Practicing Catholic, James Carroll
Practicing Catholic, James Carroll
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Practicing Catholic

Author: James Carroll

Narrator: Bill Weideman

Unabridged: 15 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2009

Synopsis

James Carroll delivers a tour-de-force look at what it means to be a Catholic today--set against the rich history of the Catholic Church in America. Brilliantly wresting meaning from the historical, social and religious strands of his story, Carroll illuminates the Church's transformation from reactionary monolith to an institution in which the deepest aspects of faith are being called into question. Carroll reveals his own story--as a Catholic boy in the 1940s and '50s, as a seminarian and priest in the crucible of the 1960s and early '70s, and as a committed but questioning Catholic today--with an emotional impact reminiscent of his An American Requiem. Practicing Catholic is for the millions of practicing, questioning, or lapsed Catholics and others who are searching for a way to reconcile the acts of Church leaders with the faith and the Church they still want to claim as their own.

About James Carroll

James Carroll was raised in Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1969. He served as a chaplain at Boston University from 1969 to 1974, and then left the priesthood to become a writer. His New York Times Bestseller CONSTANTINE'S SWORD is now the subject of an acclaimed documentary, directed by Oren Jacoby and distributed nationally by First Run Features and Red Envelope Entertainment.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terzah on December 09, 2009

Warning: this review may be a bit long. This book was thought-provoking, and I want to get some of those thoughts down, because the question I was hoping to answer by reading this book is a big one for me. That question: should I leave the Catholic church? The reason side of me says an emphatic yes.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on June 09, 2009

This book is the author’s story/biography detailing his journey from being a Catholic Christian to becoming a Christian Catholic. The author is one year older than me. Consequently, the book was particularly relevant to me because it is so much a part of my own spiritual and historical journey throu......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on March 29, 2012

This book was generally rambling and disorganized with a few nuggets of insight standing out among what was mostly a polemic against the Vatican Hierarchy backed up by extremely sketchy theology. I find Carrol's obsession with Humanae Vitae to be quite strange. Especially suspect is his claim that u......more

Goodreads review by Allan on August 11, 2015

As much a biography of the Catholic Church during the author's lifetime as it is his own autobiography of faith formation, Carroll's accomplishment is to provide a deeply loving, stringently honest catechism for anyone who is sincere about being, or at least understanding what it is to be a practici......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 30, 2010

"Once a believer has learned to think historically . . . it is impossible any longer to think mythically," says James Carroll. I couldn't agree more. Ignorance of how our institutions have developed over time is as dangerous in the religious realm as in the secular (don't even get me started there).......more

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