Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 Seiten 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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... receiving his prayers? What kind of coldhearted religion would inspire such behavior? I AM A ROMAN CATHOLIC, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith that holds the redemptive and exemplary suffering of Jesus Christ at its ...
... receive “with the smell of alcohol still on their breath,” his rage was palpable. He was laid open, vulnerable and raw with emotion. It was strange coming from so powerful a man. It made me uncomfortable. I was twelve, on the verge of ...
... received happily enough. But I held myself to a different standard. I had resolved never to “do more than kiss a girl.” I did this not because I possessed some secret understanding of sin in general or lust in particular, not because I ...
... receiving the sacrament of Confirmation, a sacrament I neither particularly desired nor understood, I told my father that I wasn't sure I believed in God. He took my doubts seriously, and sought out a series of videos entitled Jesus ...
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Inhalt
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31 | |
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 |
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Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic Matthew Lickona Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2007 |