"A direct question: Why should one be a Christian?" From those opening words, it is clear that Hans Küng's latest work is no ordinary exercise in theology. But then the professor at Tubingen, Germany, is no ordinary theologian. No Roman Catholic priest of his generation has labored so persistently to defeat dogmas and traditions that distinguish his church from the rest of Christianity: papal infallibility, the "apostolic succession" of Catholic bishops, the sinlessness of Mary, the celibacy rule for priests. His previous writings produced a decade-long struggle and a stern warningbut nothing...
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