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Why I Am Still a Catholic Paperback - 1998
by Ryan, Kevin (Author)
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Featuring essays by Andre Dubus, Andrew Greeley, William X. Kienzle, Bowie Kuhn, Michael Novak, Walker Percy, Maria Shriver, and others, this collection of personal accounts presents a remarkable portrait of today's Catholic Church that creates a new understanding of how its presence has endured for nearly 2,000 years, and explains why it continues to thrive.
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- Title Why I Am Still a Catholic
- Author Ryan, Kevin (Author)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Condition New
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Trade, New York
- Date 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-1573226777
- ISBN 9781573226776 / 1573226777
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.43 x 5.51 x 0.88 in (21.41 x 14.00 x 2.24 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Catholic
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97032061
- Dewey Decimal Code 282.092
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Summary
What draws--and binds--thoughtful, educated people to a Church so often criticized by outsiders (and even members) as "authoritarian" or "out of step with the times?" This collection of personal accounts answers that question in diverse, fascinating, and deeply moving ways. Novelist William Kienzle discusses his years in the seminary, explaining why he eventually left the priesthood--but not the Church. Kathleen Howley reveals how God replaced alcohol in her life, and why the traditional Latin Mass holds so much more appeal than the folk Masses of her youth. Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn compares his feelings for the Church with his lifelong belief in "team loyalty." Jon Hassler vividly recalls two very different childhood friends--and the attractions of both evil and goodness. These writers, and numerous others, offer a remarkable portrait of today?s Catholic Church, creating a new understanding of how its presence has endured for nearly two thousand years, and why it continues to thrive.
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 04/13/1998, Page 69