false 3 92 87 true 5663764 read 3 true 5063593 currently-reading 2 true 5063592 to-read <![CDATA[Bob added 'Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68765981 to: Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic (Paperback) by Francis J. Beckwith
Dr. Beckwith tells a compelling story of leaving the all-too-often flaccid Catholic Church of the late 1960s and 1970s for the energetic Evangelic region of American Christianity. Still to come is - as implied by the title - his return to full communion with the Catholic Church in 2007. That this occurred at the height of a credible academic career, even as he served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) is remarkable; that it occurred at all is a testimony to the irresistible nature of the God who loves us.

Should you not be an academic theologian and harbor fears of a turgid, difficult to follow tome, all I can say is that this is a very approachable story of personal conversion, which easily mixes the broad outlines of theological issues - while not diving too deeply - with, dare I say, a nearly breezy and comfortable story-telling style that is both easily consumable, and ultimately satisfying. ]]> <![CDATA[Bob is on page 61 of Return To Rome: Conf... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68765981 Bob is on page 61 of 144 of Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic ]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'CALLISTA: A Sketch of The Third Century']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68146738 CALLISTA: A Sketch of The Third Century (Paperback) by Cardinal John Henry Newman
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Bob "Complex, beautiful, well worth the time. Within 20 pages of the halfway point ... well worth the time so far." ]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56655024 Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life (Hardcover) by Charles J. Chaput
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]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'Following Jesus']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56632020 Following Jesus (Paperback) by Segundo Galilea
]]> <![CDATA[Bob added 'The Complete Far Side 1980-1994']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56632018 The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set) by Gary Larson
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