num_pages: 192
description: Repair my house. From a crucifix in a ruined chapel St. Francis heard this instruction which set him on a mission of evangelical renewal. In the light of unprecedented crisis afflicting the Catholic church Michael Crosby calls us all to undertake a wholesale project of repair and renewal. The crisis is visible in the sex abuse scandal and the questions it has raised about internal structures of authority and clerical culture. Meanwhile a spate of new atheists has challenged traditional worldviews. The percentage of those identifying themselves as former Catholics grows at an alarming rate. In response Fr. Crosby sees a challenge to return to the core evangelical message of Jesus Christ. This message is supported not contradicted by discoveries in science and cosmology. He envisions a new way of being Catholic and a set of practices that draws on the contemplative compassionate and life-giving spirit of the Kingdom that God s will may be realized on earth as it is in heaven.
language: English
title: Repair My House: Becoming a "Kindom" Catholic
publisher: Orbis Books