Practicing Catholic
By: James Carroll
Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780547336268
Subjects: Doctrines; Catholics; Catholic Church; Biography; History
Description: A memoir in which the author discusses his early life as a Catholic which led him to the priesthood in 1968, the positions of the Church that caused him to leave, and the reasons why he continues in the faith while at the same time disagreeing with its stand on moral issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Born Catholic; title: The God of my youth; title: Coming of age; title: The council; title: A new language; title: Sex and power; title: Thou art a priest; title: The scandal; title: Religion and terror; title: A writer's faith.