To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, 2017
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The highly anticipated follow-up to Bishop Robert Barron's hugely popular Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the FaithAs secularism gains influence and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is.In this compelling new book--drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr.--Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron's smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations--as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago--To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground. Touching on a wide range of subjects, including Jesus, prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of the Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world. …
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- Title
- To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age
- Author
- Robert Barron
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1524759503
- ISBN 13
- 9781524759506
As secularism gains influence, and increasing numbers see religion as dull and backward, Robert Barron wants to illuminate how beautiful, intelligent, and relevant the Catholic faith is.
In this compelling new book—drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen, Jr.—Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron’s smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations as well as personal anecdotes—from engaging atheists on YouTube to discussing his days as a young diehard baseball fan from Chicago—To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground.
Touching on everything from Jesus to prayer, science, movies, atheism, the spiritual life, the fate of Church in modern times, beauty, art, and social media, Barron reveals why the Church matters today and how Catholics can intelligently engage a skeptical world.
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About the Author
Bishop Barron has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on FOX News, CNN, and EWTN.
Bishop Barron's website reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the most-followed Catholics on social media. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 20 million times and he has over 1.4 million followers on Facebook.
John L. Allen, Jr., is the editor of Crux, specializing in coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church and the author of a number of books on religion, including most recently The Global War on Christians.
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