"Enormous Prayers" takes the reader on the author's personal journey through the United States to meet twenty-eight working priests. Along the way, Thomas Kunkel's eloquent narrative delves into such controversial issues as the growing demand for and pressures on priests, the social dilemmas facing the Catholic church, and the newly tainted image of priests projected in the media.
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"Enormous Prayers" takes the reader on the author's personal journey through the United States to meet twenty-eight working priests. Along the way, Thomas Kunkel's eloquent narrative delves into such controversial issues as the growing demand for and pressures on priests, the social dilemmas facing the Catholic church, and the newly tainted image of priests projected in the media.
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Good in good dust jacket. Enormous Prayers: Journey into the Priesthood Kunkel, Thomas...HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY WESTVIEW PRESS-1998 COPYRIGHT-202 PAGES Enormous Prayers takes the reader on the authors personal journey... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Enormous Prayers: Journey into the Priesthood Kunkel, Thomas...HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY WESTVIEW PRESS-1998 COPYRIGHT-202 PAGES Enormous Prayers takes the reader on the authors personal journey through the United States to meet twenty-eight working priests. Along the way, Thomas Kunkels eloquent narrative delves into such controversial issues as the growing demand for and pressures on priests, the social dilemmas facing the Catholic church, and the newly tainted image of priests projected in the media. }What has become of the Catholic priesthood in the late twentieth century? The media image of the typical priest has shifted from the beloved, benevolent shepherd to that of a social misfit harboring pedophiliac fantasies. Even as the number of American Catholics has increased to approximately 70 million, the number of priests has steadily declined. How could this turn of events happen within what has been a historically admirable profession? What does it mean for the future of the Catholic church? And how are todays priests coping with the changing social and cultural tides of our time? Enormous Prayers eloquently addresses the current state of American Catholicism. Inspired by his Catholic upbringing, journalist Thomas Kunkel takes the reader on a personal journey through the priesthood. Through absorbing portraits that enable each Father to speak for himself, a broad painting of a diverse and changing Catholic church, and an even larger mural of contemporary America, emerges. Kunkel purposefully interviews a variety of priests, from those who are part of monastic communities to those who are responsible for parishes in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods. Without shying away from the very real problems plaguing the priesthood, Kunkel still manages to provide a humane view of these very moral men who have taken on the yoke of living in a godly fashion. The result is a compelling documentary that brings us deep into the heart of what it means to commit to a Catholic life. }
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