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Why I Am a Catholic [FIRST EDITION]
by WILLS, Garry [SIGNED] [ASSOCIATION COPY]
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the author on title page. This is a signed first edition of Pulitzer-winning journalist and Catholic historian Wills' book. This item previously belonged to literary agent Lydia Wills, daughter of Garry Wills, to whom it is inscribed.
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
On Dec 23 2014, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Two-hundred pages into this 300+-page book, I was still wondering why Mr. Wills--indeed, why I--remains a Catholic. Wills's area of expertise seems to be the history of the papacy. He romps through two thousand years of church history outlining all the shameful details of abuses and failures of those charged with tending the faithful. It is only in the last 50-page section of the book, when Wills's focus turns to the Apostles' Creed that the clouds start to part and a faithful Catholic begins to be reassured. With frequent quotes from Augustine, William F. Buckley, and G.K. Chesterton to bolster his liberal Catholic viewpoint, Wills succeeds in explaining why he (and, likewise, so many Catholics) are still committed to the Church despite its historic flaws.
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- Title
- Why I Am a Catholic [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- WILLS, Garry [SIGNED] [ASSOCIATION COPY]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
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