Confession of a Catholic Worker

Larry Chapp

ISBN 10: 1621645665 / ISBN 13: 9781621645665

Published by Ignatius Press, US, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confession of a Catholic Worker
• Publisher: Ignatius Press, US
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1621645665
• ISBN 13: 9781621645665
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.72W x 3.05H x 19.3D centimeters 13.72 centimeters width by 3.05 centimeters height by 19.3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 272 grams

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Synopsis

Everyone knows there is a "crisis" in the Catholic Church and in the world around us. Some say it is capitalism gone wild. Others say it is the decay of tradition, family, and objective truth. Still others say it is the rise of radical, reactionary conservatism. Though all may not agree on the nature of the crisis, who doesn't agree that there is one, and who isn't worried?

For Larry Chapp, crisis is always the norm of Christian existence. In a cold, dying world choked by greed, the Gospel calls for radical love and radical living according to the Sermon on the Mount. Using the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Peter Maurin, and Dorothy Day, Chapp argues that the real remedy to the disease of sin is not niceness, not political liberation, not fancy liturgical dress, not technical rigor, but a free decision to live totally and joyfully in Jesus Christ, without compromise.

Just as the martyrs chose God over life itself, so each Christian must, in the crucial hour, choose Jesus over all things. Everything hinges on the moment of Christian witness.

About the Author

Larry Chapp, Ph.D., is a retired professor of theology who taught at DeSales University for twenty years. He received his doctorate from Fordham University in 1994 with a specialization in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. He is now the owner and manager of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.