Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 עמודים Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... matters of intellect. He feared that our unity—as brothers and friends—had been compromised by my intellectual formation. I was amazed to learn this. I saw his point—ideas can certainly drive people apart, and ideas about theology, the ...
... matters sexual. So if high school was not exactly a great spiritual awakening—I don't think I went to confession during those years—neither was it a corrupting wallow in the irreligious muck. I was no champion of purity, but I muddled ...
... matter before the bishop. So he made an appointment and presented the letter. My father could see the pain in the bishop's face as he read. The bishop said he was very sorry for what had happened. He said that he had had complaints from ...
... matter seemed less clear. But by the time I was twelve, Dad had come to understand the church's full teaching that, besides being a serious personal sin, abortion was a grave social injustice that we as citizens were obliged to oppose ...
... matter. I had been the only one on my side. I was intimidating? I was the bad guy? My anger cooled; I had the peace of one who is certain he has done right, even if I didn't do it with much grace or effectiveness. What happened after ...
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic <span dir=ltr>Matthew Lickona</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |