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What does it mean to be a Catholic in today's world? What distinguishes the modern Catholic from anyone else? At a time when the Vatican provokes hostility by its opposition to contraception, abortion and the use of condoms in fighting AIDS, how many Catholics share its views? And if they don't, how can they in good conscience stay in the Church? These are among the many questions that writer and broadcaster Peter Stanford is addressing here. There is a whole spectrum of response in this entertaining and enlightening collection.
'Fascinating... a surprisingly uplifting book.' Sunday Telegraph
'A hard-hitting book which criticizes as much as it praises... it should be read by anyone interested in the phenomenon of organized religion.' Spectator
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About the Author
Peter Stanford is a writer, broadcaster and biographer, whose books include biographies of Lord Longford, C Day-Lewis, and the Devil and the travelogue, The Extra Mile. A former editor of the Catholic Herald, he writes for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday and The Observer and has a regular column in The Tablet. www.peterstanford.co.uk
Review
'A hard-hitting book which criticises as much as it praises... it should be read by anyone interested in the phenomenon of organised religion.' Lady Antonia Fraser, Spectator
'Fascinating...a surprisingly uplifting book.' Damian Thompson, Sunday Telegraph
'This book is really rather edifying.' Melanie McDonagh, Tablet
'There is an unmissable feeling in many of the essays that beyond the rules and regulations, there lies at the heart of Catholicism something so much more important.' Irish Independent
'There are levels of Roman Catholicism that are so cultural that you have to be born into them to recognise them. They are beautifully and unselfconsciously described here, with all their strengths and weaknesses.' Lavinia Byrne, Church Times
'an entertaining and enlightening collection of essays' (The Universe)
Author article featured (Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy)
Author article featured (Sanford Lakoff)
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- PublisherBloomsbury Academic
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0826485774
- ISBN 13 9780826485779
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages154
- EditorStanford Peter
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