Almost Catholic: an appreciation of the history, practice, and mystery of ancient faith
Jon M. Sweeney
Almost Catholic: an appreciation of the history, practice, and mystery of ancient faith
Author
Jon M. SweeneyPublisher
Jossey-BassEdition 1
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Title and Author
Almost Catholic: an appreciation of the history, practice, and mystery of ancient faith / Jon M. SweeneyPublication Details
سان فرانسیسکو : Jossey-Bass، 2008مPhysical Description
ix, 230 p.; 22 cm.Subject
Catholic churchLanguage
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 712-622(.
Contents
The language and the spirit -- Forget what you thought you knew -- Catholic -- Forget about conversion -- Doubters and believers, atheists and agnostics -- Steps to becoming a truly Catholic Christian -- The Catholic imagination -- God is here -- Sacred spaces and places -- Privy to a revealed secret -- But it's too easy -- Taking vows -- Becoming a saint -- Faith with flesh -- He loved his own flesh -- The sensuousness of Jesus -- The crucifix -- Stations of the Cross -- Bones and bodies -- Something good about hell -- Much more than Kitsch and Jesus junk -- Rosary beads -- Little books -- Images that speak -- Novenas for heathens and outcasts -- Going to confession -- The sacred heart of Jesus -- My own cloud of witnesses -- Thomas Merton -- Saint Francis of Assisi -- Every idealist who has ever tried -- G.K. Chesterton -- Flannery O'Connor -- The catechism as a mystical novel -- Together with others -- Take me to the river -- Sacraments and sacramentals -- Contemplative living -- Eating and kissing -- Millions of blessings -- Excommunication