James Carroll

Practicing Catholic (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A personal examination of the Catholic faith, its leaders, and its complicated history by a National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author. James Carroll turns to the notion of practice-both as a way to learn and a means of improvement-as a lens for this thoughtful and frank look at what it means to be Catholic. He acknowledges the slow and steady transformation of the Church from its darker medieval roots to a more pluralist and inclusive institution, charting along the way stories of powerful Catholic leaders (Pope John XXIII, Thomas Merton, John F. Kennedy) and historical milestones like Vatican II. These individuals and events represent progress for Carroll, a former priest, and as he considers the new meaning of belief in a world that is increasingly as secular as it is fundamentalist, he shows why the world needs a Church that is committed to faith and renewal. "Carroll, a former Catholic priest who wrote of his conflict with his father over the Vietnam War inAn American Requiem, revisits and expands on that tension in this spiritual memoir infused with church history... Readers who, like Carroll, remain Catholic but wrestle with their church's positions on moral issues will most appreciate his story." -Publishers Weekly "Thought-provoking." -San Francisco Chronicle "[An] engrossing faith memoir... a page-turner." -Kirkus Reviews

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547416489
• Artikelnr.: 37839067

Autorenporträt

James Carroll was raised in Washington, DC, and ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1969. He served as a chaplain at Boston University from 1969 to 1974, then left the priesthood to become a writer. A distinguished scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University, he is a columnist for the Boston Globe and a regular contributor to the Daily Beast. His critically admired books include Practicing Catholic, the National Book Award-winning An American Requiem, House of War, which won the first PEN/Galbraith Award, and the New York Times bestseller Constantine's Sword, now an acclaimed documentary.