, Church Authority, and ReformBy Andrew LikoudisLength25h 2m
About this audiobook
Faith in Crisis equips Catholics to navigate today’s fiercest ecclesial debates. With a foreword by philosopher-statesman Rocco Buttiglione, the volume unfolds in three sections:
Traditionalism—exposes the roots of fundamentalist rigor, private-revelation subcultures, and reactionary dissent.
Church Authority—outlines papal primacy, collegiality, and the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary Magisterium—showing how trust erodes and how to rebuild it.
Reform—revisits Vatican II and the postconciliar reforms, synodality, ecumenism, and interreligious dialogue, showing that legitimate change is always reform in continuity.
Amid a polarized media atmosphere and doctrinal fog, these essays offer the clarity and pastoral realism Catholics need to remain anchored in a Faith ever ancient, ever new.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion, Education and Learning
Length25 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Front Matter
2Foreword
3Preface
4Introduction
5Part 1: Traditionalism
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6Chapter 1: Functionality Over Faith: A Modern Crisis
7Chapter 2: Lessons from St. Hilary, the “Athanasius of the West”
8Chapter 3: Rigorism in the Early Church: The First “Fundamentalists”
9Chapter 4: Fundamentalism and Americanism: Obstacles to Thinking with the Church
10Chapter 5: Reframing Orthodoxy: Beyond Conservative & Liberal
11Chapter 6: Faithfulness, or Rigidity?
12Chapter 7: What is Heresy?
13Chapter 8: Diagnosing the Malaise of Modernism within Traditionalism
14Chapter 9: Private Revelation and Apparition Subculture Within Traditionalism
15Chapter 10: Clericalism and Spiritualism Within Traditionalism
16Chapter 11: Trad-Adjacent: Radical Catholic Reactionaryism
17Part 2: Church Authority
18Chapter 12: Lessons from St. Peter’s Papacy
19Chapter 13: Collegiality: A Traditional Doctrine
20Chapter 14: How Doctrinal Development Happens
21Chapter 15: Finding Catholic Orthodoxy
22Chapter 16: Thinking with the Mind of the Church
23Chapter 17: Catholic Clickbait: Digital Media & Outrage Culture in the Church
24Chapter 18: The Ordinary Magisterium and the Question of Dissent
25Chapter 19: The Antidote of Trust
26Chapter 20: The Spirit of Obedience
27Chapter 21: Doctrinal Safety of the Ordinary Magisterium and Religious Obedience
28Chapter 22: Heresy in the Pope’s Non-definitive Acts? A Defense of a Charism of Safety
29Part 3: Reform
30Chapter 23: Vatican II and Theological Paradigms
31Chapter 24: Conversion and Reform: Ecclesial Reconfiguration in the
32Chapter 25: Veritatis Splendor Magistra et Amoris Laetitia Matris
33Chapter 26: The Death Penalty and Doctrinal Development
34Chapter 27: Between Pessimism and Presumption: Hope of Salvation in Church Teaching
35Chapter 28: The Church is One: The Irrevocable Commitment to Christian Unity
36Chapter 29: Religious Liberty and its Foundation
37Chapter 30: Interreligious Dialogue & the Incarnation
38Chapter 31: Eastern Philosophy and a Christology of Religions
39Chapter 32: Traditionalists’ Questions Regarding Catholic Teaching on the Jewish People
40Chapter 33: Do Catholics and Muslims Worship the Same God
41Chapter 34: Inculturation and the “Pachamama” Ordeal
42Chapter 35: Missiology and Material Culture in the Modern Age
43Chapter 36: The Liturgical Reform in Retrospect
44Chapter 37: Challenges in Liturgy: Authority, Continuity, and Sectarian Concern
45Chapter 38: A Reader's Guide to Pope Francis’ Vision of Liturgical Formation
46Chapter 39: The Road Ahead: A Call for True Ecclesial Unity
47Chapter 40: Taking the Virtuous Path: An Open Letter to Confused Young Catholics
48Postscript: A Church for the World, Not a Church for Itself
49Index