num_pages: 266
description: The highly anticipated follow-up to Bishop Robert Barron's hugely successful A Journey to the FaithAs secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful intelligent and relevant the Catholic faith is.In this compelling new bookdrawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr.Barron founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barrons smart practical artistic and theological observations as well as personal anecdotesfrom engaging atheists on YouTube to discussing his days as a young diehard baseball fan from Chicago To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground.Touching on everything from Jesus to prayer science movies atheism the spiritual life the fate of Church in modern times beauty art and social media Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.
language: English
title: To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
publisher: Image