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Practicing Catholic (2009)

by James Carroll(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0618670181 (ISBN13: 9780618670185)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: I loved this book. It provides a very good explanation of the history of the Catholic Church and it's canon of orthodox beliefs. In particular, it describes the history and evolution of our American experience of the Church. The author presents cohesive explanations of the successes and the shortcomings of the Church. He manages to communicate his points within a respectful and deliberately loving perspective. The energy sewn throughout this book seems very comparable with the message Pope Francis is proclaiming to the delight of so many.
review 2: "Once a believer has learned to think historically . . . it is impossible any longer to think mythically," says James Carroll. I couldn't agree more. Ignorance of how our institutions have developed over time is as d... moreangerous in the religious realm as in the secular (don't even get me started there). In this book, which is admittedly dense at times, Carroll interweaves the story of his own lifelong development as a Catholic with the larger history of the Church, a history that in and of itself refutes the self-destructive idea that Catholicism has never and can never change. Along with Carroll, I am unabashedly predisposed to favor changes that foster greater compassion toward and acceptance of those both in and outside the Church, and in his words I heard welcome echoes of the priests and teachers who have affirmed me in that inclination for as long as I can remember. less

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