The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out
The Great Mysteries responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith. In radical, refreshing fashion, Greeley explores 12 essential questions of faith and grounds them in human experience. With the skill of a master storyteller and the passion of a deep believer, Greeley contemplates questions at the heart of human life—is there any purpose in my life? Are there any grounds for hope? Why is there evil in the world?—and reveals how the symbols, rituals, teachings and mysteries of Catholicism both shape and respond to these profound uncertainties.
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The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out
The Great Mysteries responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith. In radical, refreshing fashion, Greeley explores 12 essential questions of faith and grounds them in human experience. With the skill of a master storyteller and the passion of a deep believer, Greeley contemplates questions at the heart of human life—is there any purpose in my life? Are there any grounds for hope? Why is there evil in the world?—and reveals how the symbols, rituals, teachings and mysteries of Catholicism both shape and respond to these profound uncertainties.
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The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out

The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out

by Andrew M. Greeley
The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out

The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out

by Andrew M. Greeley

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The Great Mysteries responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith. In radical, refreshing fashion, Greeley explores 12 essential questions of faith and grounds them in human experience. With the skill of a master storyteller and the passion of a deep believer, Greeley contemplates questions at the heart of human life—is there any purpose in my life? Are there any grounds for hope? Why is there evil in the world?—and reveals how the symbols, rituals, teachings and mysteries of Catholicism both shape and respond to these profound uncertainties.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781580512206
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/20/2007
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 182
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Andrew M. Greeley is a priest, distinguished sociologist, and best-selling author. With more than 20 million copies of his books in print, he is one of America's best-known novelists and most quoted authorities on religion and culture. A professor of social sciences at the University of Arizona, he is also research associate at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Mystery of God
Chapter 2 The Mystery of Jesus of Nazareth
Chapter 3 The Mystery of the Spirit
Chapter 4 The Mystery of the Cross and Resurrection
Chapter 5 The Mystery of Salvation
Chapter 6 The Mystery of Grace
Chapter 7 The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist
Chapter 8 The Mystery of the Church
Chapter 9 The Mystery of Baptism
Chapter 10 The Mystery of Mary the Mother of Jesus
Chapter 11 The Mystery of Heaven
Chapter 12 The Mystery of the Return of Jesus
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