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Why I Am a Catholic Paperback - 2003
by Garry Wills
In this provocative work that could not be more timely, Wills, one of the country's most noted writers and historians, offers a powerful statement of his own Catholic faith.
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In this provocative work, which could not be timelier, Garry Wills, one of our country's most noted writers and historians, offers a powerful statement of his Catholic faith. Beginning with a reflection on his early experience of that faith as a child and later as a Jesuit seminarian, Wills reveals the importance of Catholicism in his own life. He goes on to challenge, in clear and forceful terms, the claim that criticism or reform of the papacy is an assault on the faith itself. For Wills, a Catholic can be both loyal and critical, a loving child who stays with his father even if the parent is wrong.
Wills turns outward from his personal experiences to present a sweeping narrative covering two thousand years of church history, revealing that the papacy, far from being an unchanging institution, has been transformed dramatically over the millennia -- and can be reimagined in the future. At a time when the church faces one of its most difficult crises, Garry Wills offers an important and compelling entrée into the discussion of the church's past -- and its future.
Intellectually brisk and spiritually moving, Why I Am a Catholic poses urgent questions for Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike.
Wills turns outward from his personal experiences to present a sweeping narrative covering two thousand years of church history, revealing that the papacy, far from being an unchanging institution, has been transformed dramatically over the millennia -- and can be reimagined in the future. At a time when the church faces one of its most difficult crises, Garry Wills offers an important and compelling entrée into the discussion of the church's past -- and its future.
Intellectually brisk and spiritually moving, Why I Am a Catholic poses urgent questions for Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike.
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- Title Why I Am a Catholic
- Author Garry Wills
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 390
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-10-08
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780618380480 / 0618380485
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.12 x 5.54 x 1.03 in (20.62 x 14.07 x 2.62 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Catholic
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Catholic Church, Papacy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003051147
- Dewey Decimal Code 282
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- New York Times, 11/02/2003, Page 32
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