{"product_id":"9780829437515","title":"Becoming Catholic, Again: Connecting the Faith We Were Taught with the Faith We Live","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Everywhere I go, I find Catholics moving into adult faith and also longing for adult faith--usually without even knowing it.  Here is an excellent book that can partner both groups on their journeys.  \u003ci\u003eBecoming Catholic, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgain\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply personal, very readable, and quite solid theology too.  You don't often get all three!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Fr.Richard Rohr,O.F.M.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many Catholics, practicing one's faith may have felt much simpler as a child. This was true for Catherine Wiecher Brunell; but as she matured, she encountered a tension in her faith--a disconnect between the faith she learned as a child and the faith she lived as an adult. In \u003ci\u003eBecoming Catholic, Again\u003c\/i\u003e, Brunell shares her realization of a spiritual identity that is congruent with both her lived experience and Church Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Catholic, Again\u003c\/i\u003e examines how to maintain an authentic spiritual life and a connection to the Church in a postmodern world. For example, Brunell describes her experience with \"theology of inadequacy\": if we only prayed more and did more, then blessings and grace would flow. But that attitude might actually box God out of our lives--to find grace, we should focus on the lives we lead and meet the needs we see in the world from where we stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrunell invites us to experience a faith that grows through personal discovery. Like Brunell, we may no longer have the absolute faith of a child, but we can nurture an adult faith that reconciles any differences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loyola Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018142171376,"sku":"9780829437515","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780829437515_p0.jpg?v=1763826860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780829437515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}