{"product_id":"being-catholic-now-prominent-americans-talk-about-change-in-the-church-and-the-quest-for-meaning-paperback","title":"Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerry Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of America's most extraordinary celebrities, artists, and thinkers reveal what they believe Catholicism is-and what it should be \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this illuminating collection that redefines an ancient institution in the most contemporary of terms, human-rights activist Kerry Kennedy asks thirty-seven American Catholics to speak candidly about their own faith-whether lost, recovered, or deepened-and about their feelings regarding the way the Church hierarchy is moving forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Has something to say to almost every Catholic, or even one-time Catholic, who cracks open its pages. . . . One finishes the book feeling grateful for  Kennedy's] subjects' honesty and moved in a hundred different ways by what they reveal of their aspirations and struggles.\"-\u003ci\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Revealing . . . offers an unusually intimate view of how much being raised Catholic shapes the identity of many prominent Americans, but also how much tension many feel with the institutional church.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKERRY KENNEDY established the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights in l988 and, while leading more than forty human-rights delegations to more than thirty countries, has worked on diverse human-rights issues such as child labor, disappearances, ethnic violence, and environmental protection. Kennedy is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpeak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World\u003c\/i\u003e, which birthed an internationally show-cased play, a stirring photographic exhibition, and a PBS documentary film. Kennedy is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School. She is also the mother of three daughters: Cara, Mariah, and Michaela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43108153917575,"sku":"9780307346858","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/FYcVy2fvQo9780307346858.webp?v=1756421411","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/being-catholic-now-prominent-americans-talk-about-change-in-the-church-and-the-quest-for-meaning-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}