Foreword by Senior Fellow Os Guinness. This excerpt from Reinhold Schneider's most famous novel, Las Casas Before Charles V, is at first sight about the corruption of sixteenth-century Spain. But a deeper reading shows it addresses 1930s Germany--and America and Europe today. What are the qualities it takes to address truth to power? How can it be done when the king is "we the people"? What hinders contemporary holders of power from hearing truth? This moving story raises questions that are urgent for concerned citizens today. |