{"product_id":"9781621381570","title":"The Gentle Traditionalist: A Catholic Fairy-tale from Ireland","description":"Geoffrey has a problem. All his life he's lived according to \"sensible\" sceptical, secular values. Then, his true love left him for a New Age community in Scotland. But it gets worse: now she wants to be a traditional Catholic nun! Geoffrey is bewildered, angry, lost. Until, one Valentine's Day in Ireland, he meets a mysterious guide--the Gentle Traditionalist. Together they commence a most unusual dialogue of ideas concerning:\u003cp\u003e• The Heart of the Gospel • The Real Nature of the Church: A Supernatural Mystery • The Crisis in Catholicism today: the Loss of Tradition • The New Age Movement • Catholic Ireland • Why Secularism gets away with murder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth whimsical and serious, the dialogue in this book offers a probing exploration of the Catholic Mystery, Christendom, and the crisis of the West today. Join us for a very special Valentine's Day when Geoffrey's barren, rational world gets turned upside down...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the most unusual books I've ever read ... written throughout with passion and engagement, with a touching and deep-seated love for Ireland.\"--MARY KENNY, author of Goodbye to Catholic Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As brilliant a guide for the perplexed as this age is capable of producing.\"--CHARLES COULOMBE, author of Everyman Today Call Rome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Gentle Traditionalist is a book with a 'strange magic,' like unto the Ireland it loves and mourns. With unforgettable images and a wry sense of humor, Roger Buck unfolds a tale of whimsical fantasy, melancholy realism, and supernatural joy.\"--PETER KWASNIEWSKI, Wyoming Catholic College; author of Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Writing with great wisdom, insight, and a most warm sense of humor, Roger Buck offers us a contemplation of the religious predicaments of our time in the spirit of Chesterton and Belloc. He takes on everything in a charming (and disarming) manner ... a wonderful book.\"--MICHAEL MARTIN, author of The Submerged Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To read this work was a joy, and I thank the author for helping me realize that, despite the passing of three generations and 150 years in the Irish-Australian diaspora, my heart is still Irish.\"--GERARD O'SHEA, University of Notre Dame, Australia; author of As I Have Loved You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This striking novel by Roger Buck, set in Ireland, is composed with extraordinary sensitivity and insight.\"--COLIN MAWBY KSG, Choral Director of Radio Telefis Eireann (RTÉ)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An unusual book: part love story, part theological dialog. Roger Buck is that altogether too rare Catholic who understands the importance of the geo-cultural forces that have shaped the modern world.\"--THOMAS STORCK, author of From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Gentle Traditionalist is a tremendous book: moving and humorous, opening up the most profound issues, engaging the most strident of polemics with the lightest touch.\"--JOSEPH SHAW, President of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROGER BUCK is a Catholic convert, who once resided at Findhorn, Scotland-probably the most renowned New Age community in the world. He is also the author of Cor Jesu Sacratissimum (forthcoming from Angelico Press) and a traditional Catholic website of the same name. He is very happily married and lives in the rural northwest of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angelico Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047644971248,"sku":"9781621381570","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621381570_p0.jpg?v=1763860293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621381570","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}