Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn, Kimberly Hahn ISBN: 0-89870-478-2 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (127 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great Catholic book!
Comment: As a life long Catholic, I didn't think I had a need to read this book. It was given to my husband as he went through RCIA. I started to read it and couldn't put it down! Seeing our church through a converts eyes has been inspiring. I use to go through the motions as a young adult but now my faith has new meaning. This book was very helpful in renewing my passion for God and His church
Rating: 3
Summary: Provocative Spiritual Journey
Comment: In this book a young husband and wife describe the spiritual journey that took them from evangelical Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Their journey is deeply personal. Their conversion to Roman Catholicism is a product of a profound struggle with the message of the Bible and their evolving understanding of the Christian faith. During the course of their journey, following God's direction is their primary concern.
Scott Hahn converted to Roman Catholicism before his wife Kimberly. For him, the journey is largely theological. He has a tendency to view things as black or white -- for example, Roman Catholicism is either all good or all bad. (At the beginning of his journey, Roman Catholicism is all bad; after his conversion, it is all good.) He seems to have trouble dealing with ambiguity -- for example, Roman Catholicism, like any theological system, has good points and bad points. He seems to have a preoccupation with arguing fine points of theology.
In describing his opposition to Roman Catholicism in his early life, Mr. Hahn seems to think that his anti-Catholic feelings were largely based on theology. I personally suspect that most anti-Catholic feelings on the part of Protestants have less to do with theology and more to do with sociology. Prejudice is nasty business -- and we need to avoid attributing higher motives to it. As such, his presentation of his anti-Catholic feelings in his early life seems to reflect an "old Protestant" caricature of Roman Catholicism, designed to justify long-standing prejudice. For example, "old Protestants" tend to think that modern Roman Catholicism is merely an extension of medieval Catholicism, totally ignoring the impact of the Counter Reformation, various renewal movements within the Roman Catholic Church, and Vatican II.
As a Lutheran, I found his views on Luther, from both a strict Calvinist and later from a Roman Catholic perspective, to be inaccurate, misleading, and caricatured, especially in regard to the doctrine of justification. Recent Lutheran-Catholic dialogues on justification would give a more satisfactory discussion of this important topic, recognizing significant agreement by Lutherans and Roman Catholics today on the doctrine of justification.
I must admit that I personally identify with the Hahns' spiritual journey. I grew up in a conventional Lutheran home, was profoundly influenced by evangelical Protestantism in college, and found spiritual maturity in liturgical and sacramental Lutheranism. I consider myself a catholic, because nothing in my church's teachings differs from the teachings of Jesus, the apostles, or the tradition that developed after them. In the Roman Catholic Church today, I would question a system of ecclesiastical authority that is largely unaccountable to the church's membership, a teaching that still suppresses the full gifts of women in the life of the church, and a view that fails to recognize the diversity of opinion among Christians on ethical issues such as birth control, abortion, divorce, and homosexuality.
The Hahns' book is easily read. Though simplistic at times, the Hahns' discussion of their spiritual journey gave me reason to examine my own journey, which is valuable in itself. For that reason alone, I would recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Exciting!
Comment: Dr Haan and his wife Kimberly has a wonderful story of coming home into the wonderful Catholic church. I know personally from experience of being called to the table of the Eucharist during the mass. Christ is there and present with his body, blood, soul & divinity. To say the Eucharist is symbolic-is to say that Christ died was symbolic. If only my Baptist friends and other denominations could experience the real presence of Christ! You will never be the same! Give this book to your friends and ministers. This book will change their lives and perspective on the sacred Eucharist.
 |
Title: The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496591 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God by Scott Hahn, Leon J. Suprenant ISBN: 0966322304 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
 |
Title: Surprised by Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid, Paul Thigpen, Marcus Grodi ISBN: 0964261081 Publisher: Basilica Press Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
 |
Title: Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501684 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating ISBN: 0898701775 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: May, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
