How to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice: Civil Responses to Catholic Hot-Button Issues

192 pages. Since it was first released, How to Defend the Faith has given Catholics worl dwide a new way of talking about their faith around the dinner table or at the o ffice, getting across the Church's positions on contentious issues without losin g their cool.It's about learning the principles that allow you to step ou tside the negative frames imposed by the news media and being well briefed on wh at the Church actually thinks about politics, gay people, marriage, women, sex a buse, and other key topics.Now revised and updated, How to Defend the Fai th includes new sections on what we can learn from Pope Francis's communication, advice on how to give a talk, and many other invaluable tips and principles gle aned from the author's years of putting the Church's case in the media.Fi nd your voice. Embody the new evangelization. Enjoy a new and better way to defe nd the Faith -- without ever having to raise your voice.