Almost Catholic
Subtitle: an appreciation of the history, practice, and mystery of ancient faith
By: Jon M. Sweeney.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780787994709
Subjects: Catholic Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The language and the spirit; title: Forget what you thought you knew; title: Catholic; title: Forget about conversion; title: Doubters and believers, atheists and agnostics; title: Steps to becoming a truly Catholic Christian; title: The Catholic imagination; title: God is here; title: Sacred spaces and places; title: Privy to a revealed secret; title: But it's too easy; title: Taking vows; title: Becoming a saint; title: Faith with flesh; title: He loved his own flesh; title: The sensuousness of Jesus; title: The crucifix; title: Stations of the Cross; title: Bones and bodies; title: Something good about hell; title: Much more than Kitsch and Jesus junk; title: Rosary beads; title: Little books; title: Images that speak; title: Novenas for heathens and outcasts; title: Going to confession; title: The sacred heart of Jesus; title: My own cloud of witnesses; title: Thomas Merton; title: Saint Francis of Assisi; title: Every idealist who has ever tried; title: G.K. Chesterton; title: Flannery O'Connor; title: The catechism as a mystical novel; title: Together with others; title: Take me to the river; title: Sacraments and sacramentals; title: Contemplative living; title: Eating and kissing; title: Millions of blessings; title: Excommunication.