Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love

by Edward Sri

Publishers:

Ignatius; Augustine Institute

, 2016

Overview

“Don’t be so judgmental!”

“Why are Christians so intolerant?”

“Why can’t we just coexist?”

In an age in which preference has replaced morality, many people find it difficult to speak the truth, afraid of the reactions they will receive if they say something is right or wrong. Using engaging stories and personal experience, Edward Sri helps us understand the classical view of morality and equips us to engage relativism, appealing to both the head and the heart. Learn how Catholic morality is all about love, why making a judgment is not judging a person’s soul, and why, in the words of Pope Francis, “relativism wounds people.”

Key Features

• Equips readers to engage relativism, appealing to both the head and the heart
• Explains why making a judgment is not judging a person’s soul
• Teaches how Catholic morality is all about love

Contents

• Preface
• PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE
• Chapter 1 A New Kind of Intolerance
• Chapter 2 Clashing Worldviews
• PART TWO: A NEW VISION
• Chapter 3 “But I’m Not Hurting Anyone!”
• Chapter 4 Friendship and Virtue
• Chapter 5 Getting Freedom Right
• Chapter 6 Law and Happiness
• Chapter 7 The Art of Living
• PART THREE: SEVEN KEYS FOR RESPONDING TO RELATIVISM
• Key 1 Lead with Mercy
• Key 2 “Relativism Wounds People”
• Key 3 Law = Love
• Key 4 Making Judgments vs. Judging Souls
• Key 5 Relativism Is Not Neutral
• Key 6 Relativism Is a Mask
• Key 7 Taking on the Heart of Christ
• Conclusion: Should We Ever Talk about the Elephant in the Room?
• Postscript: What Is Truth?
• Acknowledgments

Praise for Who Am I to Judge?

Too often our culture confuses love with moral relativism, and it is a dangerous misunderstanding. In this much-needed book, Dr. Edward Sri shows us that true compassion can never be separated from moral realities.

—Jennifer Fulwiler, author, Something other than God

Pope Emeritus Benedict often spoke of the “dictatorship of relativism,” and Pope Francis called relativism ‘the spiritual poverty of our time.’ Edward Sri heeds the clarion call to action and offers practical tools to talk about moral truth with greater conviction, clarity, and compassion in a world saturated by relativism.

—Curtis Martin, founder, FOCUS

Product Details

• Title: Who Am I to Judge?: Responding to Relativism with Logic and Love
• Author: Edward Sri
• Publishers: Ignatius, Augustine Institute
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 192
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Judgment › Religious aspects--Christianity; Nonfiction; Religious ethics
• ISBNs: 9781681497440, 1681497441
• Resource ID: LLS:WHMJDGRLTVLGCLV
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-14T18:28:05Z

About Edward Sri

Edward Sri is provost and professor of theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institute in Denver, visiting professor at Benedictine College, and founding leader with Curtis Martin of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). He holds a doctorate from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He is the author of numerous books, including The New Rosary in Scripture: Biblical Insights for Praying the 20 Mysteries and The Da Vinci Deception: 100 Questions About the Facts and Fiction of The Da Vinci Code.