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In this provocative work, which could not be timelier, Garry Wills, one of our country's most noted writers and historians, offers a powerful statement of his Catholic faith. Beginning with a reflection on his early experience of that faith as a child and later as a Jesuit seminarian, Wills reveals the importance of Catholicism in his own life. He goes on to challenge, in clear and forceful terms, the claim that criticism or reform of the papacy is an assault on the faith itself. For Wills, a Catholic can be both loyal and critical, a loving child who stays with his father even if the parent is wrong.
Wills turns outward from his personal experiences to present a sweeping narrative covering two thousand years of church history, revealing that the papacy, far from being an unchanging institution, has been transformed dramatically over the millennia -- and can be reimagined in the future. At a time when the church faces one of its most difficult crises, Garry Wills offers an important and compelling entrée into the discussion of the church's past -- and its future.
Intellectually brisk and spiritually moving, Why I Am a Catholic poses urgent questions for Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike.
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The postscript for the book should be, "And Who Cares"? To a younger person, the penchant for self importance and navel gazing by Mr. Wills and his generation is amusing. In all, Mr. Wills and his freinds posses fairly unoriginal views that can be summed at as, "Why won't the Catholic Church just believe what I believe". Well it won't. If for no other reason than that as Catholics we can observe what happened to mainline Protestant denominations and say thanks but no thanks! No, the real challenge to the Catholic Church is from Evangelical Christianity, a branch of Christianity that despite its faults adheres to tradition and preaches the Gospel with confidence and authority. To the extent that the Catholic Church adopted the type of reforms that Mr. Wills and his liberal friends advocate; i.e., watered down rituals and dogma, lax practices of personal piety, particularly in matters dealing with human sexuality, it has suffered terribly. Please Mr. Wills, the Episcopal Church needs you. We send you to them with a smile and a blessing!
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