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I Like Being Catholic
Michael Leach
Therese J. Borchard
其他書名
Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
出版
Random House Publishing Group
, 2007-12-18
主題
Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Religion / Prayer
ISBN
0307423638
9780307423634
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bQ1KdtN2zCcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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A celebration of the treasured traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American Catholics
For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns who rapped his knuckles but built his self-esteem. Mary Gordon recalls the sense of lightness that follows confession; Vince Lombardi, the strength he derived from Mass; and Christopher Buckley, the role St. Thomas More plays in his writing.
I Like Being Catholic
brings together the memories, thought, and hopes of famous Catholics and ordinary parishioners, lapsed and "good-enough" Catholics, and those who have devoted their lives to the faith. It captures their abiding ties to and deep affection for the Church and offers the wide-ranging, sometimes surprising views on the good things that come with being Catholic.
This is not a book of theology. It is about the beauty at the heart of Catholicism. It is about what Teilhard de Chardin called "the chosen part of things." It is about family and community, the value of Catholic education, the significance of sacraments and milestones, and the cultural impact of Catholicism—there are lists of the ten best Catholic novels, the ten best Catholic movies, ten Catholic heroes of the twentieth century, ten good reasons to raise your kids Catholic, fifty things Catholics like best about being Catholic, and much more ...
I Like Being Catholic
is a book for all those who have ever called themselves Catholic. It is a book of warmth, affection, humor, and love.