{"product_id":"9781475956825","title":"A Calling in Question: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment of his birth in 1937, author Peter Walther was absorbed into the culture of the Catholic Church. Later, as an eleven-year-old boy, he believed he was called by God to be a missionary priest. Seventeen years later, he found himself—an ordained Catholic priest—journeying to a mission station in Sabah, North Borneo. A Calling in Question tells Walther’s story of his struggle to free himself from the tangled web of a Catholic upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis memoir presents a collage of several stories, weaving in and out like patterns in a fabric. It is the story of a small boy, growing up in the midst of a world war. It is the story of a family caught in the disintegration of the British class system. It is the story of a Catholic Church, toying with the challenge of change and failing to accept that challenge. It is the story of his experiences deep in the Borneo rain forest, where he initiates a project to teach desperately needed vocational skills. It is a story of his burgeoning relationship with a local health worker that forces Walther to finally confront his ambivalence about being a priest.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMost of all, however, \u003ci\u003eA Calling in Question\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the story of a young man struggling to be authentic while breaking from the embrace of a Catholic culture that had become a substitute for family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166851088624,"sku":"9781475956825","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781475956825_p0.jpg?v=1763607123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781475956825","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}